America's Unity

Before the Civil War, America was separated. People used to say the “United States are”. It wasn’t until after the war people started saying the “United States is”. Unity is what helped this country flourish into the superpower it is today. The United States of America is considered one of the greatest countries in the world. Our right to democracy, religion, speech, and much more, are the few reason why we are marked as a dominant country. However, within the last decade America’s unity has been on edge and is slowly dividing, due to constant issues within its borders. Americans are starting to turn on each other. People’s opinions on certain government issues and politics are fueling hate throughout the country. A major issues America is
From Syrian refugees to Mexican refugees to African refugees, America has been experiencing an over flowing amount of immigrants entering its borders. With such an overwhelming amount, the process of becoming a legal citizen of America is a long and dainty process that on average can take about 10-15 years. Since the process is so time consuming, many of these immigrants migrate to America illegally and never take the proper steps toward becoming a legal citizen. This is where the Americans begin to bear the burden because since most immigrants don’t work towards their citizenships they stay here in the US and live off of the government and it’s the Americans who are stuck paying for these immigrants through their tax dollars. Another issue with America allowing so many immigrants into its borders is the increase risk of possible terroristic attacks and drug issues. Many people would try and argue that most of these immigrants aren’t trying to harm Americans but, rather trying to escape their war torn countries. However, regardless of the circumstance I believe that as Americans we need to close our borders to immigrants and focus on our people because America is a dived country currently and, a divided America is a weak