Morgan, Daley and Andrew
Hello, welcome to America!
We base our government on freedom and democracy so we give people the right to choose the number of children they have. However, we have implemented immigration and population policies in order to stabilize the nation’s population.
First, we give monetary incentives to families who choose to have more children. For every child a family chooses to have, they receive a tax return. For example, in Tennessee, a person would receive around $4,500 back for every child they have.
Second, we try to educate people from a young age on sex, abortion, contraceptive use, abstinence, and family planning. Programs such as the Kaiser Family Foundation, the Centers for Disease Control, and the Adolescent Family Life Act, which is a teen chastity program, help to raise awareness of the issues. We believe that everyone should have the ability to acquire contraceptives, therefore, they are available at local centers as well as handed out for free at certain centers such as Planned Parenthood.
Third, along with birth rate another problem is the influx of immigration. America has always opened its borders to immigrants who are willing to cooperate legally. However, in recent years, there has been plethora of illegal immigrants escaping harsh conditions in Mexico. Although we understand their desire to come for new opportunity and escaping unlivable conditions back home, illegal immigration accounts for undocumented population increase. Due to this increase, a valid response would be to deport the illegal immigrants. However, it becomes difficult when they start to settle down and have families where their children have become citizens. An attempt to prevent this from happening, we have set up border controls and in some places United States citizens have taken the matter into their own hands, known as the minutemen.
Lastly, one of the biggest promotions we try to make in America is to encourage job opportunities for women. This, along with monetary incentives, education, and immigration control, we attempt to sustain our nation’s population.
