Law360, New York (August 25, 2015, 5:19 PM EDT) -- Australia and the United States share histories of British colonization and are now considered to be "nations of immigration" because both countries are heavily populated with immigrants. Today both countries also have similarly complex immigration systems and are faced with ongoing immigration issues. For the United States, there is the problem of huge numbers of illegal immigrants (12 million),[1] albeit a fluid number and regular border crossings, a topic that has been frequently raised during the current and as well as past presidential campaigns. Australia, on the other hand, has had a long history of problems around the arrival of "boat people" from countries such as Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran and Sri Lanka. To address this issue, Australia has introduced the "Pacific Solution" of resettlement in Nauru, Papua New Guinea and Cambodia, as well as various policies aimed at trying to combat the entry of illegal boat people....