The argument over whether or not immigration should be restricted, is fought out by Daniel James and Stephen Moore. James essentially believes that jobs are being taken away from American workers, immigrants are causing an increase of population (and subsequent pollution of the environment), and breaking up American culture. Moore, on the other hand, insists that immigrants are vital to the success of the country as a whole and without them, we would not be the country that we are. He believes that immigrants have created, not destroyed, jobs and have enhanced the economy and the culture. The arguments are presented well by both sides, however, Stephen Moore is the better voice for my opinion; Immigration to the United Stated should not be restricted.

James fears that current laws on immigration will eventually lead to unprecedented numbers and unforeseen problems. He sights several problems, one of which is overcrowding. Projections indicate that between 45 and 54 million people will enter the U.S. in a little over a generation and this number would increase if Communism falls in Cuba. This overcrowding, he feels, would lead to another problem: pollution. In California, for examp

The last issue that James deals with is the issue of what he calls "natural separation" He supposes that when more immigrants group together, they feel less need to adjust and assimilate causing a major rift between immigrants and those that may have been there longer. He says that immigrants then refuse to learn the language of the country. This "separation" could lead to political separation and then he suggests, by example of French Quebec, that it could lead to the fall of our confederation.

I agree with Stephen Moore's views over those of Daniel James, although he makes some good points. Most of what James states is theoretical and cannot be proven. The tendency is to blame the immigrants, but this is a dangerous practice. People need to become accountable for their own actions. Immigrants take tedious jobs that most Americans would sadly never dream of doing. Picking oranges, piecework in factories, working in hotel services, etc. and other vital jobs are taken by many immigrants. I believe that the economy would cripple with a ban or curb on immigration. I also would like to know what gives people the right to say that someone else is not welcome into this country? Nobody is indigenous to this country. Those today that are drawn to the "Home of the Free" are drawn for some of the same reasons that our very own ancestors were. If they want to peruse a life where their voices are heard, where they have the freedom to say what they want, practice the religion they want, and other basic liberties, more power to them. I, like Moore, call for us to rally around our fellow citizens and live under the principle of "united we stand, divided we fall". Or as Benjamin Franklin so eloquently put it, "We must all hang together or most assuredly we will all hang

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