My high school class recently was given the opportunity to listen to a speaker from Egypt. He spoke about the history of Egypt and its relationship with the United States. Throughout the presentation he referred to the corruption of the United States and its government. He also explained how well the United States educates its citizens. How should the U.S deal with keeping the harmful immigrants out and letting the harmless ones in?
Immigration can put a negative toll on United States' patriotism. For instance, the attack of September 11 killed part of the country both physically and mentally. It made citizens of the United States question whether they're safe in public transportation such as subways and buses. It is near impossible for a public official to identify a terrorist unless they find them committing a crime. This is a very big problem because there can be thousands of terrorists walking the streets of the United States planning there next attack. When immigrants just barge into the U.S for negative reasons both legally and illegally to spread their corrupt ideas on how the U.S is a bad place, it also kills the patriotism in the country. Their goals are to find any way to bring down the U.S and its government; anyway they can.
Due to the negative effects of immigration, the U.S had to put together immigration laws abiding by these three rules: no entering without authorization or inspection, staying beyond the authorized period after legal entry, or violating the terms of legal entry. One actual law consists of The Immigration and Naturalization Act which sets forth the legal requirements for citizenship within the United States. Although the illegal immigrants are constantly trying to come into the U.S, it has created jobs for the economy but the country has to pay the extra National Guard officials enough to keep the illegal immigrants out. These laws and public officials’ goals are to block out most of the immigrants that are trying to harm our country in any way, letting only the healthy and ethical ones into the country.
This leads to the reason that the U.S has to always allow immigration. Although some immigrants are harmful to society, many immigrants are helpful. Some try to come over to better their education, or help the U.S advance its technology. It gives the country a more diverse society, helping with creating new ideas from different perspectives.
The best way to solve this corruption of harmful immigration is to set even more strict laws on letting immigrants in. For example, an immigrant must list multiple reasons why they should be allowed to enter the country, along with following current laws. The immigrants should be told up front that there new homes are going to be randomly checked for anything causing harm to the U.S because of the problems that occurred in the past. The process may take longer than today, but it is better than having immigrants plotting attacks in our own backyards.
Sources: 1. http://en.allexperts.com/e/u/un/united_states_nationality_law.htm
2. http://www.newsbatch.com/immigration.htm
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Because we are the United States, many people want to move here due to problems in their home countries, or like you said, to get a better education. It is sad that many immigrants are looked down upon and distrusted because of where they come from, especially if they are from the middle east. I disagree with your statement of creating stricter laws on immigration. Having people come and check your house every once in a while limits the amount of privacy you have, and I know I would be upset if anyone did that to me. Even if there was someone that had something that could cause harm to the United States, it could be easily hid. Other than that though, good ideas, however I just think some of them would violate some rights Americans have.
The topic you chose was one of much interest to many American citizens and also very controversial. In your revision, if you choose to do so, you should attempt to state where you stand in this debate. Do you feel that it is wrong for the home of an immigrant to be raided due to suspicion, or do you feel that it is necessary in ensure safety of American citizens. Also with the increase in jobs for Americans in relation to economy, is this positive due to a decrease in unemployment, or a negative due to increased spending for defense and protection of our nation?
You refer to 9/11 as a negitive attribute of immigration. However terriorst do not only thrive external to America , we harbor many within.
On another note, "Immigration can put a negative toll on United States' patriotism" ; As a nation built on integration and melting pot, We are a body of diversity and that is a major aspect to our patriotism.
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