This House Supports Free Immigration

I have noticed that my opponent from his opening comments seems to be under the impression that I am against immigration all together. That is not the purpose of this debate, this debate is not on immigration, it is on FREE IMMIGRATION. There are many differences between free immigration, and regular immigration. This debate is not on whether these people should be called Americans, it is if these people should be in America at all. Firstly, with free immigration the person can get into the country through any means, even if it is illegal. Secondly, there is no application, no forms, nothing, if they wish to enter then they enter. All they have to do is sign their name on a piece of paper stating how many people are entering. Thirdly, these people then cannot be deported, that is a key component of Free Immigration. Thus, what my opponent has said about immigration so far is invalidated, e. g. the current immigration system, immigrants who enter the country via work permits, etc. etc. The topic of this debate is FREE IMMIGRATION. Before I begin, I would like to point out that I support immigration an d freedom, but unchecked freedom I feel is more harmful than beneficial. THE HARMS OF FREE IMMIGRATION If we were to accept Free Immigration we would allow droves of people to come into our country to live the American dream. Now this may not seem so bad, because these people now get to lead a better life. But in reality, this harms both the country they are moving to and the country they are moving from. This will be my case line for this debate. C1: IT HARMS THE COUNTRY THEY MOVE FROM It is clear to many that America is a first world nation, and many people desire to better their lives in America. For example, many people from Mexico try to illegally immigrate to America to better their lives. Many people don’t dare try and enter the United States illegally through fear of being caught and because of its illegality. If we opened our borders, droves of people will be coming. The lower class, the middle class, the upper class, all will be coming into the country. Now, we aren’t saying that EVERYONE will just leave, but we can safely assume that many people will come. Doctors, lawyers, teachers, and the unemployed will take their skills to another country. This means that Mexico will be left with fewer doctors, lawyers, teachers, and the unemployed. This will cripple the country. We can’t guarantee that these people will return to their country of origin by choice, and we can’t deport them out. These higher educated people and the hard workers is what a 3rd world country needs to become a 1st world country. Encouraging these people to move to a different country will bring the country of origin to its knees and condemn the country to forever be 3rd world. We on side Opposition will not kill a country. C2: IT HARMS THE COUNTRY THE PEOPLE MOVE TO There are many examples of this in history, when a sudden population boom destroys a country. We see here that as these people enter the country, there will be too many people and too few jobs. America already faces massive unemployment, my opponent wishes to add to that. The industrial revolution and Britain. We see here that the sudden loss of thousands of people’s jobs ruined the economy. People began working over 10 hours a day for little to no pay! There were so many people willing to work, too few jobs, and some factory owners to take advantage of that. The cities in England couldn’t handle the stress either. The fact that there were so many people, the quality of services such as education, medical care, and social services decreased greatly. Sanitation was near zero. Education was low. My opponent wants to repeat this disaster. The fall of the Russian Tsarhood. The Tsar encouraged people to move from the rural areas of Russia into the cities. What happened? Too many people, too few jobs. The cities weren’t ready to hold so many people and expand in so little time. What happened next? That’s right, people began working for less and less. Services lacked quality. These examples in history show us that a population boom will wreck the country experiencing the population explosion. We cannot let this occur in modern day. C3: IT HARMS CULTURAL RELATIONS This may seem like an awkward pillar, as my opponent may say that this brings cultures together and encourages diversity. But this is incorrect. Imagine going to work, suddenly finding that you’ve been laid off and your job was taken by an immigrant. Some people can’t handle that; some people can’t afford to lose their job. Instances like these spark racial hatred and discrimination; it doesn’t encourage cultural diversity at all. Tensions will rise until racially motivated crimes start occurring. We don’t want that in America. So, it is for these reasons that we are opposed to Free Immigration.