Stronger Souther Border Control

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Stronger Southern Border Control

The lure of jobs and a better way of life for their families is why most people immigrate. So much that the reward for illegal immigrants exceeds the consequences they may face. Thousands of people enter The U.S. southern border each year with plans of staying for without going through the legal system. If America continues to leave the gates open and allow people to cross illegally without consequence; it personifies the injustice towards the ones that have made the effort to be here legally. The 2010 Census was protested by some Latino advocates for the lack of immigration reform (Billitteri 24). The Latino communities want the reform to help protect them from deportation

People have their own reasons for leaving their home country. Perhaps it’s abuse, protection from someone stalking, but leaving for a better life and in search of money and employment are the top reasons. In Harry Binswanger’s essay “Immigration quotas Versus Individual Rights: The Moral and Practical Case for Open Immigration” he says that no matter how you get here, whether it’s “freedom or force, reason or compulsion” people wanting to come here “recognize the value of freedom”(251). Everyone that isn’t a terrorist or criminal has the right to come to America to seek their dream. Although it is mainly the southern border-crossers that are here illegally, there are also tourists and people here on work visa that never leave. The United States suffers great losses and problems by not cracking down more on the illegal immigrant problem. What action can the U.S. take? Better southern border U.S. border control will help cut the volume of illegal immigrants crossing the border and lessen the burden and increase p...

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...lly, they have the right to ask proper identification proving their citizenship. The law is aimed to find, prosecute, and deport anyone here illegally.

The pursuit of happiness is a right to every human being. However, becoming a citizen is a privilege not a right. Physically controlling the southern U.S. border and taking action on the illegal immigrants in the U.S. will help our social system, our workforce, and our problem of too many people entering uncontrolled. Strengthening the sloppy laid back approach to border control, the U.S. can better combat criminal activity and protect the citizens of this great Country. (1082)

Works Cited

Billitteri, Thomas J. "Census Controversy." CQ Researcher 20.19 (2010): 1-36.

Binswanger, Harry. "Immigration Quotas Versus Individual Rights: The Moral and Practical Case for Open Immigration." (2010): 247-254.

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