Legally Summing it Up

To try and put together my final thoughts on the topic is going to be difficult, but I feel from all the discussion I have put together a concrete opinion. I do feel safe stating that I believe the immigration process needs some sort of ammending. I also feel safe stating that the current system is very flawed, especially when it is estimated that as many as 12 million people live in this country undocumented, unlawfully, and dangerously. It is unlawful because the law states to live in this country you must be a citizen or a documented guest operating under conditions the Government states. It is dangerous because who knows who these people are? Yes the average illegal immigrant (a term I use only as what it states, someone who immigrated here illegally) likely means no harm to anyone, but out of those 12 million people the number of drug traffikers, terrorists, murderers, and everyday criminals who the government doesn't have any record of is enough for alarm. I think it is only fair to everyone if all people are regarded to under the same system who live inside the country border, and the only possible way for that is to overcome the immigration issue. Steps to be taken to resolve it are not as easy to come up with. It is likely impossible to gain documentation on everyone in the country, but the number 12 million definitly needs reduced. Everyone here illegally has in fact broken the law and needs to be dealt with accordingly. That doesn't mean they shouldn't be offered citizenship, but they must be punished. And if my view seems to be one demensional, I have personal experience involving an extremely close relative who to my knowledge worked around the system to gain citizenship, and I know that dealing with this problem would prevent that from happening in the future. It does sadden me that honest people like that may be denied access to the land I love, but if nothing is done there won't be a land to love much longer. This issue is a rising hurdle in the future operation of this country, but with enough thought, creativity, and compromise, an acceptable solution is likely. In conclusion, something must be done, the current system is terrible, people cannot live here unknown to the Government.