Citizenship Among Immigrants

For a country that outwardly prides itself on the noblest of principles — equality and justice chiefly among them — it is shameful that the United States government and many of its people have given way to the two most dangerous of human impulses: money and power. The attitudes and ideologies of U.S. politicians have become largely inconsistent with the policy preferences of their constituents. This is because the upper class has gained a robust foothold over the political actors and have thereby silenced many of the voices of the middle class. If the United States is to prosper, it must invest in its middle class. Big money interests do nothing to strengthen the state of a democracy, a republic, a polity, or anything of the sort. My argument …show more content…
Many immigrants reside in the United States unlawfully, as we are well aware. The law, as it is currently written, does not permit foreigners to reside in the United States without a visa; and yet, so many of them live among us. They seek citizenship but are often unable to attain it. I must proceed to the inevitable question: what criteria should be used to determine who should be granted citizenship? Any person who is readily able to be ruled and to rule in turn should be made a full-fledged citizen, and all of the respective rights and privileges that come along with citizenship should be afforded to say, person. This process should be done with an expedition, and all persons who do not meet this criterion should be subjected to a higher level of scrutiny, insofar as the law will allow. This final recommendation leads me to pose one final question: what makes laws so beneficial? As a product of enumeration, the people of the United States are to be made aware of what the standard is; ambiguity is precluded. Enumerated laws do prevent against arbitrary judgments over some people and not others; they do eliminate any personal biases that the rulers may have. Once people become involved in the process of judging, the beast becomes manifest. However, the rule of law has a discernible flaw: there are situations that laws cannot anticipate nor can they address. There must, therefore, be an interplay between laws and human beings. It is the laws which shape us and guide our behavior and allow us to formulate a complete understanding of justice and what’s right and what’s wrong. These laws are to be made by wise human beings; so, any executive’s application of the law should reflect the exercise of both prudence and diligence. This method is precisely what I recommend you do as part of my fourth and final recommendation. I trust that you will exercise the correct level of judgment as you