He led them on a two-hour hike in the winter white forest, crossing a stream, they all had to undress, and bear the frigid waters nude. When they crossed the stream, a Bakery truck was waiting to take them on their final destination, a sleepy mid-west town 50 miles from Chicago, Illinois. The answer is that the United States has immigration laws that limit the number of foreigners permitted to live here permanently. Each year, some are allowed to settle here, but they need qualifications that these men lacked. Their only choice was to sneak in.
Immigration is one of the most pressing problems facing the United States today.
In a country that for epochs seemed to accept the world's tired, poor and wretched, the U.S. now finds itself at a crossroad. The United States has traditionally proclaimed a generous and compassionate approach to refugee problems. Since 1945, more than 2 million aliens have entered the country outside of regular immigration channels. Previously categorized as displaced persons, emergency migrants, or refugees, they have not only come from Europe, but also from Asia, Latin America, and the Carribean, and in smaller numbers from the Middle East and Africa. However, provisions of a utopian society are not always matched by the U.S.'s deeds, and for every statistic, there is another of exclusion, for every example of the open door, there is a door banging shut.