...Illegal Immigrants in the Workplace In the United States of America it is illegal for an employer to have any person without proper documentation of citizenship work for pay. Many laws and acts have been created to prevent the work of illegal immigrants in the workplace. Many immigration reforms and acts over the years have helped guide the way to crack down on employers that are abusing the law. In recent years, the federal government has increased the number of audits on companies having illegal employees working resulting in fines, civil charges and criminal charges. In order to better understand the laws and acts established by government, it is helpful to begin by understanding how a person can receive an immigrant status. A person can receive this status under one of four categories, “as an immediate relative of a U.S. citizen, by other kinship criteria, by occupation (skill), and through refugee status” (Chiswick 23). Immediate relatives of citizens include spouses, minor children, and parents of adults. The U.S. government caps the number of visas given to those relatives of U.S. citizens as well as those with other kinship criteria. The last two categories are, “for persons who can demonstrate a U.S. labor market “need” for their services” (Chiswick 26). These categories include people who are “professionals of exceptional ability”, and “skilled workers in occupations with a scarce U.S. labor supply” (Chiswick 26). For occupational preference visas, people must complete...
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...years, illegal immigration has been the topic of public discourse (Wucker, 2007). The public discourse is mainly due to the sensitivity of the issue of illegal immigration and the burden attributable to the resulting population explosion is placing on the governments and citizens as well as legal residents of states and counties in the United States (Martin, 2008). The recent enforcement of U. S. Department of Homeland Security (U.S. DHS) laws, which started in 2006, is working (Camarota & Jensenius, 2008) but the enforcement is not reducing illegal immigration, especially on the United States’ Southern border (Ewing, 2008). Baker et al, in a U. S. Department of Homeland Security report show, from 2006 to 2007 the illegal immigrant population increased by 4% (Baker, Hoefer, & Rytina, 2008). Illegal immigrant population is declining because of border enforcement of immigration laws (Camarota & Jensenius, 2008). The loss of jobs due to economic downturn in the country can also account for declining illegal immigrant population (Grayson, 2008). Despite the declining population of illegal immigrants due to enforcement, illegal immigration is still a challenge (Ewing, 2008). The persistence of illegal immigration on the border implies that the countermeasures in use in fighting illegal immigration on the borders appear to need revisions (Ewing, 2008). Statement of the Research Problem Statement of the Problem According to a report by US DHS on estimates of illegal immigrants in the...
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...Another consequence of rule imposing is that the requirements inadvertently exclude certain national origin groups: “For example, a minimum height requirement for certain jobs…may disproportionately screen out people of certain national origins…and would be against the law unless the employer could prove that it is related to the job and needed for the employer to operate safely or efficiently” (“Employment Rights of Immigrants Under Federal Anti-Discrimination Laws”). With these rules, employers are easily able to discriminate against immigrants. Even if an employer doesn’t refuse to hire an immigrant, they are still able to mistreat immigrant workers in other...
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...Issue The United States have long battle immigration issues over the years with immigrants who take whatever measures necessary to make it to the United States. They take boats, hike across the border at night, are smuggled across the border in vehicles and are stow away on vessels and trains. This paper will present a discussion on the current law that was passed in Alabama regarding immigration policies that went into effect September 1, 2011. In addition, it will review the historical framework on this issue, the political context, the role of the media, the effect on the United States economy and labor force, and management strategies to promote inclusion in the workplace. Immigrants in America, always has been a hot debate. Many Americans believe they should not be allowed to live in the United States illegally. On the other hand others find no problem with them residing illegally as long as they are willing to work and are not living off the government. Generally, immigration is from countries with lower standards of living to those that offer better wages, (Schaefer pg.87). On April 5, 2011 Alabama reformed its immigration policy known as the HB-56 law considered as somewhat harsh changes affecting immigrants in the state illegally. The changes included the checking of undocumented students in schools, penalizing employers who hire undocumented workers, and providing transportation to an illegal would be a criminal offense (Caldwell, 2011). Farmers in Alabama stated that...
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...Workers Due to Citizenship Imagine a hardworking man, who attends church, pays taxes, provides for his family, donates to charity, and dies fatally from unsafe working conditions. Oh, and he's an illegal immigrant. Immigrants have been exploited and discriminated through labor since the foundation of America, and it eventually resulted in the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 in which it “imposed penalties on businesses that knowingly hired... unauthorized immigrants” (Plumer). This didn’t prohibit employers from hiring, but instead they used it as a justification to abuse workers and avoid persecution from labor and immigration laws. Illegal immigrants employed in blue-collar jobs need to have mandated protective...
