Before the creation of the republic, immigration was necessary to expand the western territory, to create a transportation system, and to provide workers for industry. However, the resources of the United States are no longer over abundant. While legal immigration should be uninterrupted, illegal immigration while impossible to stop completely should be monitored more closely to prevent as much circumvention of the legal immigration system as possible.

Illegal aliens should not be given amnesties. Besides being unfair to U.S. citizens, an amnesty for illegal aliens rewards people who

"Congress has made unauthorized entry into the United States a crime. That congress has not made that crime impossible to commit does not make this country responsible when individuals knowingly commit it. We are all concerned that amnesty not be regarded as a reward for lawbreaking. If amnesty is given to a class on the basis of their having broken the law before, then it is by its very definition a reward for that criminal act."

The government should think carefully before deciding to grant amnesty to those who enter the country illegally.

Under a device invented by the courts, many illegal aliens are allowed to receive welfare without fear of deportation. Other illegal aliens get welfare the same way they get jobs, document fraud. Why do we pay people who break the laws? Doesn't that send the wrong message? Come to the U.S. illegal, and we will pay you.

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