The word immigrants or immigration has alway been one of America 's concern. Some people want immigrants to be in the United States, while others do not want immigrants coming into the country. Many laws and plans had been put into place to permit and denied immigration into the country. In 1986 Ronald Reagan required employer to attest to their employee 's’ immigration status, made it illegal to hire or recruit illegal immigrants knowingly, legalized certain seasonal agricultural illegal immigrants and legalized illegal immigrants who entered the United States before January 1, 1982. Their primary purpose was to stop illegal immigrants, but this was not a success because in 2015 we have 11 million illegal immigrants. But the people …show more content…
This passed in the senate, but did not pass in the house. It proposed the following for undocumented (illegal) immigrants: 1. after 10 years they could apply for “legal permanent residence” 2. They would have to pay back taxes and 2,00 fine 3. They would have to know English in order to pass English test 4. Pass background checks 5. They would have to have lived and worked in this country continuously. I think they are making this proposal very tedious because they want these illegal immigrants to work hard to earn a spot. Also, I think some people would not start this process because they have to waited too long. An example is waiting 10 years to apply for legal permanent resident. THAT’S A LONG PROCESS. Paying back taxes is understandable but it may take some a long time to pay that money back. The second part to the proposal is for people trying to get visas (legal immigrants): 1. Merit-based point system- allow you to be at the head of the list 2. More vias would go to high skilled people especially in STEM fields and fewer would go to the family member of people already here. I think the merit based system will be very helpful because it will give them a boost in the process. I do not understand why they would want to give more vias to high skilled people, when most of them are coming to the country for their education and then go back to their country. They …show more content…
I understand why America would pass such a bill because of the attack in Paris. The attacker got into the country when Refugees were coming into Paris. That point is understandable. On the other hand, people in Syria and Iraq may died because this bill was passed. The people from Syria and Iraq want to stay temporarily until the horrible crimes in their country resolves. This is not a good look on America because we are known for helping many people in this world and for us to just stop helping others is cruel. We have the best border control in the world, so not letting these people in is absurd. If we are so afraid we should get more soldiers to help protect the borders. It is very sickening to know that America out of all country is deciding to sit out on this
This bill was created to give the right for police officers to stop individuals that might be an immigrant, and ask for documents that state they are a U. S. citizen or legal resident. Which I certainly believe is racial profiling because to identify whether someone is a legal resident or not, someone will need to look at the racial aspect of the person. In fact, this is what is happening: police officers will not be on the lookout for people with a hijab or Japanese; they will be targeting Spanish-speaking individuals. With that said, what did those aliens do wrong? Are these aliens being stopped or arrested because of a law offense or because of the racial aspect?
The United States had an open door policy on immigration from the nations beginning until 1921. During that time, between 1790 and 1920, the population grew by 102 million. That’s about one million new immigrants each year for 130 years. Most of these immigrants were from European countries. In 1921 Congress passed the Quota Act which put a cap of 360,000 new immigrants per year. Congress did this because the public was concerned about the number of new immigrants and how it would affect the country. This act also favored immigrants from England, Germany, France, and Scandinavia over those from Asia, Africa, and southern Europe.
As America continued to recruit workers from other countries, they continually worried about an immigration problem. In 1924, the Federal government passed the Immigration Act which officially barred further immigration from Asia and Europe to the U.S.
In conclusion, I believe that the current immigration system is broken. Millions of illegal immigrants are living undocumented in the United States. This leaves an unfair system for all current citizens that pay taxes and immigrants looking to migrate into the country legally. Clearly there is a dire need for reform, and the proposal presented offers many solutions that can boost our economy and create various new jobs. The national GDP will increase heavily over the years and tourism profits will skyrocket as well as boosting our economy upwards. This reform can create new opportunities for the betterment of this country and allow room for growth in a variety of different aspects.
In the first article, The Economic Benefits of Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Raúl Hinojosa- Ojeda argues that if the United States government moved from an ‘enforcement only policy’ to a comprehensive immigration reform, both individuals born in America and immigrants would increase benefits. The comprehensive immigration reform that Ojeda describes “legalizes current unauthorized immigrants and creates flexible legal limits on future immigration in the context of full labor rights…” (Ojeda page 175). Ojeda further argues that the current U.S. policy creates a wage floor, and if undocumented immigrants gain citizenship, the wage floor will rise, increasing the wages of all workers. The rise in wages cited in the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) states that a comprehensive immigration reform would increase consumer consumption and wages and would increase the creation of jobs and tax revenue. This is mainly based on the concept that IRCA was implemented during a time of recession, but was still able to raise wages and investments made by immigrants. Ojeda explains, through the example of the IRCA, it is estimated that comprehensive reform, over 10 years, would create 1.5 trillion dollars in United States gross domestic product (GDP) (176). However, they add that one of the issues with the IRCA, is the lack of flexible limits set on the number of workers allowed to enter the United States. In the 1990, therefore, U.S. labor demands were not met.
Immigration has always been a major part of America. In fact, without immigration the creation of America would not have been possible. The majority of immigrants came to America for religious freedom and economic opportunities. However, for the most part before the 1870’s most immigrants were Protestants from northern and western Europe. These immigrants often migrated to the United States as families and usually lived on farms with family or friends who had already migrated beforehand. A lot of immigrants came to America with a plan or goal in mind. They often had saved up money for the long immigration overseas, were skilled in a certain trade, or had already been educated at a high level. Sadly, this would not last. Immigration became so prominent in America between 1870 and 1900 that the foreign-born population of the United States had almost doubled. A lot of German and Irish Catholics had immigrated in the 1840’s and 1850’s, and more decided to immigrate after the Civil War. A portion of Americans were biased against Catholics. Thankfully, the Irish spoke English and the German Catholics reputation was improved because of their Protestant countrymen’s good reputation. However, their children often lacked any skill or education, but they were able to blend in quite well with the American society. More and more immigrants would migrate to the United States without any skill or education and on top of that they were usually poor. These immigrants were called “new” immigrants and they came from all over the world including Italy, Greece, Poland, Hungary, and Russia. However, you cannot blame immigrants for migrating to America. Many immigrants faced religious persecution in their home countries which pushed them away, otherwi...
