Immigration is the prominent issue of our times because it is impacted and altered by every shift occurring in the global arena. Increases in intrastate conflict will produce asylum seekers from all over the world looking for safety and an escape from the humanitarian disasters occurring in their countries. Global climate change will produce climate refugees looking for permanent places to settle. Further, inefficient and unsustainable economic and market policies will result in more migrants foraging the globe, especially the Western world, for jobs.

How are America and other countries prepared to address or contend with these masses, while minimizing and still paying heed to security threats? How can international law and global covenants be used to protect these individuals? Presently, these are unanswered questions in a time when our policy is to address terrorism and while simultaneously increasing xenophobia, rather than attempting to minimize humanitarian plight. Currently, the Department of Homeland Security is bombarded with visa queues that are denied, asylum seekers are told to find someone else’s land to litter, and immigrants seeking sustenance for families are denied with a heavy stamp. Those lucky enough to make it here are often humiliated within our judicial system and then deported. These issues suggest a significant need for immigration reform and overhaul. If these problems and inequalities are not addressed, they will cause population crises that will far surpass issues of global climate change and economic stability, while further exacerbating humanitarian afflictions and national security threats.

What do YOU think is the most important issue in global affairs today? Send your responses to pgi.editorial@gmail.com.

Certainly an article worth reading:

http://www.newsweek.com/id/180035