Immigration something that our nation is built on is also one of the most divisive issues of our time. It seems that America is truly split on where to go from here the two parties have drawn their lines in the sand and dug in with the American people and millions of immigrants in the middle of it all.

Over our almost 250 years as a nation we have had tens of millions of immigrants come to our shores of a better life. As time has moved forward America has become much more limited of who they want in and the number they are willing to have. This is not a new thing in the 1920’s and 30’s there were limits on the number of people allowed from specific countries in Europe that could come over. In our time with much more immigrants from Hispanic and Muslim nations America has had a change of tune toward the importance of immigration. The issue has become very dividing today with the fight over immigration reform, border security, and what will happen to illegal immigrants within out borders. It seems that many politicians have changed their minds on their previous stances and it’s a whole new game for our government.

On the Republican side, the stance is to strengthen border security which includes new barriers, increase technology and more border agents. Along with standing against giving amnesty to undocumented immigrants who are already in the U.S. Then the on the Democrat side its it fairly hard to see what their position really against what is besides just the Republicans and Trump want. Up until the election of President Trump many top Democrats including Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer, Hillary Clinton, and Barrack Obama were in agreement that more barriers and security was needed for the southern border. But not in the age of Trump they have changed their tune with Nancy Pelosi now Speaker of the House says that “walls are immoral” and the party for the most part is behind her against adding any new border barriers. The Democrats also want to protect the illegal immigrants including DACA or “Dreamers” who they people should stay in the United States and have a pathway to citizenship. The government was partially shut down for 35 days longest is U.S. history all on the sticking point of Trumps campaign promise of a wall. Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer for the most part was able to keep their party in line and not give in the Presidents demand, the government is back in business for now what is only funded to February 8^th. In this time the two parties are in conference trying to find a more long-term solution and agreement on border security and government funding. It is very uncertain if a deal will come from these talks because we could be looking at another shut down if not or the possibility of the President declaring a nation emergency to fund building the wall along with improving technology, more agents, and humanitarian aid.

We can only hope as a nation that a compromise is made so we can move forward from this stronger and more united. Both side know the importance of immigration in our society and know it is immigrants who build this country and are the reason we are all hear unless you are Native American. Immigrants are very important to our country in many cases immigrants do the work that Americans don’t want the little and big jobs that people don’t even think about helping our nation grow and run smoothly. We will soon see what will come out of these talks and what will be said in President Trumps State of the Union on February 5^th. I think we all want to move toward from this very divisive issue that has caused a lot of pain and suffering for so many.

Now I usually like to keep my writings very natural so now to cause conflict with people but I think for this it is important to be honest. I am a moderate Republican, and no Trump was not my first choice but I do respect him as our President. I have love politics and history for much of my life and that is how I can write from both points of view because I think it is very important to understand both or you are just going to be kind of arrogant. Now this is just my take on the issues and it is completely fine to disagree with me. I do think border security is very important to our country, and more funding is needed to protect our country from crime and drugs. This includes more barrier, not a wall from sea to sea but more fences in strategic areas because much of the border has natural barriers. More technology is also need for better surveillance and drug detection with more agents needed not just at the border but also at our ports of entry where most of the drugs come in. Then most importantly immigration reform is desperately needed there are so many people wanting to come to our country and we need a new and updated system in order to deal with this demand. I am no expert or politician so these decision are up to our leaders in Washington to figure out and lead our nation forward for this crisis we find ourselves in today.