Immigration is the movement of something or someone from one place to another. Usually it is urged by a desire or a want of something that isn't attainable in ones current standing/place. Immigration is important dating back to pre-colonial times, without it there would have never been any exploration and discovery of the "New World." However there are forms of immigration that have had the exact opposite effect; causing harm and negatively impacting society, more specifically illegal immigration.
People coming primarily from South America and Mexico who have no citizenship or legal right to be in the US. This looming problem is causing a domino effect in many instances but mainly on the growing US debt. In the Texas Tribune just the other day there was an article in regards to another $86 million dollars being approved for border control, to keep the operation afloat.
It was a unanimous decision to increase the spending on the high-profile border surge operation. It began in June in response to a mass influx of illegal immigrants from Central America. This new round of money will be utilized to station hundreds of DPS officers at the state border through August and maintain the deployment of National Guard troops though March.
DPS executive director Steve McCraw said that his agency will apply some of that money towards technology that will allow them to shift the agency's overall border strategy; moving from and I quote "to a saturation of cameras from a saturation of people." All in all this is an immensely important topic that needs to be handled. I personally feel that there should be more money to fund border control due to the fact that it is very costly to maintain and it is detrimental to the security of the US and its citizens if not properly regulated.
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In reply to Immigration Overload, I can see why the author would want to have more money dumped into Texas' border security, but wholeheartedly disagree with it. The idea of border security in this great country of ours, that was created on the very idea of immigration, is tainted. Yes, I believe that some of those people that are crossing the border are up to no good, but the majority is doing everything they can to preserve their family and to give their family a better life. Isn't that the idea of America? Pursuit of Happiness? To shell millions of dollars to contradict that very idea is absurd.
The people who are against immigration have forgotten their roots, and they would probably would be living a lesser life than they are now if it weren't for the generations before us immigrating to this great land of ours. The DREAM Act (Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors) is a proposal that would grant immigrants who are in good moral standing and upon completing either college of military service. This is the route we should be taking towards the battle over immigration. Critics say that this Act would act like a magnet for more illegal aliens to come over our border just to use this country.
I believe that people like this author do not look at the whole picture across the board. More than half of the people that work on our roads, buildings and pretty much every labor intensive job in Texas, and to just kick them out would bring our whole infrastructure to the ground. Instead of lobbying to rid of these human beings, we should give support and residency, and eventually, citizenship. I believe that we should make this country safe, but we should also be fair.
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