Our country is being invaded, money taken from our pockets, food taken off of our
family’s tables, and the American Dream stolen from U.S. citizens every day. Legal
immigration numbers are at all-time highs while illegal immigration is tolerated, in some
opinions encouraged by protective executive orders, as political parties position to capture
minority votes and trade favors with America’s wealthiest. Raising the number of legal
immigrants entering the U.S. each year, failing to enforce immigration laws or providing
amnesty for illegal immigrants has and will continue to lead Americans to economical
distress.
Immigration laws have taken many approaches over our country’s history. Until recent
history, the laws seemed to be passed to protect the best interest of current U.S. citizens. In
1790, the Naturalization Act was passed determining that any free white person who lived
in the United States for more than two years may apply for citizenship. In 1798, in
response to our naval conflict with France, President John Adams signed the Alien and
Sedition Acts into law allowing the deportation of aliens deemed harmful to the peace and
safety of the country. In 1882, President Chester A. Arthur signed the Chinese Exclusion
Act into law in response to waves of Chinese immigrants who originally came to work
building the Transcontinental Railroad, but had stayed to take other American jobs after
the railway was completed. After the outbreak of World War I, the Immigration Act of
1917, the Quota act in 1921, and the National Origins Act in 1924 were all passed to
control over all immigration numbers and to allow control over immigration of citizens of
our enemies. The Immigration and Naturalization Acts of 1952 and 1965 continued to
support government control of immigration numbers and demographics, however the latter
made immigration demographics much more equal and open. The next major piece of
legislation did not come until the mid 1980s after illegal immigration had become a
profound problem. The Immigration Reform and Control Acts in 1986 did offer funding to
strengthen border control and did make it a crime for employers to hire illegal immigrants,
however it also provided amnesty for millions of people who knowingly came into the
country illegally. Since that time, illegal immigration has been sharply on the rise while no
further president or congress has been able to draft agreed upon and approved legislation
to control the issues. (Issues & Controversies, 2013)
In June 2012, President Obama established the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals
