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United States Immigration Policy Every year, the United States immigration policy allows over half a million immigrants to come into the country, many of who are poor, uneducated and require public assistance programs to survive. These immigrants are a huge drain on the economy and a burden on American taxpayers. The United States immigration policy should be revised to make immigrants, particularly those coming from Latin America subject to educational requirements. Educational restrictions would reduce the number of poor immigrants coming to the United States, therefore, immigrant usage of public assistance programs would decrease significantly. The problem with the current immigration system is that it does not take into account the immigrant’s ability to succeed in the United States. Many immigrants are uneducated and poor, indeed that’s why many of them come here, but when they get here they realize that that they are not equipped to survive in a society that increasingly rewards skilled educated workers, while offering very little opportunity to the unskilled. Currently, no educational requirements are placed on immigrants. However, there are rules and regulations governing the entrance of immigrants into the United States. There are five ways for an immigrant to come to America: The Preference System (family sponsorship), Employment, Diversity Program, refugees and asylees. The largest number of immigrants are admitted under the preference system. In the year 2000, 294,601 visas were allowed for family sponsorship while 142,299 were allowed for employment visas. There has been a steady increase in the immigration population. Currently 31,107,889 residents of the United States are foreign born and 16,086,974 were born in Latin America.
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Approximate Pages = 4
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