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Essay On Controlling The Immigration Rate

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Controlling the Immigration Rate Arbitrarily If America is the “land of the free” and the “home of the brave” then why have we turned to imprisonment and cowardliness? Our beliefs has transformed into a filtering system relied on the judgement of one’s background and the color of one’s skin. Many argue that we should not give immigrants the right to join our country because they do not belong here, and many others are trying to force the immigrants out who have already been a part of our nation for quite some time. Americans needs to return to thinking that our melting pot is what has created such a diversified nation. In retrospect, immigrants have been treading through our country for a countless amount of years. They come to America …show more content…

All aliens have built themselves a home from little to nothing. In these homes live children and perhaps other family members, their pets, and all of the hard-earned things that they have acquired over the years. These government officials and delegates do not have to go through the constant paranoia of losing all that they have worked for, no one wants to experience that. And these immigrants are people just like us too, so for America to create that type of label of hypocrisy for itself will only cast an ugly shadow over what being American stands for. In contrast to the belief that all immigrants should be accepted as citizens in our country, we cannot carelessly let them enter our nation and roam about without any knowledge on who they are. In Bouie’s article, real estate mogul Donald Trump has a reasonable argument on Obama’s decisions saying “Refugees from Syria are now pouring into our great country. Who knows who they are—some could be ISIS. Is our president insane?” (Bouie). And in sense, Trump’s concern is necessary and that we should take precaution on the people who wish to enter our country. Even if the times and ideas and mindsets of modern Americans have changed; religion and cultural beliefs of some have not. And who are we to truly know if someone from Syria, or Iran, or Iraq, or any other foreign country wishes to come here to take the lives of many to server their own justice? On the contrary, while this

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