Hello, my name is Morgan and I will be your 1st Aff. Speaker in today’s debate.

Resolved: United States policy on illegal immigration should focus on attrition

through enforcementrather than amnesty. This is moral because focusing on strong
enforcement decreases gang activity and also higher immigration increases
poverty

Contention 1: Stronger immigration enforcement decreases

gang activity
There is no doubt that tougher enforcement decreases gang activity. In a
study done by” my Center for Immigration Studies reports that using immigration law against
gangs has helped bring about a 39% drop in gang activity in the Washington suburb of Fairfax
County, and Dallas police report a 20% drop in the murder rate as a result of the same initiative,”
Also illegal immigration imposes a enormous criminal and corruption costs upon society. Illegal
immigration is not in any way a victimless crime. It increases transport illegal immigrants. It
makes some immigrants become like indentured servants. It threatens lives for those who try to
come illegally. It leads to corrupt government though the bribing of U.S officials. It encourages
illegal activity such as identity theft and document forgery. It allows employers to take
advantage of there workers. It creates enormous costs for the hospital and other service of the
U.S. It brings a sense to the American people that the borders are not safe or secure.

Contention 2: Higher immigration increases poverty

We have a group of workers who pay no or reduced withholding taxes that also have an
above-average birthrate. This has an impact on our school system. This problem is becoming
more serious as this population increases. In addition, the poverty rate is going up because so
many of these people are coming into the US. Many of those who come to the United States are
not only poor but also unskilled. Mortimer B. Zuckerman, editor in chief of U.S. News and World
Report, speaking of U.S. poverty asks: "So why hasn’t overall poverty rates declined further? In
a word -- immigration. Many of those who come to the United States are not only poor but also
unskilled. Hispanics account for much of the increase in poverty -- no surprise, since 25 percent
of poor people are Hispanic. Since 1989, Hispanics represent nearly three-quarters of all increase
in overall poverty population. Immigration has also helped keep the median income for the
country basically flat for five straight years, the longest stretch of income stagnation on record."
(October 3, 2005)

It is for these reasons my partner and I urge an affirmative ballot, in order to lower
gang activity and decrease poverty