Immigration in the United States.

¶ … immigration in the United States. Specifically it will discuss the best way to address immigration in the U.S. Immigration is a huge issue for the United States, not because there is no room for the immigrants who want to come here to build a better life, but because so many of these immigrants are not here legally, they are clogging the social services in many states, and many of them commit crimes and other atrocities. Thus, immigration is not the problem, illegal immigration is the real problem, and the solution to this problem is not building a border fence or increasing border security. When people want to get into the country they will, at just about any cost. The real solution is improving conditions in Mexico so they do not want to migrate to this area illegally, they can remain in their country and make a decent living, without coming into the U.S.

Immigration has been an issue in America ever since its inception. The English colonists were the first immigrants, usurping land from the Native Americans and changing the face of the country forever. Ever since then, the poor, the downtrodden, and the hungry have come to America for the chance to live the "American dream," and to make better lives for themselves and their families. The Irish, the Chinese, the Vietnamese, the Italians, the Puerto Ricans, and just about any other peoples on the Earth have come here for the opportunities that exist, and the current crop of immigrants, many Hispanic, come for many of the same reasons. They come to make better lives and to give their families hope for the future. The problem is that in many Latin American countries, they cannot do this in their own country, there is simply no way for them to make a decent living with their skills, and so, they turn to the United States, with all its opportunities, to create a better life. This is understandable, but the people who come here illegally are clogging the welfare and healthcare systems, along with the educational system, and there is no way to really regulate them unless they are identified and deported. Even then, most of them will be back in the U.S. within a few days or weeks, so this is not solving the problem of immigration. The reason people come here is for opportunity, and so, a better investment than walls and border guards, would be improving the opportunities in Mexico and Central America, so they have more choices and more opportunities to live a better life in their own country.