Is Immigration Good Or Bad

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Immigration
Immigration has been around since before the United States. In fact, if it were not for immigration, the United States would not be what it is today. Immigration is what makes the United States unique and diverse. The first to immigrate here were the Native Americans, which came from Asia. After came people from Great Britain, Italy, Spain, France, Germany, China, and many other countries that populate the United States. Immigration has brought many different ideas and cultures that have made the United States prosper. However, if the borders were not controlled it would bring danger to our economy and populations, creating many issues, more than what we already have. So immigration is good if it is controlled to a certain extent. …show more content…

I believe that immigration is not bad and needs to continue through generations. Some would say that is ridiculous but if you look back in history and see the good that immigration has done to our economy, you would think otherwise. "We didn’t raise the Statue of Liberty with her back to the world, we did it with her light shining as a beacon to the world… whether we crossed the Rio Grande or flew here from all over the world — generations of immigrants have made this country into what it is. It’s what makes us special." (President Obama, November 21, 2014). As President Obama said, generation of immigrations have traveled to, what most people back then saw us as, our great country to live better lives for whatever reason. It is what makes the United States …show more content…

According to Alan Greenbaltt, “a federal judge placed those changes on hold until a lawsuit challenging the executive action, filed by 26 states, is adjudicated.” (Greenbaltt, CQ Researcher). During the first year of Obama’s presidency, he got started on making a new immigration policy named Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act. The president focused this act on children that came here with their parents without a decision themselves, and also because “children are typically seen as the group most “deserving” of U.S. citizenship and most able to take advantage of its benefits.” according to Marcia Zug (pg. 956). After it became clear to the president that the DREAM Act was unsuccessful, he proposed Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) in 2012 and tried to implement some of the DREAM Act properties in DACA. Congress approved DACA that then protected millions of children from deportation. But, according to Marcia Zug, “the fact that the President circumvented Congress in order to create DACA resulted in a swift backlash. Republicans were livid the President had acted without their approval and in 2013, the House voted to defund DACA.” (Zug, pg. 956). However, because of the growing border crisis and Congressional inaction in 2014, President Obama is convinced to expand

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