Classion Discussion Reflection: Illegal Immigration 4/28/11

This class discussion was, perhaps, the most interesting yet as there were a lot of curiously awesome thoughts exchanged between my peers. Before having the discussion with the class, I had a talk with my dad on his thoughts on illegal immigration. Like what most people say, he says that illegal immmigrants are taking away jobs, receiving free financial aid from the government, and taking advantage of our free education. He didn't believe that these immigrants didn't come here for "the American Dream." Although what he says, or at least the way he said these things, sounded a bit harsh, I agreed with him by the statement that if immigrants are to come to the U.S., they should do it fairly and legally, despite the process being extremely long. Our class discussion provided several options to alleviate the immigration issue such as helping to better Mexico so that less immigrants will come over, and the idea of creating a pool of smart immigrants to create a better United States. I enjoyed this class discussion, and I look forward to the next one (if there's going to be another one at this time of the year).