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lol thinking sometimes gives everyone a headache but my school used to encourage a lot of it anyway. My friend was always that person wanting to start debates about whether or not we exist and the conditions of humankind's tenancy on this planet, and I always swore I'd just attempt to live my life without attracting too much attention to myself 
Although I agree in some cases immigration presents a lot of problems, I think it also brings many benefits to the destination country. I don't talk about America specifically but all countries, because frankly I don't know anything much about America. In a lot of developed countries the birth rate is falling, life expenctancy going up and as a result the dependency ratio increasing very fast - natural increase simply can't cater for all those pensions and job vacancies, because in many cases it doesn't actually exist anymore.
So immigrants who are looking for a better life and can fill those places. As more developed countries we shouldn't begrudge them that, many of them legitimately are struggling in their home countries and it could be the only chance for them to feed their children and send them to school back home, or bring them out as well so they can have a better education elsewhere. It can't be easy for one parent or both to decide to leave their kids behind and head to another country, do backbreaking labour just so those kids can have a better future. You guys aren't the only ones looking out for your children.
So many developed countries complain about all the immigrants and how they're degrading their society (get over yourselves), but get rid of them and not only would the economy of the host country collapse, so would those of many developing countries where the immigrants originate. In some countries remittances from young workers heading overseas can account for up to 50% of GDP.
And besides, I think it's heartless for countries who have the means to support these people to turn them away, simply because they could be even richer themselves if they did so. People from other countries bring workers, skilled or unskilled (someone's got to do those jobs, and if you want to close your borders to people who are willing to do them, it could be your children scrubbing toilets one day), culture, variety in food, clothing, etc. and so benefits for all countries involved.
If Americans (as in US Citizens) were to migrate in huge numbers to some other country and try to take advantage of them it probably would be seen as an invasion, because America as one of the richer and more developed countries in the world should be one of the countries providing support and opportunities to others who are looking for them, not the other way round. And personally (but it's probably just me) I think it should be a privilege to do so. I'm glad I live in a developed country, and think we shouldn't deny people who never had that opportunity but have so much to bring to us the chance to do the same.
Although I agree in some cases immigration presents a lot of problems, I think it also brings many benefits to the destination country. I don't talk about America specifically but all countries, because frankly I don't know anything much about America. In a lot of developed countries the birth rate is falling, life expenctancy going up and as a result the dependency ratio increasing very fast - natural increase simply can't cater for all those pensions and job vacancies, because in many cases it doesn't actually exist anymore.
So immigrants who are looking for a better life and can fill those places. As more developed countries we shouldn't begrudge them that, many of them legitimately are struggling in their home countries and it could be the only chance for them to feed their children and send them to school back home, or bring them out as well so they can have a better education elsewhere. It can't be easy for one parent or both to decide to leave their kids behind and head to another country, do backbreaking labour just so those kids can have a better future. You guys aren't the only ones looking out for your children.
So many developed countries complain about all the immigrants and how they're degrading their society (get over yourselves), but get rid of them and not only would the economy of the host country collapse, so would those of many developing countries where the immigrants originate. In some countries remittances from young workers heading overseas can account for up to 50% of GDP.
And besides, I think it's heartless for countries who have the means to support these people to turn them away, simply because they could be even richer themselves if they did so. People from other countries bring workers, skilled or unskilled (someone's got to do those jobs, and if you want to close your borders to people who are willing to do them, it could be your children scrubbing toilets one day), culture, variety in food, clothing, etc. and so benefits for all countries involved.
If Americans (as in US Citizens) were to migrate in huge numbers to some other country and try to take advantage of them it probably would be seen as an invasion, because America as one of the richer and more developed countries in the world should be one of the countries providing support and opportunities to others who are looking for them, not the other way round. And personally (but it's probably just me) I think it should be a privilege to do so. I'm glad I live in a developed country, and think we shouldn't deny people who never had that opportunity but have so much to bring to us the chance to do the same.
Usually by the time I've recovered a command of the English language the time for speaking is past and the topic being discussed is several miles removed from the one I've just spent the past five minutes thinking about. And as a result, I usually get creamed in arguments with my friend (affectionately nicknamed The Capitalist, she wants to be a billionaire some day. I kind of want to be a billionaire sometimes as well, but I usually ignore that because it's just the world we grow up in 
