Immigration has been a long suffering problem. Since the early 20th century, people have been rioting about its pros and cons. Politicians have created new legislation trying to put the arguments to rest. 18 million dollars is in jeopardy of going to immigration restriction. The cause for this dividedness is fear. The United States citizens are afraid that immigration will damage our country. They are afraid that their 14th Amendment is being violated and they won’t be protected. I’m here to tell you that this will not happen. I believe the United States and its people are in no way in danger from immigrants. In fact, immigration might just help the common good of our country because they help build our national identity, boost our economy, and, unlike popular opinion believes, don’t cause most crime. …show more content…
As Amy Chua states, “The United States… has been… successful… in forging a national identity strong enough to hold together its widely divergent communities.” This means instead of a stereotype, like how we think of French people as flirtatious french men with berets, we have several different people to define us. Many nations failed at integrating different people into their country because the nation identity went against everything divergent to its people. We are not classified by any one person, because of this our nation has become a homing beacon to immigrants who add onto our superpower country. We became the number one superpower country in World War II, after Einstein made an atom bomb and we dropped it. Einstein was an immigrant that strengthened our national identity as an individual. Therefore immigrants help as a common good and also as an