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...May 2015 Immigration The United States have long battle immigration issues over the years with immigrants who take whatever measures necessary to make it to the United States. They take boats, hike across the border at night, are smuggled across the border in vehicles and are stow away on vessels and trains. The law that was passed in Alabama regarding immigration policies went into effect September 1, 2011. In addition, it will review the historical framework on this issue, the political context, the role of the media, the effect on the United States economy and labor force, and management strategies to promote inclusion in the workplace. Immigrants in America, always have been a controversial debate. Many Americans believe they should not be allowed to live in the United States illegally. “On the other hand, others find no problem with them residing illegally as long as they are willing to work and are not living off the government. Generally, immigration is from countries with lower standards of living to those that offer better wages” (Schaefer pg. 87). “On April 5, 2011 Alabama reformed its immigration policy known as the HB-56 law considered as somewhat harsh changes affecting immigrants in the state illegally. The changes included the checking of undocumented students in schools, penalizing employers who hire undocumented workers, and providing transportation to an illegal would be a criminal offense” (Caldwell, 2011). Farmers in Alabama stated that when they hired Americans...
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...Note: this paper was graded Excellent in all respects. Immigration Policy The issue of Illegal immigration policy and undocumented workers is extremely controversial in this country. Our individual opinions vary greatly; so many politicians have used it as a wedge issue while campaigning. The Free Dictionary.com defines a wedge issue as a sharply divisive political issue, especially one that is raised by a candidate or party in hopes of attracting or disaffecting a portion of an opponent's customary supporters. I have taken a particular interest in this subject since I began to study the Spanish language. Unfortunately, this issue often has a “Mexican or Latino face.” The recent backlash that Latino illegal aliens have received, the outpouring of racist campaign ads that have been airing and discriminatory legislature that has been passed has caused me to have great concern. The climate surrounding this debate has turned so “ugly” lately and I felt compelled to turn the microscope onto this issue for myself. Whether you support amnesty for illegal aliens or whether you believe that our current policy is too relaxed, there are a few facts that cannot be ignored. Several big businesses, construction companies, agriculturists, and employers in many service industries contend that the absence of immigrant workers would cause a major catastrophe in the U.S. economy. These groups, specifically, refer to the absence of the unauthorized workforce (Caulfield, 2006). Undocumented...
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...impact that illegal immigration on health care in the United States makes a huge difference. If you think about it how many illegal immigrants go down to the state for health insurance? I would have at least half of those people are in the United States illegally. And who pays for the state to give these people insurance? We do the tax payers. So yes I say that this is a huge problem and there should be more rules or stipulations on who can receive health insurance from the state. This article states that we the people of the United States pay for the insurance of illegal immigrants through emergency room visits, emergency medicade, hidden fees by hospitals, and workplace safety incidents. So basically is stating that we are going to pay for it one way or the other. “Illegal immigrants are already eligible for emergency care through the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act, signed by President Reagan in 1986. This emergency care is often paid for by Emergency Medicaid, private insurance if the patients have it, out of pocket, or it's written off as bad debt or charity care by the hospital (Gorman, 2009).”They are talking about the August 26 Congressional Research Service report "Treatment of Noncitizens in H.R. 3200," the House bill and that states that whoever qualify for any subsidies for health insurance, "individuals must be lawfully present in a state in the United States." That does not preclude those in this country legally who have illegal immigrants in their...
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...impact that illegal immigration on health care in the United States makes a huge difference. If you think about it how many illegal immigrants go down to the state for health insurance? I would have at least half of those people are in the United States illegally. And who pays for the state to give these people insurance? We do the tax payers. So yes I say that this is a huge problem and there should be more rules or stipulations on who can receive health insurance from the state. This article states that we the people of the United States pay for the insurance of illegal immigrants through emergency room visits, emergency medicade, hidden fees by hospitals, and workplace safety incidents. So basically is stating that we are going to pay for it one way or the other. “Illegal immigrants are already eligible for emergency care through the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act, signed by President Reagan in 1986. This emergency care is often paid for by Emergency Medicaid, private insurance if the patients have it, out of pocket, or it's written off as bad debt or charity care by the hospital (Gorman, 2009).”They are talking about the August 26 Congressional Research Service report "Treatment of Noncitizens in H.R. 3200," the House bill and that states that whoever qualify for any subsidies for health insurance, "individuals must be lawfully present in a state in the United States." That does not preclude those in this country legally who have illegal immigrants in their...
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...Illegal Immigration Illegal immigration has been a problem for the United States for a long time. This phenomenon is not new because thousands of illegal immigrants have come into US through either the Mexico border, the Pacific Ocean, or through many other ways. Some people have entered the country legally through a visit visa, but then have stayed illegally and are working in various places. Illegal immigration is a double edged sword; in one hand it provide the local economy with cost benefits as the illegal immigrants are not paid so much, while they are more productive. On the other hand, these illegal immigrants do not pay taxes and their employers also do not pay their taxes. There are both pros and cons of illegal immigration and this paper shall take a look at some facts pertinent to illegal immigration in the United States. Every day thousands of illegals stream across the 2,500 miles of border with Mexico. According to the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service, or INS, the total number of illegals in America from this source increases by 275,000 annually. Already the United States is host to an illegal population of 7 to 12 million, of whom the vast majority are Mexican or Hispanic in origin. These illegal and uninvited guests help themselves to jobs, education, welfare and unemployment compensation. The many whose wages are paid under the table pay little or no taxes. And they are easy prey for unscrupulous employers and politicians (Ted Hayes). The U.S. population...
