Why I Want To Be An American Citizen

In the United States of America live 300 million people (worldometer). The US accepts people into the country based on their citizenship. People who don’t have to prove that they know about their heritage, they are simply born into American citizenship. Then there is the other population of people who deserve the same acceptance as the rest: the group of 42.1 million legal immigrants trying to fit in with the average American (Center For Immigration Studies). This group of people works hard and are ridiculed for being immigrants. People automatically associate them with illegal immigrants and won’t truly accept them as equal until they are granted citizenship. What these people fail to consider is the amount of work and effort needed to become an United States citizen. First, the foreigner needs to apply for a visa which is a lottery-based system. If somebody miraculously …show more content…
In fact, many countries want their borders more secure than ours in order to keep unemployment and riots low. These are the countries that originally had few restrictions on their immigration (CNN). Now they are receiving political backlash from almost every citizen. This, in turn, closed their borders down almost immediately, forcing a halt to immigration. Looking at the results of this course of action one could see that it would end terribly. So what does a good immigration process look like? Canada is the perfect example of a great place to immigrate too. Canadians are looking for people who are educated, trained in working, and can speak several languages. If an immigrant can meet at least two of these requirements, then they will easily be accepted. Many countries with low population should adopt this policy, and even countries with a big population should too. It forces people to bring something to the community to have a better life. It will save people from other countries that can make the world a better