Immigration Limited or Unlimited
RIC PERLSTEIN POLITICAL SCIENCE FINAL PAPER WHEN TRYING TO MAKE A JUDGEMENT ON THE QUESTION OF WHETHER THE UNITED STATES SHOULD HAVE LIMITED OR UNLIMITED IMMIGRATION, THERE MUST, BY THE VERY NATURE OF THAT QUESTION, BE DISCUSSIONS ON POPULATION, ECONOMICS, THE ENVIRONMENT, AND VARIOUS OTHER CONSIDERATIONS. ... IMMIGRATION ENHANCES THE DIVERSITY AND RICH CULTURAL MIX OF OUR SOCIETY, AND THERE ARE MANY BENEFITS THAT ARE DERIVED FROM IT. ALTHOUGH, IT APPEARS THAT TODAY, LIMITED IMMIGRATION IS THE BEST CHOICE. ... EXPERTS WARN THAT THE REAL IMMIGRATION PROBLEM IS ONLY BEGINNING. ... WATTENBERG, AND KARL ZINSMEISTER OF THE "AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE" IN WASHINGTON, THE "MOST LIKELY" PROJECTIONS BY THE CENSUS BUREAU PREDICT, THAT AT THE CURRENT LEVELS OF IMMIGRATION, BIRTH, AND DEATH, DURING THE NEXT FIFTY YEARS. ... THIS IS WHAT CRITICS OF IMMIGRATION SUPPOSEDLY FOCUS ON WHEN MAKING THEIR STATEMENTS. ... # THE ONE THING THAT SEEMS IMPORTANT TO ALL AMERICANS WHO FAVOR IMMIGRATION LAWS, IS PRESERVING THE COUNTRY AS A DESCENT PLACE TO LIVE IN, FOR THEMSELVES, AND FOR THEIR CHILDREN. THEIR REASONS FOR SUPPORTING IMMIGRATION LAWS ARE JUST AS PATRIOTIC AS THOSE OF THE GROUPS WHO FELT THAT IT WAS AMERICAS SWORN DUTY TO EXTEND OPEN ARMS TO ALL OF THE OPPRESSED AND PERSECUTED, OF ALL RELIGIONS AND NATIONALITIES, AND PEOPLE OF THE WORLD. HOWEVER PUBLIC OPINION AS A WHOLE, AT MANY POINTS IN OUR HISTORY HAS BEEN IN FAVOR OF IMMIGRATION LAWS. ... " BUT MANY AMERICANS ARE AFRAID TO WELCOME ALL OF THE UNLIMITED NUMBERS OF POOR PEOPLE, FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. ... THIS LAW LIMITED THE NUMBER OF IMMIGRANTS WHICH WERE ALLOWED INTO THIS COUNTRY FROM THE OTHER COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD. ALTHOUGH THIS IS CREDITED AS BEING THE FIRST QUOTA LAW, THERE WAS A PIECE OF LEGISLATION PASSED IN 1882 AIMED SPECIFICALLY AT THE CHINESE, [THE CHINESE EXCLUSION ACT] WHICH SUSPENDED THE IMMIGRATION OF THE CHINESE FOR ABOUT 60 YEARS. ... IN OTHER WORDS, WILL IT BE BENEFICIAL OR DETRIMENTAL TO THE UNITED STATES TO HAVE ITS POPULATION RAPIDLY INCREASED TO "SOME BIG NUMBER" AS A POSSIBLE RESULT OF UNLIMITED IMMIGRATION? ... "# IN 1982 THERE WAS A UNITED STATES SENATE SUBCOMMITTEE HEARING ON, THE "IMMIGRATION AND REFUGEE POLICY", NUMERICAL LIMITS ON IMMIGRATION TO THE UNITED STATES. PROFESSOR OF HISTORY, LOY BILDERBACK, OF CAL STATE FRESNO, TESTIFIED BEFORE THE COMMITTEE THAT WE CAN AFFORD A NET IMMIGRATION OF 250,000 PEOPLE AND THAT A CAP, "A VERY FIRM CAP," NEEDS TO BE SET. HE STATED THAT, "ANY IMMIGRATION, ANY PROLONGED IMMIGRATION BEYOND THIS LEVEL IS GOING TO BE DESTRUCTIVE TO THE FABRIC AND FIBER OF THE REPUBLIC. ... " IN AN OPPOSING STATEMENT TO THAT SAME COMMITTEE, A SUPPORTER OF VOLUNTARY IMMIGRATION, DR. ... # IN CONCLUSION, THERE ARE AS MANY OPINIONS ON THE SUBJECT OF, WHETHER THE UNITED STATES SHOULD HAVE LIMITED OR UNLIMITED IMMIGRATION AS THERE ARE PEOPLE TO EXPRESS THEM. THESE UNLIMITED CONFLICTING OPINIONS COME FROM ALL CATEGORIES OF OUR BEST SCIENTISTS, TOP ECONOMISTS, TOP POLITICAL SCIENTISTS, TOP HISTORIANS, TOP ECOLOGISTS, TOP DEMOGRAPHERS, AND THE LIST GOES ON AND ON, UNTIL EVERYONE IS TOTALLY CONFUSED. ... IF THE UNITED STATES DID INSTITUTE A POLICY OF UNLIMITED IMMIGRATION AND THEN REACHED THE POINT OF DAMAGING OVERPOPULATION, THERE WOULD BE NO "UNITED STATES" STANDING BY TO PULL US OUT OF THE HOLE. ... " IT IS BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT WE JUST DON`T KNOW IF IN FACT, THAT WE CAN SUPPORT AN UNLIMITED INCREASE IN THE POPULATION OF THE UNITED STATES, IS THE REASON THAT I HAVE TAKEN THE POSITION THAT AT THIS TIME, LIMITED IMMIGRATION IS TODAY, THE CHOICE THAT I SUPPORT.