Where Is Immigration Headed
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Where is Immigration headed?
I believe that as long as America is a nation, Immigration will always be considered a controversial issue that will never have a satisfying answer. In my opinion, immigration is an extremely positive process when it can be done safe and legally. Today, millions of illegal aliens are currently residing in America with their families and significant others. Although, many of them trust that immigrating to America will guarantee a fortunate life, families are often without adequate health care, living arrangements, and a stable financial income. Immigrant children who are brought here as infants are risked deportation to a home country that they feel completely foreign too. Although immigration brings upon many potential problems, the positive outcome surpasses any negative effects it has.
In the next 50 years, I believe that immigration will still have problems with illegal aliens sneaking into America, but the processes toward immigrating safe and legally will be more open and perfected. The 2008 presidential elections have already proven that citizens want a permanent solution on this constant problem. Potential presidential candidates are already promoting plans on immigration that would enforce stricter border controls and more benefits for immigrating legally. One thing that I do
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Think will happen is that as long as the legal immigration process will be more developed and refined, I believe in 50 years, the political government will be developing more options for aliens to begin the process of becoming U.S. citizens. I do foresee that the actual testing to become an American citizen will gradually become more difficult as time goes on. I can already notice a trend of difficult processes that new the government has implicated. I can foresee that the revised version of the immigration test which is based on more conceptual questions, rather than basic questions will increase the difficulty of obtaining citizenship for possible non-English
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