The USA Immigration Problem - Not Enough Immigration

One of the bigger complaints we hear on immigration, is that the USA lets in more immigrants than any country in the world (oftentimes illegally), and therefore need to 'control' the volume of immigrants coming to our country. Or sometimes the argument is that we have too many 'illegal' immigrants already in our country and need to 'control' them further.

Senator Robert Bennett summarizes our challenge very well: "America's current immigration laws have been a failure. They have had the effect of either keeping out or disrupting the lives of people whom we want in our country. At the same time, they have been ineffective if not unenforceable with respect to those we don't want, such as criminals and those with no job prospects".

Let's take a look at some facts and history.