Gamze Yilmaz answers: "Is the best solution to the problems plaguing the US immigration system to export nearly all immigrants and start over?"

This blog entry discusses the question whether the problems of the U.S. immigrant system can be solved by exporting nearly all immigrants from America. Considering to start from scratch and exporting almost all immigrants would be a serious downfall for the economics of a country. Catching up on that would not take a few weeks or years, but decades to build a decently stable country all over again. A country without migrants would be completely desolated, companies would experience a great loss of employees, many great ideas and developments would not even exist, schools and universities would not have any diversities and the level of education would decline, etc. As a result, without „foreigners“ and open-minded people a country would have a very depressing atmosphere.

Immigrants are never a burden, but rather an enrichment for any country, because of the variety of different cultures and traditions that come with a growing melting pot. I do not think that exportations will solve any problem of the U.S. immigration system. There are "illegal" people in the U.S., but they exist anywhere else too. However, it is known that immigrants come to the country for work-related reasons. One example are Latin Americans: As soon as latinos arrive in the USA, they are looking for work to support their families with money; be it for the one’s who already live in the U.S. or those back in their homelands. How could one improve this situation? By possibly creating guest workers' programs that allows immigrants to work legally, earn money and be carefree. This relief will ensure that people will stop worrying about how to gain money and thus will not consider doing illegal business such as selling drugs or work under the table.

Also, a further measure could be a change at U.S. borders. I am surely not talking about building endless walls on borders to America, but maybe organize an increased presence of policemen and soldiers. But this idea directly leads to a disadvantage: there is a possible increase in shootings at even more innocent people and of mistaken-identity, which often ends fatal. Building a wall as Trump intends to, will cost billions and will be paid by U.S. citizens, but the wall cannot prevent further illegal immigration. When people have nothing left to lose, they will risk their lives to enter a country where they see a better life for themselves. So not all of those who look at the black side will die, but eventually reach the “country of desire“. There are endless possibilities to do so, as it happens in Afghanistan or Palestine: underground tunnels, tips of relatives about gaps and cracks, errors which are caused by the government, etc.

If the government were to work towards solidarity and integration, instead of blaming anyone who wants to immigrate, the migrants would also feel more welcome and respected, therefor caring for the country and its laws. Even small changes of the immigration system could already improve and help solving problems. There are numerous subjects politicians should focus on instead of immigrants only. Overall, race, gender, religion, age or sexuality does not matter, because each individual is needed to maintain a sustainable society and bring on further developments for the  countries we live in.