...They all agree that immigration laws just don’t work. Most Americans, when dealing with the immigration policy, suffer from a sort of right-brain (emotional), left-brain (logical) problem. The right brain sympathizes with illegal immigrants, since they are immigrants, and after all, the United States was founded on immigration. However, the left brain focuses on their illegality, which offends Americans' respect for the rule of law. Nevertheless, both sides of this debate continue to maintain their long held beliefs about what immigration means to the U.S. The one side believes that immigration is healthy for America while the other side argues that it is a burden. Some of the topics being discussed today...
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...for the economy. So opponents of the bill are left picking over the distribution of those benefits. As the Hamilton Project writes in their summary of the evidence, “immigrants create average wage increases of between 0.1 percent and 0.6 percent for American workers. The greatest academic dispute is around the effect on the wages of Americans with less than a high school diploma, with estimates ranging from slightly positive to a decline of 4.7 percent.” A bipartisan group of senators this morning introduced comprehensive immigration reform legislation that provides a path to citizenship for the 11 million undocumented immigrants currently living in the United States, as well as reforms to other existing worker and visa programs. The bill would also provide undocumented immigrants with provisional legal status as they wait for citizenship — which will take 13 years under the legislation. Still, temporary status gives those immigrants the ability to contribute directly to the American economy, and the benefits for the overall economy, including American workers, would be substantial over the next decade. Perhaps the toughest question in the immigration discussion is what is our universe of concern? Is it U.S. citizens? Legal U.S. residents? Anyone in the U.S., including unauthorized immigrants? What about potential immigrants, both legal and illegal? Whose welfare you’re worried about, and how worried you are about it, matters quite a bit in this conversation. But it’s rare...
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...The United States of America was founded and established by Immigrants. These immigrants were in search of a place to have individual freedoms and liberties that were not available in where they came from. They proved that with a lot of work and determination they could create their own country with these qualities. Without immigrants, the United States would not be the place it is today. It is surprising that a country founded by immigrants could be supportive of deporting immigrants to the countries that do not allow their people freedoms and liberties? The deportation of undocumented immigrants will have a negative effect on the United States’ economy by leaving a gap in the job industry, decreasing the income in communities and increasing...
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...positions. The media plays a major role in how people react to the issue of immigration in the United States of America. There is a lot of news lately with a focus on immigration and undocumented persons in the United States. Illegal immigration has been present in the United States for a long time. The first law that the United States had against persons entering the United States was against convicts or prostitutes to enter the country. From 1892 to 1954 Ellis Island admitted over 12 million legal immigrants. Now the United States has quotas on how many can migrate to the country. Illegal immigration became more of a problem being looked at in the twentieth century. Then End Illegal Immigration group states, “Today, over one million immigrants enter our country per year, while illegal alien population rows by about five hounded thousand per year” (End Illegal Immigration, April, 2011). In May of 2011, the latest version of the DREAM Act was introduced. The DREAM Act was first introduced in March 2009. This act stands for the Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Acts. The Dream act would enact two major changes in current law. The first would permit some immigrant students who grew up in the United States to apply for temporary legal status and eventually obtain permanent legal status and become eligible for U.S. citizenship if they go to college or serve in the U.S. military. The second would eliminate a federal provision that penalizes states that provide...
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...following, the author was designated by the senior management team at a community hospital to write a summary on the effects of changes in population demographics on the needs and services for a selected population. The author must identify the population on which the case study will focus on the aging population, patients with a particular chronic disease, children, patients with AIDS, patients requiring long-term care, or emergency management. The author must identify the targeted population, gather data about the population demographics, and describe the general impact that changing demographics may have on the health care market. The author will discuss why and how the changes in demographics will affect health care. Two health care related challenges identified for the population is chosen. The author will also describe how a chronic disease wellness program may affect the costs for this demographic. In conclusion, the author will discuss the marketing needs or services needed for this population as well as how the chosen population can address these challenges. The population demographics that the author has chosen to write a summary on is the influence of illegal immigrations on emergency health care. Immigration reform is one of the most forming or expressing division or issues opposing the United States policymakers. The increase in the number of illegal immigrants in the United States over the last 10 years has led to conflict about the influence of illegal immigration...
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...Summary: Planning to protect 4.4 million undocumented immigrants from deportation, president Obama exercises his executive order right to make changes in immigration policy. The new immigration plan will not only protect many unlawful immigrants from being deported but it also gains them access in obtaining driver licenses and social security cards. In another word, they will be legally to work in United States but it offers no path to citizenship. This will open a path for many high skilled workers to the United States labor force. Another major change is that Obama’s action will end a program called Secure Communities, therefore Immigration and Custom Enforcement as well as other law enforcement agencies will begin to priority their focus on criminals and felons rather than working families and security on the border will be increased. While many Americans think this is a righteous move that should have been done long ago to fix our broken immigration policy, the plan is opposed strongly by the Republicans. President Obama has no option but to use his executive action. House Speaker John Boehner states that the president is acting like a king or emperor with his executive action on the new immigration reform. The plan is also facing lawsuit from many different states, but Obama administration believes that the policies could withstand any lawsuit. Obama says in his speech, “The actions I’m taking are not only lawful; they’re the kind of actions taken by every single Republican...
