Where Do We Draw the Line with Immigration Laws in the United States?

Where Do We Draw the Line with Immigration Laws in the United States?

Thesis Statement

Where Do We Draw the Line with Immigration Laws in the United States?

Introduction

One could only imagine how difficult it is to govern and deal with illegal immigration issues in a state as large as United States; with it being, as noted in Davenport's article, the nation's busiest illegal entry point. There are specific laws designed to regulate illegal immigration. While the effects of illegal immigration are being experienced throughout the state, it is somewhat suppressed in its dealing with the effects because the federal government has been granted sole authority in enforcing immigration laws and regulating immigration.

Body: Discussion and Analysis

One of the laws under dispute that the state wants passed is for all immigrants to have to carry their immigration registration papers at all times, giving police unbridled permission to stop and question any citizen that they perceive to be an illegal immigrant (Kerwin, 2011). This would cause a large portion of the population to become suspects in their own country and induce harassment. Another thing to consider is the high risk of identity theft with it being public knowledge that so many citizens are carrying such documentation.

What is also worth considering is the time consumption of stopping and checking every individual that appears to fit a profile and its apparent ineffectiveness. It would be absent minded to think that the illegals in this situation would not just find themselves around this law by illegally obtaining the credentials necessary for passing law enforcement's inquiry. Among the many glitches concerning this law is the insult and unfair hardship towards legal immigrants that have either made citizenship legally, or who are just born resident's of this ...