Immigrants do bring an immeasurable amount of valuable skills and knowledge to the U.S. It is a shame that our immigration system is so convoluted; this is the problem that needs to be addressed. Simply allowing people to continually live illegally is a travesty. I certainly am not allowed to break the law everyday and still stand free.

You are attacking the wrong issue.

Immigrants have been central to the US’ success over time as they brought with them new ideas, new ways to look at things, eagerness to work and improve things in a land where such improvements and accomplishments were feasible, unlike where they came from.

These same assets are still present in many of today’s legal and illegal immigrants.

Our political leaders love to tout our freedom loving nation that was forged through the cooperation and participation of immigrants. Indeed, most of the transcontinental railroad (an almost impossible achievment at the time) was built by Chinese immigrants in the West and Irish in the East. Yet, many today disregard contributions made by immigrants and prefer to point to the “evils” brought by immigration. Hypocrisy at its best. I am all for the rule of law but not when that law is flawed and ineffective as was the reasoning of our founding fathers. Our immigration laws are outdated and inefficient if not as you say immoral. Our amnesty laws in reality provide relief from persecution to very few. As an ambassador and representative nation of freedom and democracy, we need to take a long look at our attitude towards people who only desire the same freedom and opportunity that we enjoy.