The Pros And Cons Of US Immigration Policy

During the Presidential election of 2016, Donald Trump was marked the 45th President of the United States. Thus, that has meant change. The U.S. immigration policy has become a huge a renowned topic for the past couple months after Trump’s election. Through the research I’ve dug through, I first thought the current policy was absurd being a democrat with liberal views, but after digging up more research and the reasons behind the current policy, I’d have to agree with the current immigration policy that various majority Muslim countries have been banned from entering the country and the idea behind building a wall between the United States and Mexico. In an article from Rachel del Guidice, she noted that, “…Trump’s dedication to enforcing immigration law is one of his significant accomplishments as he nears his 100th day in office…” (2017).

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I believe that if refugee seeks to come into the U.S and has family in the U.S. either American-born or family with green cards, they should be able to live in the country legally and to hold a job. “People become much more productive when they move from countries where they have little or no opportunity to use their talents, to those where they can be more productive” (Somin 2017). Many of employers in the U.S now, have various immigrants working in successful industries that have kept the U.S economy churning. Mexican restaurants for example. Their restaurants are booming with success and I cannot picture my interest in their food, let alone the businesses alone shutting down. By only allowing the immigrants into the country that already have family residing in the country, still limits the amount that the current policy wants to permit. Thus, this still meets the current policy goal and if this was permissible, the public would be happier and more supportive of the government’s