Pro Immigration Persuasive Speech

How would you feel if you and your family were denied the opportunity to a better life or had to wait years for one? The immigrants goal is to strive for a better future for themselves and their family. Coming here will help them achieve that goal. You may be thinking why cant they have a good future where they live? In some cases, the country they live in could be poor, not have many schools, is not safe, etc. America has more technology, schools, medicine, job opportunities, etc. Some may say how this may lead to letting in terrorists or how they will be taking away our jobs. That is a reasonable answer although, the United States itself was built and enhanced by immigrants who fled their country to find a better life for themselves, their families, and future generations. We as American citizen should allow these immigrants to become one of us. What if it were you? Wouldn’t you want to help these immigrants? Therefore, congress should lessen qualifications, the period

A main issue from an article was that the Muslims coming in would not be safe. Although, “a background check is an important part of the immigration process that every potential US immigrant must go through. Immigration background checks are performed on every applicant, regardless of ethnicity, national origin or religion (Katherine)”. Making the immigration process easier would mean keeping background checks but shorten other qualifications. For example, green cards. When applying you need to be a green card holder. Getting a green card takes months to a year. To qualify for a green card, you must apply either for family based immigration, which is where you are related to family member who is a citizen or green card holder, or you can receive a green card based on your job, if you’re a refugee, or investor (Green Cards). One is unable to come into the U.S. without this form of