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Americans remain divided on whether to increase immigration levels, according to a Gallup poll released Friday.
Thirty-three percent of respondents said that immigration levels should be increased, while 31 percent said immigration should be decreased. Another 35 percent said immigration should be kept at its present levels.
Truthfully, the US can’t accept literally every individual and family into its borders, even if it wanted to, since it doesn’t have the resources or capacity. These truths are part of what make up many Americans’ misgivings about accepting more immigrants. If we are going to increase our quotas at some point, than we need to proportionally increase our standards for giving them the chance for upward mobility, not just for the economy but more importantly for them.