Illegal Immigration | Illegal Immigration Does Not Threaten America

Richard Rayner, a California resident who himself immigrated from England, is a writer and novelist. In the following viewpoint, he profiles an illegal immigrant and her children and argues that people like them do not constitute a national crisis. Illegal immigration is controversial, he writes, because it touches on several emotional issues, including crime, welfare, and the future of America. However, Rayner holds that the United States can easily absorb and indeed benefit from the labor and other contributions of both legal and illegal immigrants.

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