Considering Children Of Illegal Immigrants by Frosty...

In one of her editorials, Frosty Wooldridge has written about how undocumented immigrants cost taxpayers colossal sum of money annually. Wooldridge holds that these undocumented immigrants give rise to offspring who become deeply bounded or rooted to this country and they in turn cost taxpayers a huge sum of money annually. Wooldridge’s editorial is one of the controversial discussions both at the congress level and the country at large. This argument is one of those that thwart or impede the implementation of the DREAM Act which is to help the children of undocumented immigrants to enjoy some privileges such as obtaining in-state tuition and others. Wooldridge thinks that the rate at which these undocumented immigrants are having†¦show more content†¦In doing so she concludes that all these undocumented immigrants must be send to their various countries at once. She also makes assumptions that congress watch and do nothing about the situation she believes is on the rise. I agree with Wooldridge in saying that the rooted children of these undocumented immigrants will rise up one day and take over our country because of their number. She has a point, because why should we watch unconcerned for aliens who are seeking refuge and good lives in our country give birth uncontrollably to outnumber us? What are the ramifications? Won’t they all rise up against us one day? Maybe YES, maybe NO. If yes, then I support Wooldridge that Americans must do something before is too late to protect its own but not in a sense of sending all of them away at once. Wooldridge generalizes that all the undocumented immigrants are unemployed and their children cost taxpayers a lot of money every year. I strongly disagree to that because, a recent estimate by researchers at the Pew Hispanic Center puts the number of illegal aliens in the work force at a number of 8 million out of an overall population of 11.2 million illegal aliens, that is 74 percent. This implies that majority of these â€Å"illegal immigrants† or aliens are employed at the various sectors of the US economy as opposed to what Wooldridge insinuated. These employed â€Å"illegal immigrants† pay tax to the United States Government but Wooldridge thinks that these immigrants