The benefits of immigration

Diseases like tuberculosis, malaria, leprosy and others that haven’t been present for a long time, but that doesn’t mean that are extinct or completed eradicated. Page 5 United States is facing one of the biggest problems in history, and it is terrorism. After the incident of September 1 1, 2001 the nation is fearful in some way of immigrants, because as the article said, three of the four pilots were in the country illegally. I understand the magnitude of that event, but not every illegal resident is a terrorist.

Another point is that in the last years many of the terrorist that have been rrested are legal residents and have been born in the United States. So, they have to understand that they have the thread inside the country and try to manage the situation and stopped accusing the illegal immigrants of been the cause of terrorisms. They also forget that many legal immigrants are part of the Armed Forces and they are willing to serve and protect the country, even it means losing their life in combat. What really happen is that most of the people thought that terrorism is equal to illegal residents, and that isn’t true.

The person who least you expect could e a terrorist and it doesn’t mean he or she is an illegal immigrant. According with the article: “… we simply cannot round up and ship some 12+ million illegal aliens back to their home countries. Even if we could, children of illegal aliens who are born in the United States are, by commonly held interpretation of current law, American citizens”. It also said: “it would not be Just to punish the children for the sins of the parents so even children who were not born in the United States but have lived in the US most of their lives are, by default, Americans, at least in name”.

I am totally agree with the two statements and think that it is a way to show a little respect to those who are illegally in the country. It is true that illegal immigration does have its disadvantages: greater poverty, increase in crimes, lower unskilled wage; education costs, and a few others. However, the positive benefits Page 6 of immigration outweigh the disadvantages in many ways. So, let us welcome the benefits that immigration provides to the nation. Let be open mind and accept the fact that United States is a big melting pot and each one has something to give to the nation.