Illegal Immigration Civil War

Since America's beginning, there have been multiple conflicts over the respective roles of national and state governments. In fact, the Civil War was actually fought over questions of states' rights. These question included: Can a state create a law that allows for slavery? and Does a state have the right to secede from the Union? Even today we still disagree on power when it comes to the federal government and the state governments. Some things, such as these arguments, will never completely disappear. One argument that has been being debated for an extended period of time is the concern of illegal immigration. Illegal immigration refers to the movement of people across national borders in a way that violates the immigration …show more content…
I think this because the state is just as involved in this situation as the country is. After all, the immigrant did enter their state at exactly the same time they enter the country, so why should it only be a state problem or a federal problem. Some people may disagree with what I'm about to say, but that's okay because it's simply my opinion. I feel that sometimes the current federal methods for situations just don't do justice. In these cases I feel that the states should take matters into their own hands and try to come up with their own way to help solve this problem. I don't feel that there is any harm in trying to take matters into your own hands when the measures that are supposed to be being taken are not solving the problem. There isn't just one group of people that have a brain big enough to come up with ideas on how to solve problems, if there was this country would be in more trouble than it already is. For that reason, I feel that anyone is capable of coming up with a possible solution. I feel that the state should be given the opportunity to discuss other possibilities to solve problems such as immigration, they should not have to abide by only the federal methods that are currently in …show more content…
Federal laws rank higher than any state governor that I've ever heard of, therefore, I feel that they definitely can enforce them. However, I do not think that they should enforce only the federal laws. I think that they should try to come up with a few ideas of their own for illegal immigration. Upon thinking of new solutions, I think they should seek approval from other individuals within the state. If these possible solutions are approved, I think they should take these matters into their own hands and see if by some chance their solutions would be more effective than the federal laws against illegal immigration. In fact, I think that the state should be allowed to use its laws against trespassing as a means to arrest illegal immigration, after all, they are definitely trespassing in my book. They are entering property that they know they are not allowed to be on. It's no secret, that's for sure. I feel that as long as they know they are doing wrong, which they all do or they wouldn't try to sneak into the United States in the first place, they should be able to be punished by the state, even if they use something as simple as trespassing. Overall, I feel that these illegal immigrants just need to be punished in some form or more and more of them will continue to try to do it. I think that it is very unfair that some individuals have to go through the long