Immigration Reform

Immigration Reform

Over the next two decades, immigration will be a defining issue for America. Immigration strengthens our country but it is necessary to differentiate between legal and illegal immigration, and that is why how we reform the immigration system will determine our nation’s future. Immigration, of course, also helps those who come here. America is a place of tremendous opportunity for those who seek to work hard and obey the law, and people around the world have taken note. As a result, America has been and can continue to be the most attractive destination for immigrants. Many of the greatest American entrepreneurs have been immigrants (Andrew Carnegie).

Yet our current system’s bureaucratic delays discourage legal immigration. Likewise, restrictions on those most ready and able to contribute immediately to the economy and the government’s fiscal health those with in-demand skills and advanced education in turn restrict America’s ability to benefit from immigration. At the same time, granting amnesty to those who have circumvented the system does a disservice to everyone. It is vital that we know who is in the country and restrict entry for those who threaten national security, which is why embracing amnesty for those here unlawfully something enacted in 1986 and proposed again in the Senate’s “comprehensive” approach would be unfair, costly, and unworkable. ( Derrick Morgan ). http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/american_prosperity_consensus/2013/10

First, it is unfair because of those already in line. Under our current system, in which we do not really enforce the law, those who respect the law and wait to come are languishing in line. Those without such scruples are allowed to reside here and ultimately get legal status. Is unfair because to enter legally USA have to go through several processes, which sometimes takes several years of waiting and cost of money. Therefore, Why to give the opportunity to people who have broken the laws of a country and not know what kind of people and which are intentions they have.

Second, it is costly because of the generous welfare state. Nobel Prize winning economist Milton Friedman explained that a nation can’t have both open borders and a welfare state. The share of federal expenditures going to transfer payments (from Social Security, unemployment insurance and so on) has skyrocketed from 3 percent to 66 percent since 1935. The less educated tend to have lower incomes and thus receive far more in benefits and services than they pay in taxes; the average illegal immigrant has a grade education. We cannot afford to worsen our already unsustainable entitlement and welfare programs by allowing unlawful immigrants access to the full panoply of benefits.

Third and last, amnesty is unworkable because it sets us up for more of the same. When

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