This issue is clearly polemical, because of the fact that our country was based off
immigration, but some take it for granted. Even myself until up recent, found
myself favoring a balance of immigration, because I wouldn't be here if that
wasn't true. Now a new semblance for my country has changed my mind,
because of recent attacks of terrorism attacked upon it. To me, it has shown that
we should now control all immigration far better than we have before. Some say
that immigration is good, and we should keep it the same, because it supports our
economy for new employees, homes, and consumption. This idea of that our
economy is better with immigration can be shown to be inadequate, because this
can lead to over-population, health concerns, and recession. Our country has had
a free-flowing pace of immigrants, since the birth of our country, and it has
shown to be good and bad. Many immigrants who came to this country were
discriminated against throughout the last century. Many say it is about
acceptance or it's our rights as Americans to accept all people. On April 20,
1921, there was a meeting among the house of representatives, which states "It is
time that we act now, because within a few short years the damage will have
been done. The endless tide of immigration will have filled our country with a
foreign and unsympathetic element." This basically states that if you do not
control immigration, then over time we will loose our patriotism and love for the
country, because of a domination of immigrants. I chose this issue, because not
that it was one of the last ones on the paper, but that it is important issue that our
country faces everyday. Immigration is important to this country, but it needs to
be more restricted and thought through. I believe that our "nation of
immigrants" should be restricted by certain countries or numbers, but not to...