...POLSCI 200 Why Can’t the Government Pass the New Immigration Reform? Our nation is currently faced with many problems and the one that still seems to stand out is an immigration reform. Many of those who reside in the U.S may not see it as a big issue, but in reality it really is. Even though many presidents including Obama tried to adopt the immigration reform, the policy has been murky since Naturalization Act of 1790. The federal government developed a cohesive procedure for naturalization. Immigrants at that time were granted citizenship after living in the U.S. for at least 2 years without criminal records. Every President since Dwight D. Eisenhower has taken executive action at some point regarding to immigration reform. With the last immigration reform act passed in 1986, the time to fix a broken immigration system is long overdue. Since the United States has been highly populated with diverse population including documented or undocumented immigrants, the government could have considered adopting the immigration reform specifically and permanently. Apparently, there are some reasons that take many years to process an immigration reform in Congress such as polarization in Congress, Federalism, courts’ decision, media impaction, and interest groups. It is hard to believe that why the government is not fully paying enough attention to immigration reform bill that is one of the most important not only for country itself but also for its economy. Now, we have estimated...
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...election. Senator Ted Cruz of Texas became the first to officially announce his candidacy on March 23. Mr. Cruz seeks the Republican primary nomination by emphasizing himself as the most conservative candidate, he is also the candidate with the most hard-line stances against President Obama. Real estate mogul and television reality star Donald Trump, the twelfth GOP candidate announced his run on June 16, with the slogan, America doesn’t win anymore. When it comes to the issues, taxes have always been in the top five in every election, but recently immigration has been a leading issue. In fact during his announcement, Donald trump was very outspoken about Mexican illegal immigrants and during the first GOP debate, he added that he is openly confronting the severity of the immigration problem that “others won’t publicly acknowledge.” On the immigration issue, Senator Ted Cruz has taken active measures reform the legal immigration system and uphold the rule of law. As for taxes, Cruz believes that major tax reform, is the most important fiscal issue facing the U.S. He believes that the most important tax reform would be to get rid of the IRS. Donald trump has a more liberal tax that slashes taxes for the poor and levies higher taxes on the rich. By April 15, Americans will pay about 2.1 trillion dollars in combined federal taxes. The average American pays an income tax rate of 10.1 percent, although that varies depending on their income. Taxes fund the services provided by the...
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...the question include race being an influence, religion being an influence and gender being an influence in all of the recent elections. However, there is evidence to suggest that issues and candidates are the deciding factors in an election. Firstly, many argue that in the U.S. race has large influence in voting behaviour. For example, in 2012, 93% of African Americans voted for Obama as did 71% of Hispanics. This suggests that racial minorities are more likely to favour Democrats, because of their liberal attitude on issues that are more likely to affect ethnic minorities, as seen with Obama’s promised immigration reform in 2012. This is also seen in the UK, where the Labour party have typically performed better amongst racial minorities. However, some would argue that this is not always the case. The African-American vote for Democrats has been stable (80%+) for over 30 years, but the Hispanic vote has not. Hispanics are typically swing voters. For example, on social issues such as abortion/same-sex marriage, some Hispanics tend to take a more social-conservative stance which attracted them to Bush in 2004, who received 44% of the Hispanic vote in that election (compared to 31% in 2000). However, in the 2008 election, their vote was 67% for Obama in 2008 and 71% in 2012. They were attracted back to the Democrats as the party of minority rights, welfare and supporters of the ‘Dream Act’ allowing for naturalisation as well as Obama’s executive order on Hispanic...
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...speech, President Barack Obama spoke about many different issues. In this paper, I will review and evaluate President Barack Obama’s State of the Union Address using the two checklists from Catherine Smith’s book entitled, Writing Public Policy. I will evaluate if President Obama’s speech addresses a specific audience about a specific problem, the purpose related to a specific policy action, that it represents authority accurately, uses the appropriate form and design for use. I will also review the clarity, correctness, conciseness and credibility of President Obama’s State of the Union Address. Features of Effectiveness President Obama’s State of the Union speech addressed a specific audience about specific problems. The audience is composed of Senators, Democrats, and Republicans. The President’s speech is the final report on the State of the Union. President Obama’s speech...
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...Culture and Diversity Final Project ETH/125 * * * * Immigration time line reflects that immigration started during the colonial era (1565-1775) and the first permanent settlement in the U.S. was by the Spanish in the now state of Florida, followed by the First shipment of African slaves in Virginia in 1619, then in the 1630’s The great migration to Massachusetts by Britons to what is now knows as new Britain, and between 1841-1850 more than 1 million people migrated to the U.S. and the timeline does not end there it goes on to describe a U.S. history full of immigration from all over the world creating the diverse nation we live in today . Immigration was especially intense in the 20th century; between 1901-1930 when more than 18 million people migrated and used Ellis Island as a transit point from Europe. In short immigration defines the U.S. from the very beginning of the founding of the nation. Although immigration is said to have slowed down during the last couple of years, According to Pew Research 40.4 million immigrants lived in the U.S. in 2011 and the population of foreign born was a total of 13%, it also states that immigrant populations has increased 30% since the year 2000” ("Pew Research Hispanic Center", 2013). After reading trough the history of immigration in the U.S and understanding the full extent of our diversity, it is striking that we can still hold so much prejudice towards those that are different or foreign. All Americans except...
