The United States of America is a country with a successful economy and comfortable conditions for employment. Extensive opportunities and prospects annually attract hundreds of thousands of foreigners from all over the world. Some of them go through a long procedure of collecting documents, preparing papers, learning English and passing exams at the embassy. The other part prefers to live in the country in the status of illegal immigrants. The United States is often referred to as a country or nation of immigrants. The main migration flow is directed from Latin America and Mexico. There are also many emigrants from the CIS countries on American territory.

There are over 20 million registered immigrants in America, as well as about 13 million undocumented residents.

Illegals are a cheap labor force, so a part of medium and large businesses is interested in the constant flow of unofficial migrants. The country's government has been fighting a huge migration flow of illegal immigrants for many years, new bills are being created, checks are being carried out, and deportation is being carried out.

How to become illegal

There are several ways in which one becomes illegal in the United States, namely:

• Crossing the border illegally. This method is used mainly by Mexicans and Hispanics. They come up with more and more new ways of crossing. They often use water transport, hide in the holds, in trucks that are engaged in international transportation.
• Get a fictitious marriage and get a green card. Using fake documents is one of the most common ways to move to live in the United States. However, this is an extremely risky move. All papers are repeatedly checked by the migration departments and the American embassy. The discovery of a forgery or an attempt to deceive the authorities is the main reason for deporting a person from the country.
• Use of a non-immigrant visa (tourist, visitor, etc.). Having arrived in the United States by invitation or for the purpose of recreation and deciding to stay in the country to live and work, there are two ways to develop events. The first is to re-register a non-immigrant visa for an immigrant one and obtain the status of a resident. This option takes a certain amount of time, effort and requires financial costs. The second way is to overstay a non-immigrant visa and stay in the US illegal.

American illegal immigrants face many problems. The main ones are the search for housing, employment, lack of insurance, medical care and others.

Work for illegal immigrants in America