Student Essay on Illegal Immigration to the U.S.

In October 2005, newspaper editor Cynthia Tucker wrote that illegal immigration a serious issue that demands wise leadership. In that column, she criticized Colorado Congressman Tom Tancredo for his support of legislation that she claimed minimized the rights of illegal immigrants. In the process, however, Tucker lost her credibility on the issue; she chose to attack Tancredo rather than the legislation he supported, and she ignored considerations related to the issue such as the language factor, the impact on American society, and terrorism.

Illegal Immigration in the States

Cynthia Tucker, an editor for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, published an article on the issue of the illegal immigration to the United States in October 2005, in which she argues that illegal immigration is one of the serious issues like crime, poverty, and terrorism which demands wise leaders who can to solve this issue. She criticizes Tom Tancredo; a Republican congressional representative from Colorado, for promoting a legislation which she claims minimizes the rights of illegal immigrants. In her argument, she does not take into consideration the side effects on U.S society of illegal immigration and she ignores the cost of illegal immigration. For example,.....