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...give a detail description of the stance of immigration in the United States, the description of the Mississippi Immigrants Rights Alliance, and my policy strategy that will aid Latinos Mississippi immigrants who are struggling in the work force. Throughout the development of the United States, immigration has been a difficult and arduous topic to cover. The United States of America has been always viewed as the “American Dream” for immigrants to get more opportunities for a better life style with jobs, education, and respect they may not have in their homeland. Thus, many foreigners travels and settle in America to see what they can benefit from the new area. With many new immigrants, with variety of character and culture, they can be a great edition in improving the United States overall. There is a surplus of immigrants that are working hard to achieve a luxurious life they seek and with that motivation; it has significant impact on America’s economy. It starts back in the...
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...Immigration Bailout Melissa Leal ENG/215 April 06, 2015 Charlotte Babb Immigration Bailout Immigration reform, are you informed to what is going on? I’m going to explain how neither parties are taking into consideration how this will affect our nation, how the current immigration reform is putting a strain on our country, how all this is just a political struggle to gain the most influence, and options on how to solve the issues at hand. Let me start by explaining how this personally affects me. My husband is a border patrol agent. The information that I have gathered is strictly information that I have heard from either the media or things spoken indirectly. By no means did I get my information from my husband. The reason this affects many families of homeland security is, the constant back and forth between both parties trying to come to some agreement about a budget, this has been a long-standing issue. The government shutdown happened last year; this affected many federal employees. The difference being is that homeland security workers were still required to go out and do their job without pay. They had to put their lives on the line just as American soldiers did. What I think is the people do not realize that both parties fail to solve the issue and they just put a Band-Aid on it. Then the public is informed that there has been some type of resolution. In hindsight, I was one of those people. I failed to realize the truth until it actually directly affected me....
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...Mohamed Ali KCC Composition II 7 Dec, 2013 Do we need illegal migrants? There are many heard misconceptions about illegal immigration. Immigration levels have increased by a significant extent. People migrate for a variety of reasons and purposes, some are economic and others are non-economic. Any average people know the economic reasons, such as pursuing economic advantages, and educational opportunities. One of non-economic purposes is seeking friends or family members who have tried to cross into the US illegally. People make influence decisions to migrate illegally. The debate on illegal immigration has been a controversial and significant issue that needs addressed. It is a public flurry issue in the United State of America in the recent times. Others say illegal migrants caused a sharp increase in crime rates in the U.S. whatever people argument about; it’s easy to overlook the fact that illegal immigrants are real and they entered the country with their own issues. They affected the economy and the lives of citizens in different ways, such as structural and psychological factors There are many whys and wherefores explaining the psychological factors for migration? Some of the most important structural reasons are better opportunities for work, to escape from the tyrant rulers, join their families, and find the best opportunities for their lives. The suffering...
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...Gray Area Immigration has been an ongoing topic in the United States for a number of years. Back in the day, immigrants were coming from all over the world and nothing could really be done about it. Specifically, in 1907 there was an informal arrangement agreed upon between the United States and Japan. The “Gentleman’s Agreement” as it was called stated that Japan would stop immigration into the states especially California where a segregation issue began with the Chinese, Japanese and Korean children. Even though the agreement was informal, it fixed the issue for the time being. In today’s society we are not only dealing with mass illegal immigration but also adding in the potential of violent gang members in the mix, makes it a little more complicated. Issue number 7 in Taking Sides: Clashing views on Latin American Issues, sets up each side of the spectrum with valid and convincing points. The question asked, should illegal immigrant gang members be grated legal clemency from U.S. law, and is a tough one to answer. At first, one would say no because they are committing a crime because they are illegally in the U.S. and on top of that they are bringing in gang related violence into the mix. As an overview Greg Campbell’s article, “Death by Deportation” spoke about the story of Edgar Chocoy. Chocoy lived a troubled childhood and ultimately joined, what came to become an infamous gang, the Mara Salvatrucha controlled his life the second he made eye contact with an existing...
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...President trump has a dissimilar approach to politics. He has return to unified government across both Congress and the White House for the first time since 2011.His approach is to progress onward with a task or action regardless of apparent risks or danger. In just three months president Trump has stimulated change in regards to the co-equal branches of government. Being that Donald is a republican their party now holds control of the House of representatives but they also are majority in the U.S. Senate. President Trump is relying profoundly on executive orders not only to reverse Obama administration initiatives, but to enact new federal policies covering immigration, health care and other areas in ways that could be seen more as the province of the House and Senate. The outbreak of administration laws flowing from the White House puts some top Republicans in the awkward position. Soon after taking office Trump issued an executive order targeted at taking back Obamacare. The policy was intended to minimize the financial burden on insurers and health care providers. Mr. president seems to keep his focus on subjects such as rebuilding the u’s armed forces and hiring freeze of new federal jobs. According to a Ballotpedia analysis, most currently sitting judges will become eligible to take senior status in the next four years. Of those, Republican presidents nominated a majority. This increases the likelihood...
