No true American could ever be opposed to legal immigration. The whole country was built by immigrants. Even the American Indians—the “first Americans” emigrated from Asia thousands of years ago. We are all descendants of immigrants, and it would be the height of hypocrisy to be opposed to further immigration.
However, no true American could ever support illegal immigration. That is against the very founding principles of the country—we are a nation of laws, not men—and opens the door to anarchy and chaos. If one person can break the law, then why can’t everybody break the law? Illegal immigration is wrong, and every country in the world has laws against it.
American patriots should not be opposed to legal immigration. But that doesn’t mean we throw our brains out the window and let anybody and everybody in, that we open the doors indiscriminately and allow the whole world to enter. American citizens, of whatever race, color, or creed, come first, and should be given the highest priority in the country. Immigrants are welcome, if they can contribute to the well-being of the whole, and if they don’t take jobs and money away from American citizens. Any country that puts the world ahead of itself is not doing justice for its own people.
Every illegal alien in America should be sent home. They are breaking our laws. They are welcome to try to come legally, but they should not be allowed to stay illegally. Aliens who are legally in the country are welcome to stay. But maybe before we allow any more “legal” aliens into America, we should stop, take a breath, clean out the mess, see what we’ve got, and then see what we need. If we need jobs filled that can only be supplied by immigrants, by all means, let them in. But America simply cannot allow everybody on earth into the country, even legally. We don’t have room for them, or the jobs for them to fill.
Growth, by its very nature, is slow. A country’s growth must have some regulation so that it does not get out of control and can properly assimilate those who do come. I’m all for legal immigration. But I’m also for common sense immigration, an immigration that will benefit the country, and the American people, first.
Let’s put America first, providing primarily for our own people, then seeing what gaps need to be filled by immigrants. And where there is a need, let them in. Legally.