Wednesday, January 23, 2008
System Failures Across the World
This months edition of the Economist had a special on mass migration across the world. I believe it is an issue that has been on many people's minds. If people from developing countries take illegal measures to get into developed countries you can have abuse issues sometimes worse than if they had stayed where they are and these people even though they don't know it put a strain on the countries' welfare systems (health care, education, etc.) which could eventually destroy the current system. Where do you all stand on migration? I would say that people for the most part need to stay in their countries and the US should find ways to improve the living standards in these countries. Sort of conservative stance for me:)
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I would say that legal immigration can be beneficial for both countries involved. The undeveloped country can allevaite the effects of a high population and the developed country gets hard working labor. If the immigrants provide skilled labor that is an extra bonus. When immigrants come legally then they would pay taxes so they wouldn't put much extra strain on social services. Immigrants in America are 2-3 times more likely to start their own business than natives.
I would also argue that we have a moral imperative to help refugees and people persecuted for political/religious beliefs.
I agree with Dan that legal immigration would be preferred over illegal immigration, but I worry that adding too many immigrants would further strain education and health care systems, so I see that side of the argument too.
Still, despite the millions that come in every year, there haven't really been any major problems yet, so I'm in favor of opening up Immigration, but making sure that some sort of quota is set in case a huge chunk of Mexico suddenly decides it wants to come over. The wall is also a good idea to prevent terrorists and drugs from crossing over.
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