Outline

Introduction: This portion will introduce the problem of document fraud in the U.S Immigration Reforms, by providing statistics.

Thesis Statement: This statement maintains that regardless of the measures taken against it, document fraud still exists as a major concern in U.S immigration Reforms.

Discussion: This portion will describe how document fraud is done.

U.S Birth Certificates: The counterfeiting of U.S Birth certificates will be explained under this portion

Social Security Numbers: The counterfeiting of U.S social security cards and social security numbers will be explained under this portion.

Punishments: This portion will be dealing with the legal punishments which the Judiciary Committee holds for individuals committing document fraud.

Refutation: Counter arguments against the statement that the U.S immigration Reforms are implemented effectively

Conclusion: An overview of the entire points discussed and restatements of the thesis statement

Suggestion: This will deal with suggestions about minimizing the crime of document fraud across the United States.

The U.S Immigration Reform

Introduction

According to a report of Congress, it is a broad-based consent that Immigration system of the United States is wrecked; however, whenever there are debates about reforming the immigration system, this consensus suddenly disappears. The current rate of foreigners residing in the United States is the highest in the country's history, as approximately 12.6% of the U.S population comprise of foreigners (U.S Department of Homeland Security, pp. 5-9). Out of a population of 38 million foreign nationals living as U.S citizens in the country, one-third are permanent residents, one-third are illegal and one-third are naturalized citizens. Some policy experts and observers maintain that approximately 11 million illegal residents are in the U.S which proves that ineffectiveness and major flaws in the U.S immigration reforms (Wasem, pp. 6).

Fraud in immigration can be segregated into two broader categories; one is the use of counterfeited documents for immigration and second is misrepresenting a fact to gain immigration benefits (Siskin, pp.32).

Document fraud related to immigration includes a range of counterfeiting including sales and use of passports, employment authorizations, identity documents (including social security cards and birth certificates) and visas. Although, the Immigration Nationality Act (INA) have penalty provisions for entities or individuals who have been proved to be involved in document fraud related to immigration; however, the increasing number of illegal residents in the U.S proves the system weak (Wasem, pp. 10).

Thesis Statement

The issue of document fraud, regardless of the measures taken to reduce it, still persists as a major concern in the immigration reforms of the United States.

Discussion

Counterfeiting documents of all sorts has become a large industry in the United States. These documents range from baptismal certificates to documents issued by Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS). However, birth certificates and Social Security Numbers are at the core of the crisis the immigration reform face at present.

U.S Birth Certificates

Congress passed an Immigration Reform and Control Act in 1986, whose main sanctions were meant for employers who hired illegal foreigners. As a result, of introduction of this act, counterfeiting and stealing of social security cards and driver's license increased to an unexpected level. Since these documents are the major ...