Don’t Shut the Golden Door

These writers show how important immigrants are to this country. And how important they have been throughout our history.   - - Donna Poisl

By JOHN M. MacDONALD and ROBERT J. SAMPSON

IMMIGRATION is in the headlines again, with President Obama’s decision last week to stop deporting young illegal immigrants who came to the United States as children, and the Supreme Court’s approaching decision on the constitutionality of Arizona’s crackdown on undocumented migrants.

But too much of the public debate has focused on the legality of immigration without considering a more fundamental question: What effects has mass immigration had on American society?

As a result of the 1965 immigration act, which opened the door widely to non-European immigrants, 40 million foreign-born immigrants now live in the United States.
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