360 Degrees: Illegal Immigration

Illegal immigration is a highly contentious issue.  Almost everyone has a deeply-held ideological belief on the issue.  Some say we need to allow the immigrants to come into the US because we need to keep up the American dream.  Others say that we should kick them all out and build a fence because they are stealing American jobs.  

The people who say we should allow illegal immigration say that those people deserve to be able to come to America.  America has been a land of hope for quite some time, there's zero reason to change that now.  The United States represent a unique opportunity to get a job and raise a family.  They are coming from terrible conditions, and are just trying to do something positive for the people they love.

The people who say we should not allow illegal immigrants to come to the US say that those illegal immigrants are stealing American jobs.  They come to the US and work for far less than the average American is willing to work for.  They say that Americans would be doing those jobs, but then when the immigrants come and take them, that uniquely hurts America.

I personally think there's no harm in smoothing up the citizenship process.  Legal immigrants will take jobs away just as quickly as illegal ones, the only difference is how long it takes the individual immigrants to become authentic citizens.  My dad has a friend who has had a team of professional lawyers trying to make him a citizen... for nearly a decade.  If they can't do it, it's completely unreasonable to expect your average immigrant to be able to do it.  There's zero harm in allowing them to become immigrants faster, except for they will now be paying taxes (which is a positive anyway).