America has grown to be the wealthiest and most powerful country, sometimes too eager to lend a hand. It has created billions of dollars to buy all the necessary resources to accommodate its abiding citizens. While Americans are lavishing in all its new technologies and luxuries, other countries are suffering through poverty. People who live in less fortunate places are desperately trying to leave and venture into America with hopes of a better life. Is it ethical for the government to keep indulging in only their concerns and simply ignore the needs of foreign individuals? Garret Hardin, author of "Lifeboat Ethics: The Case Against Aid That Harms" insists doing so would be the wisest choice. It would help the country shift its focus back to its own problems, instead of tackling on more responsibilities. His proposition states that helping others is "complete justice, complete catastrophe" (699). His viewpoint suggests that meddling into non-American lives may seem humanitarian, but it will eventually lead to disaster.
             Immigration has increased tremendously in the United States. It is estimated that as many as eight million undocumented individuals from around the world reside here. Hardin might assume that immigration is more of a disadvantage to the nation. Perhaps illegal aliens who have lived and worked here, should receive the right to citizenship. However, it is safe to argue that allowing the government to grant amnesty to them is quite contradictory. It would be sending the message that America's immigration laws are a joke. Republican Tom Tancredo, a member of the Congressional Immigration Reform Caucus, explains how weak the immigration system has become by saying, "Sneaking across the border or entering on a legal visa but failing to leave when it expires is becoming an alternative means of entering the US." The law states that it is against illegal aliens, yet there's...