Sunday, January 22, 2017

Is the best solution to  the problems plaguing the US immigration system to export nearly all immigrants and start over?

The United States is the country with the highest number of immigrants. Immigrants who work, pay taxes, learn and speak English, and give birth to children who grow up as Americans. They are Americans. They are legal. They are part of the country.
On the other hand, there are some immigrants who differ. Approximately over 10 million undocumented immigrants live in America, for a variety of reasons. Many of them flee from bad circumstances in their  home countries due to war or bad economy.
Things like desperation or the fabled “American Dream” lures them to immigrate.
But what they expect is often not what they get.. As an illegal citizen, you must hide from everything. To earn  money, some of them start dealing with drugs or start prostuting themseves. But it is this group of normal employed immigrants on which the foundation of the American economy is built. Unfortunately, what stays is the bad notion, the prejudices that stoke fear.
Trump’s proposal of exporting all immigrants does not make sense although it was highly convincing to the people of America, so convincing that he became president..
Suppose America exports all immigrants: would they find every single illegal immigrant? Would their home countries welcome immigrants after years and decades of not living there? How many people can even stay in the US? What happens to the Amercians? Those who would be left alone. Those who would have to replace a gap of millions of people. People who supported their lives and who were friends. People of whom you do not even no they were immigrants.

Despite all the sad occasions ,such as 9/11, one has to consider one fact: immigration is not terrorism. Immigration as a valid and structured system helps a country. It offers diversity. In times of globalisation, one has to think about the impact such an export of immigrants would have on the world. Hopefully Trump’s wall at the southern border persists unbelievable. Can you believe in building fences to humanity?

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