Illegal Immigration is my topic, and although Ebola patients from Africa may not be coming into America illegally, they are still coming in, and that in itself is immigration. The problem with Ebola right now is that it has killed 4,922 people in West Africa, there are over 10,000 cases being reported, and we are afraid that if people begin to migrate to the U.S., we will begin to accumulate our own horrible statistics.
According to a released CNN video aired just today, in New York and New Jersey, quarantine guidelines have newly been released and leaders are taking active measures to ensure the tranquility of the public...even if that means putting some people in quarantine even if they don't have the virus, just to make sure because they could have been potentially exposed.
Immigration plays a large part in this major scenario because if we cut off America's borders to the rest of the world, we are just encouraging people to sneak in and if they sneak in, there is a bigger chance that they will not be securely checked and inspected of the virus. If we keep our borders open, that means we need to enhance security measures in case of any possible virus carriers seeking residence in the U.S. What does this mean for people who are wanting to live in America? If they are not escaping the virus in Africa and they don't have any potential harm, are they more likely to just be let in than people from Africa? Do we get to play Big Brother in the deciding of who gets to come in who doesn't? But then how would it look to other countries if we triple checked every African American who want to come in to our country, and only checked once if their skin was as pale as sun rays. Could our security be dismissed as discrimination? What border lines are we really crossing here?
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