Temperature Rising On Immigration Reform
While Congress is not yet ready to act, with the economy still far in front as what the public perceives as the nation's top problem, candidates in the upcoming elections are feeling the heat on immigration reform.
Here are a few resources and developments that you might want to check out:
* Was that an undocumented worker? The familiar question casts a shadow over the gubernatorial race in California;* Immigration: a boon or a burden to the economy? One of the topics in the spotlight at a forum this week at the Brookings Institution;
* Immigration: Who Gets To Come, Who Gets To Stay - - our Citizen's Survival Kit guide to the problem and the pros and cons of different types of solutions to this issue;
* A Place To Call Home: What Immigrants Say Now About Life In America - - our public opinion research in which we asked both documented and undocumented immigrants about why they came, why they stay, and their views on a long list of issues including their feelings about America.
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The rise of illegal immigration in the United States has become a huge concern for residents. When immigrants enter the country illegally they're not evaluated for diseaes, or criminal records. Many of them are most likely trying to escape from something. Also it is not fair for immigrants who enter legally. In most situations the illegals ones are the ones that gets over by having children born here which entitles them to stay. Employers also play a huge role in covering for illegal immigrants because they are willing to do harsh labor for very little pay employers take advantage of this because many Americans won't do the job for a small pay. Something needs to be done to stop the rise of illegal immigartion. Eventually the issue will die down, until another incident like Sept. 11 happens again. In that case the terrorists were already in the country with expired visas, something has to be done to stop the rise of illegal immigration!
Not meaning to sound harsh. The whole"Immigration" matter is just another problem that America can do without at this stage in time. Recession is at it's all time worst and we are really feeling the heat. To try to deal with matters of Immigration Reform means to take away focus on the crucial needs of America impacted by the recession. How can we be "The Land Of Opportunities" when many of us are either borderline hungry, homeless, loss our jobs and healthcare. I understand that many immigrants are just looking for more opportunities and resources to provide a better life for their families, however so are Americans. I like many, experienced a layoff some time ago and now attending school FT. to acquire more occupational skills to earn a degree that will hopefully allow me to obtain a successful career. While going back to school creates a more optimistic veiw on the future, one still needs to be able to pay the bills and provide for the demands a family requires. It seems as though many immigrants have come to the states and have been handed the resources that many Resource Social Workers have offered with enthusiam. When many of us go for the same reasons we are put through extreme screenings and are too often told in addition that we are "Non-Eligible" for assistance. Sure there are those of us who are looking for handouts and excuses to be lazy dependants, that's hereand everywhere else. What those of us that just need a stepping stone to help pave our way back to economic stability again. I think that America needs to focus on it's natives first and on better Resource Systems that provide through screening operations to remove those who are abusing these resources without turning away assistance to those who truly need it. We can't help those who are not yet legal citizens of America until we help ourselves and each other first. What do you think about the issue of Immigration?.
It is clear that the promise of the reform is long from being achived. The only thing that has happened this year is that their have been more home lifes disrupted. With people being deported or familys opting to leave simply because their to afraid of being found. The undocumented workers being more scared to go to work. And the empolyers taking advantage of the lack of jobs and resourse that the 'immigrants ave to pay them less then what is required. The reform should be our top priority to ensure the future of this country. So anyone that is a canditidate for any following election show make time to ivestigate this situation further. And voters should make it a piont to make more educated choice that ensure that this issue gets delt with and not casted a side. Thank you.
Dajmar Vallejo
It is clear that this issue the 'Immigration Reform act is long from being solve. Their are alot of people that still need to give a say so in it. But the longer it takes the more qouestion that come up. It is clear that life for the immigrants here has become incressingly difficult and it sad to see that. Whos are we to decide if they should stay or should go. Who are we to make a decision that could potentionly seprate familys. These question are just the tip of the ice burge. So anyone that is a candidate to the upcoming election should take time out and investage this issue. Then the voters so make an educated decision bt review all of the POV'S and see which would take us a step in the right direction to haveing the 'reform' accomplish. We have to understand that the immigrants are people like you and me only seeking a better life. That they come to work here and at times work jobs that you and I wouldn't work. And for pay that is not even close to what they deserve. Thank you
Hi my name is Wanda and I immigrated to the United States with my family in 1988. We came to the United States for a better life for our family. We had 2 young children at the time. little that we knew ,that coming the US would be harder than we expected. We had to work hard to get our papers going, our green card ect. ect. We were lucky to get working ss#, but we had to get our green cards. Thankful enough we could find jobs with our ss#. We came to this country because our government was overthrown by the soldiers and as you can imagine most of the world cut their ties with our country and life was really hard, eventhough we were making money, we could not buy what we wanted. There were always lines to get the daily necesities that one needed to survive, so we decided to leave for a better furture. I can imagine what it is to be an illegal immigrant. In America there are so many lawyers who are taking advange to these poor people, only if the government would make it easier for people to apply for some kind of status. What I noticed is that European have it easier to get a green card in the US and people from other courntries has to wait sometimes 10 and even 20 years to be acknowledge as a citizen of this country. People are coming to the United States because it is a great nation, it is a land of opportunities. Illegal immigrants work hard in this country and I know that most of them are tax paying people. The reason they do so is to prove to the government when it is time for them to get their green card to show that they want to become part of this country. I hope the Government will come to a decision to solve this issue about illegal immigration, sothat people do not have to come illegal to this country.
Scientist have made us aware how humans developed from apes and moved from place to place in their development to the now, human beings. My question is, since it is part of mans' behavior to move from one place to another, can we really stop this movement of people which in modern day has been dressed up and called it immigration?
Immigration obviously has pros and cons. A young man from Kenya came to America to produce an offspring with and American young woman and now we have in this union, a President who is the pride of many in this world. On the flip side, people have taken advantage of the welcome they receive in this country and have abused the system greatly. A case in point I would like us to reflect upon is the Plyer Vs Doe in the Supreme Court of the United States in 1981.
Texas's Tyler Independent School District denies entry to children of illegal immigrants in the year 1981. Texas District Appeals Court finds that the immigrant students are not entitled to attend elementary school. This case was heard by the US Supreme Court in 1981. The question we need to ask ourselves is the right to education. Is it a moral or legal right? There were many arguments to settle this case but for the purpose of this discussion, please visit this link for details on this case; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckT1PA8MjrE
Allowing illegal immigration will cause overcrowding and schools will be underfunded. Tax payers may resent and this will also cause perpetual illegal immigration.
Cleary we can learn from our parents and establish a program similar to Ellis Island
"The heat is rising in Phoenix, Arizona, and it is hard to tell whether the sun tans are a result of the scorching southwest sunrays or the inferno coming from the state capitol on immigration reform. Whatever the case, phoenix is anything but a vacation resort for Americans of Hispanic descent these days.
This issue is far from new to this area. Bradford Luckingham, a professor of history at Arizona State University, gives a detailed description of the strained relationship between anglo-americans and hispanic-americans. He cites examples of quota restrictions on incoming immigrants from Mexico and legislative efforts to exclude the Chinese altogether. In his work Minorities in Phoenix: a profile of Mexican-Americans, Chinese-Americans,andAfrican-Americans, he portrays the Anglo-American residents of Phoenix as ethnocentric.
So now in 2010, an Immigration Reform Law has been signed by the governor of Arizona. Why are Arizonans of hispanic descent so infuriated by the signing of this law? This is what some say."
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