Immigration Regulation Essay, Research Paper

In reference to the article, I personally believe that immiigration should be

regulated, and restricted, however that it should not be shut down

completely.

It is true that the majority of United States citizens today are, or at least at

some point were, immigrants from another country. The whole founding of

our country was the result of European immigrants fleeing their respective

countries. Because we are already so diverse and probably one of the most

multiethnic countries in the world, I think it would be both pointless and

disruptive if we shut our doors now. Much of what makes America great is

the fact that we are so varied in our makeup.

However although I do believe that we should not shut our borders to

immigrants into the country, I do believe that there should be several

restrictions on those entering our country and becoming our citizens. For

those who we let in will inevitably become a major part of the future of our

nation, and for this reason should undoubtably be checked out before hand.

Many of the top minds in the United States today in fields such as physics

are the result of migration of scientists from other countries such as Russia

into our own. These immigrants play a vital and profitable role in our society

both socially and economically, and are a great part of what make our

country the

pwer it is today. However unfortunately a large number of immigrants are

also on our nations welfare currently. Coming into the country they choose

not to seek out work but instead leave off the money the government gives

them, money which American citizens have worked long and hard for.

It is these people which I feel we should be weary of admitting, and reluctant

to give citizenship.

Overall, I personally believe that immigration plays a substancial role

in our countries prosperity, and is one of the main reasons why we are the

nation we are today. From George Washington to Bill Clinton our entire

nation is built upon the existance of immigrants, and their descendants. For

this reason I think it would be proposterous to suddenly close our doors to

the one thing which made us great. However for the sakes of those already

living here, hard-working Americans both native born and otherwise, I think

that we should be selective in our admittance of foriegn immigrants. Before

there acceptance as American citizens I believe all potential people should

be screened for possible disease, handicap, and most importantly they should

be sceened for potential to become a productive, beneficial member of

American society.