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Immigration is a delicate topic is today's political spectrum.  There is the Arizona law that was recently upheld in the U. S. Supreme Court which allows for officers who make a routine traffic stop to inquire about legal status in the United States.  That, with many other steps taken by border states to contain illegal immigration, has fueled the immigration debate in the country.  In order to become a citizen in the United States residents with a green card are eligible after 5 years of resident status to apply for U.S. citizenship; or, one can Mary and wait only three years or just go strait into the military during wartime.  The only issue is the process can be very long after applying for citizenship and even though you are paying taxes because you are a resident, you can not vote or participate in the political process.  However, you are welcome to go to our schools and even receive lower tuition rates because of your immigrant status.  

Since Mexico's wage gap is so vast and inflation so large, the currency in Mexico is extremely weak in comparison to the United States.  This creates a strong incentive to migrate and I can hardly blame those who have come to the United States for a better life.  After all, we are the shining light on a hill for the rest of the world, at least for now.  I want to know what the incentives are to actually migrate legally.  The process of receiving your green card and then waiting to gain legal status can, in many cases, take years and sometimes decades.  The incentive to migrate illegally is high, especially given the state of the economy of our southern border neighbor.  Now, I don't think the Dream Act is the right solution.  However, I do think that something must be done in order to fix this problem.  There is nothing wrong with immigration, and it is done legally everyday.  The incentives for immigration to the southern border states outweigh the incentives for legal immigration.  There is what is known as the bottleneck in the southern border states.  The system can't handle that many immigrants at one time, and so the incentive for illegal immigration is high.