Immigration America's Advantage Analysis

Should the United States Provide Citizenship to All Undocumented Immigrants? The United States of America is known as the land of dreams and opportunity. Unfortunately, not all immigrants can enter the country legally; they have no other choice than to enter the country illegally. Many of us immigrants come to this wonderful country to work, live, and struggle everyday to create a better life for us and our family. Nevertheless there are others that choose the wrong path and end up becoming criminals, creating a negative effect for this country. I know the subject of illegal immigration into the United States is very controversial and challenging; however, America’s systematic approach for naturalizing illegal immigrants entering the
The commentary, "Immigration, America's Advantage," was posted at National Review Online, a conservative website. In their commentary, the authors, argue that America's advantage is the immigrant population. They go on to provide examples to illustrate their position. Specifically the authors argue that immigrants increase fertility rates, pay social security and provide jobs by creating new business to improve the economy. Just like Zavodny, the authors of the commentary also feel that the country would benefit from obtaining the best global talent of immigrants because they respond rapidly to economic conditions and positively impact the economy. In contrast to Zavodny, the authors Habeed and Leven support the immigration and the path to citizenship of unskilled immigrants. They illustrate this by saying: "It takes courage to leave your country and cross the ocean. Most immigrants do it not for themselves but for their families. That kind of selflessness and risk-taking is perfect American skill, perfect reflecting our national character ". (Habeed and Leven,
Kavanaugh, appeared an issue of America. In his article “Amnesty? Let Us be Vigilant and Charitable” the author argues that American should give illegal immigrants a chance to live in America; he also supports illegal immigration as well as border protection with limitations. Kavanaugh argues that we need to be vigilant with undocumented immigrants but at the same time we should also be charitable because many immigrants choose to come to this country trying to escape poverty and displacement. According to the author, undocumented immigrants all they want to do is to be able to work and provide a better life for their families. Kavanaugh provides solutions for a more compassionate, fair, and realistic reform to our immigration system. One of the solutions that Kavanaugh proposes is for illegal immigrants to be able to ask for a panel in order to request amnesty. However he argues that the path to citizenship should be based on good citizenship of each immigrant individual contribution to the community, solid employment record, and faithful payment of taxes, family need and crime free record. At the same time the author feels that every nation has the right to secure their borders because unrestrained immigration will hurt our country, the immigrants, and their homeland. (Kavanaugh,