Essays on Comprehensive Immigration Reform

Introduction

Ever since the Republican nominee for the U.S. President’s office, Donald Trump announced his candidacy for the President of the United States of America, he has surprised the American public and the Republican Party with his proposals. One of the most surprising proposals is over the issue of immigration, which has been a throne in the throats of both party’s leaders. One of the proposals that have been offered by Trump has been over the issue of immigration. Trump believes that American mainland and the American people need to be protected, and the only way is to ...

The United States government has been facing challenges in controlling the illegal immigrants who enter the country through the Southern Border. The Federal government has been tasked with the mandate of protecting the border however due to its wide territory it has been facing several challenges. The States that have been facing the border have enacted laws to assist them to deal with the crisis. The State of Arizona came up with laws that have stirred up high emotions across the country. Statistics show that in the year 2010, 450,000 illegal immigrants managed to enter the country through ...

The debate about including deportation of undocumented workers in the American Immigration Policy has been around for quite some time now. On one hand, there are those who argue that deportation is the only way to rid the country of illegal immigrants (who take up jobs that are supposed to be taken by U.S. citizens and legal migrants), while, on the other side of the debate, there are those who argue that deporting illegal workers would have a detrimental effect on the country’s economy. Although there is no middle ground for both sides of the debate, one thing is ...

US Immigration Bill: Pros and Cons

Immigration reforms is a political terms used while discussing the immigration policy of a nation. In the United States, immigration reforms are used to promote guest worker legal immigration while taking steps to eliminate illegal immigration. It was during the year 1986, when the Immigration Reform and Control Act made it illegal for the organizations in US to recruit or hire illegal immigrants but the act never worked on existing non-immigrant visa system programme for low skilled work force which allowed around 12 million undocumented work force to enter United States. Since then there has been demand for a strong immigration bill in ...

The immigration policies today are best described by the elite model theory. This position is premised on the fact that the immigration laws that are currently being used in the United States of America do not necessarily reflect the common man’s desires. On the converse, the policies are a reflection of what is favored and desired by powerful interest groups, lobbyists and the political elite. The overriding objective in the policies has not been so much on what the ordinary citizen desires of the nation. Rather, the approach has been predicated and motivated by the need to address the ...

13 July, 2011

Abstract

Illegal immigration is a very sensitive concern to the America Public and it divides the nation between those who are compassionate towards its practice and others who are antagonistic; believing that this is causing harm to their country and well being as citizens. The truth is that people who find themselves in this predicament do not love it either. However, illegal immigration appears to be functional since these people work illegally, pay taxes; participate in the economy; do not receive any benefits from social services, but remain here .The argument is that they are robbing legal citizens ...