For over ten years, efforts to make changes to the United States immigration system have been put aside due to wars, attacks within our homeland and even worldwide financial crisis but it seems as though this being brought up more and more often. The history of the US immigration policy was more concerned with immigration enforcement over immigration reform. It was not until a few years ago that the US citizens voted they were tired of enforcement-only immigration policies and the pain they caused on immigrant families. So most feel now is the time to draw up new immigration laws that reflect American values and beliefs, and it ne...
Immigration has been part of America since before the 17th century. America has evolved into what it is today due to immigration; however immigration as negative effects as well. Immigration is the building blocks for America. Every one that lives in America today are here because their ancestors immigrated here long ago. Over the years immigration as evolved into a more sophisticated matter. There are many laws they have been put in place to monitor and stop immigration. Immigration I a big factor in America but must be done correctly to insure Americas safety.
After 9/11 the United States was hurt because of terrorist activities. The terrorist that bomb the base and flew a plane into the twin towers were taught how to fly by some means. If they had been caught before the act then thousands of men, women and children would still be alive. Those terrorists were taught on American soil by American flight instructors. These men had learned at a local airport in Florida. This new policy will act as a Minority Report in order to stop terrorist attacks before they start.
Immigration is the greatest part of American history. In the beginning, Immigrants brought a vast variety of cultures and beliefs and turned America in to the beauty it is today. Immigrants are still doing this. However, the issue with immigration can be it 's illegal status. Many undocumented immigrants are entering this country causing questions among the American citizens. Rather than asking if this is right or wrong, a solution can be found. Illegal immigrants come here for a purpose and can be helped with this purpose. Most come fleeing persecution, although some come here for more demented reasons. Those, illegal immigrants will be done away with. However, Those immigrants who come here for pure reasons need to be taken Care of in proper
The Great Depression destroyed most of the “aspect of American life, and the immigration was no exception” (Daniels, 59). The Great Depression occurred in 1929 was a worldwide hopelessness. The altered conditions affected a large numbers of people to leave, some used their own resources and the others were assisted by the United States government. During this time, it caused American government to give each country a maximum number of people allowed to enter the country, it did not disturb Latin American or Canadian immigrants. The Mexican immigrants that work in the United States had become very important to the economy of the country. Later in the 1950s, there was about 200,000 Mexican crosses the border without permission. They worked hard under poor conditions and accepted lower pay than the native workers. During the 1930s, the number of people leaving the United States had outdone the number of people arriving. While the American facing tough time with Great Depression, the “LPC clause” was passed by the President Hoover to prevent the Mexican from immigrating into the country. In 1848, the 80,000 Mexicans living on what had develop American soil could either transfer to what was left of Mexico or continue to stay and automatically become a United States citizen. The Great Depression caused the Mexican workers to move from one work place to another job and budgetary losses. Robert Divine a historian, describes that when immigrant answered “that there he had been waiting for job; the anti-contract labor clause could be used to deny the permission to enter.” This means that an official would have asked an immigrant, if they are looking for a job in the United States and if the answer was yes then the person was denied to enter the
America is sometimes referred to as a "nation of immigrants" because of our largely open-door policy toward accepting foreigners pursuing their vision of the American Dream. Recently, there has been a clamor by some politicians and citizens toward creating a predominantly closed-door policy on immigration, arguing that immigrants "threaten" American life by creating unemployment by taking jobs from American workers, using much-needed social services, and encroaching on the "American way of life." While these arguments may seem valid to many, they are almost overwhelmingly false, and more than likely confused with the subject of illegal immigration. In fact, immigrants actually enhance American life by creating, not taking jobs, bolster social service funds through tax payments, and bring valuable technical knowledge and skills to our country. If we are to continue to excel as a nation, the traditionalists who fear an encroachment of foreign-born Americans must learn to accept that we achieved our greatness as a result of being "a nation of immigrants."
Illegal immigration was an issue in the past and is a pressing problem in the present. The U.S. Government has been trying to find a resolution to this issue for years. The United States approved the Immigration Reform and Control Act in 1986, which allowed the American Government to punish American companies that consciously employed illegal immigrants (Nadadur 1037-1052). The United States’ Government Immigration Reform and Control Act has been unsuccessful in controlling illegal immigration. It is estimated that illegal immigration into the U.S. has a yearly interval of three hundred fifty thousand people (Rousmaniere 24-25). It is apparent that the 1986 act was not able to keep a handle on illegal immigration. Illegal immigration continues due to the fact that immigrants only take the jobs available to them, which in turn helps support the United States’ economy, so measures should not be taken to halt immigration.
It was unjustified for congress of the United States to pass the Immigration Act of 1924 to limit the immigration in 1920s. During 1917, congress of United States passed a law that every immigrants whoever want to entry into United States Also people should be accepting to the immigrants because the United States was a place that thirteen colonies overthrew the British government and created United States. All Americans are immigrants because no American is native to United States. People all came here from other places. People should not have discrimination to any immigrants.
Immigration is an important issue that is being dealt with in the United States. There have been many ways that our country has tried to regulate immigration, but none of them are agreed upon by all the citizens of the U.S.