RA: Immigrant America

Alejandro Portes and Ruben G. Rumbaut's book "Immigrant America" talked about why immigration is a good thing. They used statistical research and logic. They point out that America is a nation that has been established from immigration. They show good sides including bilingualism and culture. They take arguments about wellfare being a problem and that immigrants don't pay taxes and other issues that people have had with immigration and counter them by using other arguments. Much of the book is just explaining immigration. What it is, what it does, what some immigrants are like, migrant patterns, and more. I don't know if their arguments were sufficient. Maybe for their audience, people who know some about immigration (probably pro-immigration people who would like some data to "prove" their claims). As for me, I still don't understand immigration. I've heard it both sides, but I still don't understand it. When did we start setting up walls and fences for people who wanted to come to America? Is the crime rate going up? Is our society really being hurt by it. Why is there this big separation between "us" and "them"? There is a geographical separation it's true, but it's not like those who were born in the U.S. merit this coincidence. Do those in America deserve to be in America? And do others deserve to be where they are? I don't understand, it might be things with the government that makes it more complicated than i'm able to comprehend. One day perhaps.