Like many before me and many since, I came to this nation as an immigrant in search of opportunity, education, and a better future. The fact that people from all over the world want to immigrate here is a strength, not a weakness. Immigrants make this nation stronger, improve our culture, and benefit our economy.
However, our current immigration system fails to provide those who wish to immigrate here legally with a timely and clear process. And, once here, we fail to provide immigrants with adequate services to easily acclimate to American society. These policy failures lead to increased violation of our immigration laws and long delays before new immigrants can start working, building a life, and contributing to society.
Cities around the nation are currently dealing with the effects of decades of inaction and policy failures around immigration. This increase in immigration throughout the nation has led some to turn against immigration in general. However, immigration is a crucial strength of the nation, and rather than turning on immigration in general, we must turn against our current broken immigration system. Stronger border enforcement must be tied to an expansion of legal immigration and funding for the systems that facilitate that expansion.
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