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� /� / / � of SQO,E}00 illegal immigrants, according to the Star Tribune, page A 1� October 7, 2006. This number was far greater than the 400,000 immigrants who entered the U.S. legally. When asked my opinion of whai we could do to control this problem, I would say that the U.S. should try helping other countries rather than turning their people away. If the conditions for living and worl�ing in other countries were better for their people, there would be less of a demand for them to immigrate. By helping other people, we could begin to help ourselves. We could send organizations like the Peace Corps out to the areas of countries where living is rough and pay is low. We could supply them with fresh water and food for their family and education for adults and children. I believe that while we all have different ideas on spirituality, how children should be taught, food should be prepared, clothes should be worn, and how life should be lived, we are still all in this world together. Perhaps, like global warmin.g and other environmental issues, immigration should be thought of as a global issue and needs to be addressed as such. Accordimg to the Declaration of Human Rights, article 15, "No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his nationality nor denied the right to change his nationality". Wko are we to deny them of this rigi�t? It is up to us to stick together, and stay together. One country alone cannot tackle this problem. We all come from different backgrounds, yet we are all still human. It is not up to one group of people to decide who should live where. If anyone would care enough to examine the evidence closely, they would see that none of us would be who we are today without immigrants.