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...the company name] | Illegal Immigrants and The NLRA: | Protection for All? | | | | What rights are illegal immigrants afforded under the National Labor Relations Act? | This paper seeks to investigate whether or not illegal immigrants should be protected under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). An illegal immigrant (alien) is anyone who is foreign borne and has entered the United States of American without examination or admitted provisionally and stayed past the time they are required to leave (http://cis.org/illegal). Once reading this definition, as outlined by the Center for Immigration Studies; precisely one would say no, he or she is here illegally. We will first question why individuals have entered the country illegally, their reason for being here, employer responsibly, the Immigration Reform and Control Act and how or why should illegal workers be protected under the NLRA. Illegal aliens accounted for 21% of the foreign born population in the U.S in 2000 with that number increasing to 28% by 2005. With numbers steadily increasing each year, many have begun asking why. Where are the immigrants coming from and why are so many entering into the United States? Statistics show that Mexico is the biggest importer of legal and illegal immigrants (http://cis.org/illegal). More than half of the Mexicans living in the U.S. in the year 2000 were illegal (Edwards, 2000). By 2004, 10.5 million legal and illegal Mexican immigrants were living in the U...
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...Welcoming the new immigrants? Leonel Camacho Regent University Professor Baugus Welcoming the new immigrants? Throughout American history, immigration has become a part of our nation’s dilemma which, began hundreds of years ago. It has become a daily argument in the US in recent years with illegal immigrants as the main focus. Illegal immigration is described as people entering a Country without the government permission. According to Preston Julia from the New York Times, in 2008, the Center for Immigration Studies conducted a study and concluded, there are an estimated 11 million illegal immigrants in the United States. Nations such as the United States, Canada, and Australia will always attract people that are in search for prosperity. Since the Twin Towers incident, many people in the United States are scared and have second thoughts of allowing immigrants to cross our borders. Therefore, some people think that immigration is a threat not just to U.S. security but also to our economy. A lot of individuals want the government to stop illegal immigration; but would it not affect the United States more to do so? As illegal immigration increases dramatically as the years go by, so has a concern about its effect on taxpayers. While other consequences are clearly significant, the financial impact of illegal immigration is at center stage of the ongoing debate. Amazingly, few studies have tried to calculate the net economic impact of illegal immigration in the United States...
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...approximately 42.4 million immigrants currently living in the United States; 11.43 of them are here illegally. Many people believe that letting immigrants come into our country illegally is unacceptable, where others believe that they should be able to live here freely. Allowing people to come into our country illegally puts the U.S. at risk; these immigrants can ruin our economy, creep through our borders, and commit too many horrible felonies. People that are for illegal immigration believe that immigrants would help our economy due to the fact that they do not demand as much money from employers as citizens. Illegal immigrants have been taking jobs away from U.S. citizens. The immigrants believe that U.S. citizens don’t want some...
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...Media Reaction Paper Michael Vandiver Soc/315 July 7, 2015 Anita Westbrook Media Reaction Paper Hispanic immigrants are handy scapegoats for the problems in local communities, from crime to overcrowded schools. Even legal immigrants are victims of this mindset, in spite of immigration not being the root cause or even a major factor in any of the issues. Immigration has always been an issue. Those making up the majority of the population are all immigrants from other nations, having descended from those who immigrated here over the course of the last 400 years. Some of the areas in which Hispanic immigrants are most numerous were at one point the property of the Hispanic nation of Mexico. Immigrants built this country, and certain segments of the immigrants have always been accused of ruining this country. Recently, Arizona passed a law, SB 1070, which requires the police to question the legal status of those they suspect are undocumented immigrants. Additionally, it sets the official immigration police as ‘attrition through enforcement’, stating that they intend to be so harsh that immigrants flee in fear. (Martinez, 2011). Currently, the law is on hold due to challenges by the US Department of Justice for usurping federal jurisdiction on immigration. However, the law has set a horrid precedent, one that has resulted in boycotts that are costing Arizona more than $330 million dollars over the next two to three years. (Martinez, 2011). Similar anti-immigration campaigns...
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...Media Reaction Paper Jennifer Dockery SOC/315 9/5/2011 Shannon Burke, MA Media Reaction Paper Hispanic immigrants are handy scapegoats for the problems in local communities, from crime to overcrowded schools. Even legal immigrants are victims of this mindset, in spite of immigration not being the root cause or even a major factor in any of the issues. Immigration has always been an issue. Those making up the majority of the population are all immigrants from other nations, having descended from those who immigrated here over the course of the last 400 years. Some of the areas in which Hispanic immigrants are most numerous were at one point the property of the Hispanic nation of Mexico. Immigrants built this country, and certain segments of the immigrants have always been accused of ruining this country. Recently, Arizona passed a law, SB 1070, which requires the police to question the legal status of those they suspect are undocumented immigrants. Additionally, it sets the official immigration police as ‘attrition through enforcement’, stating that they intend to be so harsh that immigrants flee in fear. (Martinez, 2011). Currently, the law is on hold due to challenges by the US Department of Justice for usurping federal jurisdiction on immigration. However, the law has set a horrid precedent, one that has resulted in boycotts that are costing Arizona more than $330 million dollars over the next two to three years. (Martinez, 2011)...
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