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A 5 page overview of U.S. immigration policy and law. The author argues that while this is some obvious bias, immigration law is a needed component of American society. Some means must be in place to insure that immigrants will become productive members of our society rather than an economic and social drain. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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by the immigration laws which we have in place. As would be expected, American immigration law and policy have evolved considerably over two hundred years of history. While
some contend that our contemporary laws are biased, compliance with them serves to distinguish legal immigrants from illegal immigrants. While there is much to criticize about our immigration laws
and policies, there are also few alternatives to such laws and policies. In order for the U.S. to survive as a nation she must effect control over the number
of people who enter this country. The mechanisms of that control must take into account the likelihood of an immigrant becoming a productive member of our country rather than
a drain on our already taxed welfare system. The U.S. as a nation has received more immigrants than any other country in the
world (Takaki, 1994). Most of these immigrants were received during an earlier time in our history. Approximately one million immigrants, for example, came to the U.S. during colonial
times. Most were from England. They helped establish the status quo in the "New World". We adopted their language and their culture. Others arrived also; the
Dutch, the French, the Germans, the Scotch-Irish; and from each we took part of their culture and assimilated it into our own (Takaki, 1994). These were voluntary immigrants to
the U.S., they took and gave freely of our culture and theirs. Other immigrants were not received as readily and, once here, were viewed in a much different light
than the immigrants that now form our mainstream society. These immigrants were often of African, Asian, or even Mexican origin. While this is indeed a reflection of our
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