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When I thought of major issues facing this nation, one was put out in bold print because of recent problems. This is the issue of illegal immigration. There are many people on both sides of this problem and it will be a long time before it is settled for good. The number of people wanting to start a life here is too great to be able to watch over it all. According to Ben Franklin, treating a man as a lesser being is "an atrocious debasement of human nature." Also, he believes in a man working hard and earning his own, as he says, "God helps them that help themselves, " and "Laziness travels so slowly, that Poverty soon overtakes him." Having views like this leads me to think that Franklin would have supported the men who came here to work hard to earn a living. Many of the men that sneak into our nation work very hard for little money which they use most of to support a family. All they do is w