Should the United States have Restrictions on Immigration
Immigration is a topic that is not usually addressed in the news or anywhere for that matter unless a serious flaw in the system is uncovered or some sort of violation has taken place. ... Immigration has been the source of much heated discussions in the past year due in large part to the attacks on September 11th. ... The immigration system in this country has been in disarray a lot longer than just a year. ... So with the issue of whether or not the United States should place restrictions on immigration, my standpoint is a definite yes. ... Does the United States face an acute labor shortage? We have no need for the amount of immigration that takes place today. ... The immigration system is out of control. ... People are not being thoroughly screened like they should be and it seems like our countrys border are more relaxed than any other country around the world. It may seem like I am over reacting but immigration has been a concern for many people stemming back to when we first became a nation. ... Yeh Ling Ling, author of Legal Immigration is a Serious Problem states that, "More than 800,000 legal immigrants…every year…need jobs…and many other services that cannot even be provided to millions of native-born Americans. ... In February 2003, the Immigration and Naturalization Service reported that more than one million illegal immigrants slipped into the United States. ... Foreign-born people are eating up welfare money that is designated for residents of the United States. ... It is clear that the United States immigration policies out there today need to be overhauled. ... It is obvious that the immigration policies need to be clearer and that we should place restrictions on what should and should not be allowed when dealing with people wanting to come and live in America. ... Yes, States deal with it all separately but the majority of issues pertain to the entire nation. ... States do not have the authority to place restrictions on immigrants. ... , "most of the states with significant immigration populations do not permit their law enforcement officers to make arrests for civil immigration violations." In addition, "the Justice Department had held since at least 1978 that local police should refrain from detaining any person no suspected of a crime, solely on the ground that they may be deportable aliens. ... Edward, author of The Congressional Politics of Immigration Reform states that "Current annual immigration of roughly one and a quarter million foreigners (legal and illegal), predominantly lacking in health coverage and largely form Third World countries, has consequences for U. ... If no restrictions are in place to decrease the amount of immigrants or even putting a moratorium on the entrance of immigrants, another issue that will have to be dealt with is the environment.