US Plan to Control Immigration Causes Controversy

The United States plan to handle the immigration problem has stirred up controversy with the Vatican. The US has planned to build a border fence on the Mexican border to prevent illegal immigrants from sneaking in to the country. President Bush had signed legislation which would enable a 700 mile border fence to be constructed. The Vatican strongly opposes this plan and believes that the wall is a mistake. It was discussed in a speech at Rome on November 14. The cardinal representing the pope at the conference, Cardinal Martino, displayed his disapproval and praised the Mexican and American bishops who opposed this plan. He went on trying to relate the Berlin Wall to the new supposed wall to be built. The United States’ plan to diminish the immigrants is a very probable solution in the future.

Immigration has always been a problem in the history of the United States. Between the 1890s and the early 1920s, there was a drastic increase in immigration. Immigrants of several countries came to the United States in hope of a better future. This caused the country to become over populated. In 1924, the Immigration Act of 1924 was passed to help control the situation. This act restricted the number of immigrants coming to the United States from countries all over the world including Southern and Eastern European countries and East Indian and Asian Indian countries. However, this act did not include any countries from Latin America. This exclusion possibly could have contributed to the Mexican immigration problem today. Boundaries were necessary in the early 20th century and they are still needed today to control
the population of immigrants.
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