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...Higgins, John K. “Immigration Reform Could Open the Door for IT Talent.” E-Commerce Times 2/6/13 John K Higgins wrote an article on the impact that “green cards” and H-1B visa recipients could have on the United States. Higgins discusses how highly-skilled non-immigrants have the ability to improve the U.S. if there visit is made permanent. These non-immigrants are typically those who hold a degree in science, technology, engineering and mathematics also known as “STEM” or those who are striving to obtain a degree. Several businesses support the effort because they feel as though H-1B holders with these skills could be beneficial to their companies. The government noticed the proposals, which led to the bill “Immigration Innovation Act of 2013”. Higgins separates his article into three sections titling them “Visa Reform and High-Tech Funding”, “Costs and Benefits for Tech Sector”, and “Congressional Hurdles and Outlook” In “Visa Reform and High-Tech Funding” Higgins goes into details of the bill and how the revenue will promote funding. He also classifies this segment by the related topics within the bill. The bill is designed to initiate the growth of H-1B visas and the access to “green cards” for high-skilled non-immigrants. An H-1B visa is a program that temporarily permits employers to hire foreign workers. The initial time frame their allowed to work is three to six years. In spite of the time period, The Immigration Innovation Act increased the limit for visas to sixty...
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...The United States has passed down the bloody heirloom that indicates that whiteness is the superior and ideal standard for an American. It gave America’s white founders a privilege that to this day continues to allow whites to prevail over all other races. The bloody heirloom is introduced in the article, “The foundation of Donald Trump’s Presidency is the Negation of Barack Obama’s Legacy” by author and national correspondent for The Atlantic, Ta-Nehisi Coates. In his article, he argues that Trump won the 2016 presidential election solely because of the fact that he explicitly embraced the power of the white supremacy and racism. On the other hand, journalist and playwright George Packer refutes this idea. In his article, “Hillary Clinton...
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...In the beginning of our country, no legislature was enacted for immigration. However, with time, many laws have passed, which has impacted the immigrants entering the U.S. Even though, illegal immigration has become a big issue in the United States, people who are attempting to come in legally are affected. These fears affect many asylum seekers who are seeking refuge due to persecution in their own countries. Asylum seekers are being detained or deported, which at times is in violation of their human rights. Due to many injustices asylum seekers face, it is difficult for them to pursue refuge. The detaining of asylum seekers has become a growing concern within the United States. As stated by the Department of Homeland Security, “(DHS) detains thousands of noncitizens who pose no flight risk or threat to public safety while they are awaiting deportation proceedings” (Immigration Policy). However, detaining a person who has come to the U.S. to seek protection because their own country failed to provide it, constitutes a violation of human rights. Asylum seekers are individuals that have passed through traumatizing circumstances, in which they feel threatened or endangered. By having asylum seekers detained, it can ultimately drive them to edge in which can have a negative impact on the economy. The detention of asylum seekers comes at...
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...Managing the migrant education problem with policies is the way towards integration, even though it is a long-term solution. Some of the migrants think that they will starting to lose their culture and will be assimilated in this purpose. That’s why it is a long-term strong decision policy to make. But as it is shown in some studies, the expectations are on its contrary that mostly they don’t neither their culture or their religion Traditional perspective related immigration policy making by demonstrating that policy making is not a void of international influences. On the contrary it is the external models that influence immigration policy making in different...
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...Assess and evaluate the success of Barack Obama's presidency (45 marks) Barack Obama was elected to the White House in 2008 after being the Senator of Illinois since 2005. Although he still has two years remaining in his presidency, after winning a second term in 2012, there have already been significant events and actions that will dictate the success or failure of his presidency in years to come. His successes in reforming healthcare and gay rights are counteracted by his failures with Syria and relations with the EU. The relationship he has attained with the other branch of government has been a relatively successful one, introducing to new women to the Supreme Court, however losing two midterms and being office during the 2013 government shutdown and a severe reduction in the levels of bipartisanship in Congress have scared his presidency somewhat. Obama has made the presidency somewhat of a more trustworthy institute after removing the negative stigma left by George W Bush. However his introduction of policy tzars and using constitutional bypasses he said he wouldn't, such as executive orders and recess appointments, have caused backlash. Overall though, we can say that his presidency has been a successful one with some mistakes, but we can't really expect no mistakes to happen over 8 years as the a President. Obama has has both resounding success in his domestic policy as well as significant failures. One of his most notable successes, and one of the policies he...
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