Thursday, December 11, 2008

Discussing Immigration And Current Events

By Chris Channing

The various processes that a person can take to immigrate into the United States is increasing every year. Some people will risk coming through the desert and dying from starvation or lack of water. Other individuals will risk their lives in water that is shark infested without the proper necessities to remain alive afloat a raft for such a long period of time.

More money is wasted every year to install fences to keep illegal immigrants out. The problem is that the fences do not spread across the entire borderline causing more trouble than it is worth to keep up. Immigrants will either climb the fences or dig under reinforced fences. They can even walk an extra day or two to get around the fence if they were incapable of climbing or digging through. It makes the fences a very inefficient idea.

There are many legal processes that can be taken to get into the United States legally. They often take time and can cost money but us the best way to stay in the country without having to be forced to leave right away. Many immigrants want to take the easy way in and get smuggled or try to cross the border on their own. This can be very dangerous and the smugglers may even sell the immigrants into slavery.

Almost every country is affected by immigration restrictions. Then again, not many people try to enter the country illegally when they come from far away. Taking the appropriate measures to be in the country legally is what lets other immigrants stay longer. The shortage of work in Mexico and South America, even around the areas of the Caribbean islands forces people to try and get work in the United States. You will almost never hear about Mexican immigrants trying to cross into Canada.

When the security card is pulled it is often because of terrorism, not because of immigration. Regardless of this fact, the process of increased security also meant that many of the legal immigrants were not allowed to come in when they had appropriate clearance to do so.

Taking the right steps towards becoming a citizen or legally allowed to enter the country should be in the government's best interest. Going into Mexico and setting up booths and information about how to enter the country legally will help those who wish to enter legally and hopefully prevent the loss of lives through desert and ocean.

Closing Comments

You will always hear about immigration news in the media along with a distorted sense of how things work in other countries. This can lead to false feelings towards legal immigrants and create racial tension between groups that normally would coexist fine. - 15478

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