Amnesty for Illegal Immigrants

There are strong arguments for allowing an amnesty for illegal immigrants.

1. It would be interesting to know how much we spend on trying to track them down and deport them. However much it costs, it doesn’t seem to be good value.

2. We would have to have a proper process for applying, so that anybody with a serious criminal record would be deported. Also, anybody who didn’t have a job, would not be allowed benefits.

3. But how much would we recover in tax from those who stayed.

I speak as someone whose family came here from Germany and France in the 1840s. They worked hard and were successful and helped to make this country, the rich and highly-developed country that it is.

Many who came in the 1960s have further increased that wealth.

It’s a difficult choice, but on balance immigrants make life better for us all.