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...Illegal Immigration in the United States Illegal immigration has been the subject of debate and of controversial views for a substantial amount of time. The aggravations toward undocumented aliens mainly reside on the financial burden and dangers they represent for the rest of the population. Illegal immigrants are generally defined as unauthorized residents that are foreign-born non-citizens and who are not legal residents. There are two ways an unlawful status can occur, the most common one happening when individuals are entering the United States without the appropriate paperwork, mandatory inspections, and background searches. In the second occurrence, individuals were first legally admitted for a certain period of time predetermined by authorities and this either as students, visitors, or temporary workers. Once the time frame expired, they omitted to leave the country as they were mandated by law, thus becoming illegal residents. According to The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) latest report, it is estimated that over ten million illegal immigrants were currently residing in America as of January 2010, from which about 60% originally lived in the country of Mexico. Furthermore, the official statistics revealed that the overall population of illegal immigrants in the United States has enlarged by almost 30% in the past decade alone; this means that more than two million unauthorized aliens came to this country since the year 2000 (1). From such alarming numbers...
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...Rights of undocumented aliens to healthcare Name: Institution: Date: Executive summary According to the US Congress in 2010, President Obama made the PPACA a law but still this act does not include the undocumented aliens in the medical coverage. This report reviews the rights of the undocumented aliens to healthcare and hoe this can be improved. This research discovered that the undocumented aliens have limited access to health care due to lack of identity papers. This is due to the fact that they earn very low income and medical insurance coverage is lower for the undocumented aliens. As a result, they rely on the safety-net medical care providers such as social health centers as this centers continue to provide care for the undocumented aliens. This research also reviews the limitations and problems faced by the undocumented aliens in accessing health care and as a result the ploys they use to access medical care. The findings of this research show that they mostly rely on treating themselves with over counter drugs or in the cases of extremes they use unofficial networks to seek treatment. Also, it is evident that they would do anything to safeguard their cover from being discovered and these results in stress and psychological disorders. Another finding is that despite the healthcare reforms, undocumented aliens still have no rights to access health care compared to the US citizens. This research recommends designing of programs which focus on the issue of undocumented...
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...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 United States, the population of illegal immigrants in the state of Texas increased from about 1.1 million in 2000 to about 1.7 million in 2007, an increase of about 57%...
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...Debate Topic Summary Raj Master BCOM/275 March 23, 2015 Dr. O Pro Side Debate Summary The pro side debate summary related to the illegal immigrants being allowed to apply for a California driver’s license has several advantages. Our learning team discussed the pro side of this topic which has been considered a highly controversial subject. In 2013, the state California passed Bill AB60, which took effect in 2015 which allows illegal immigrants to apply for a driver’s license. According to Berman, when he signed the law last year, Gov. Jerry Brown (D) praised it as a way to show that these Californians did not have to hide. “No longer are undocumented people in the shadows,” he said. “They are alive and well and respected in the state of California.” Brown’s office also noted that the law explicitly prohibits these licenses being used for any sort of investigation or arrest based on immigration status. The new law makes California one of the 10 states, along with Washington D.C. and Puerto Rico, to give out licenses this way, according to the National Immigration Law Center. (Berman, 2015) The bill was written by Assemblyman Luis Alejo (D-Salinas). The assemblyman represents a district which is a center of the agricultural industry with a flourishing populating of illegal immigrant farm workers. According to ProCon.org, the law requires the DMV to issue a California driver's license to anyone who can satisfactorily establish California residency. If...
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...Your book review assignment is to 1) read Ruth Gomberg-Muñoz’s ethnography, Labor and Legality, and 2) write a book review by 11am, November 3rd. 1. The point of a review is to take a position with respect to the book and to present a cogent, all-argued paper. Depth, originality and critical thinking in your arguments will be important part of grading. You should use concepts we have been discussing in class (structural violence, colonialism, etc.) to guide your argument. However, the concept of the paper is open-ended. Please develop your thoughts based on the book Labor and Legality. 1. A quality paper will have a strong analysis that draws from concepts learned from the book and also from class. Your arguments should be supported by proper evidence from the book. In other words, your thoughts must be fully engaged with the reading. Thus, proper citations, a clear structure, and also format requirements listed below would be important. 1. Format requirement. 1) Your review should be 3-5 pages (with a separate references cited page), which is a small adjustment from the syllabus. You will still need to use 1-inch margins, double-spaced, 12-point font. 2) Please review the section of the syllabus labeled “2” under “expectations” for information on academic integrity. Plagiarism will not be tolerated. Use in-text citations per the Chicago Style Manual when directly quoting or paraphrasing an author and make sure to include a “works cited” section. If there is any...
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...San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez, 411 U.S. 1 (1973) Historical Setting After Civil Rights success in the 1960’s, many of the United States underrepresented citizenry such as minorities and poor searched for equality through the Constitution. In San Antonio, Texas, citizens found that the school finance system was unjust and filed suit under the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The Federal District Court found that the Texas school finance system violated the Fourteenth Amendment. The State appealed to the Supreme Court. Case Summary San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez (1973) argued that education was a “fundamental right” implied in the Constitution and that poor Hispanic families were being treated as a “suspect class” due to financial disparities between wealthy and poor school districts. The argument was that this inequality of funding between school district’s violated the Equal Protection Clause. The State contended that education was not an Federal enumerated power, therefore it was reserved to the State and that included financial decisions. Court’s Decision The Court found in a 5-4 ruling that this was not a violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment because education is not a guarantee...
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...An ongoing debate and current issue today is immigration. The Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM Act) was proposed back in 2001 but failed to pass the house of senate. If the bill were to pass it would have provide legal residency to thousands of undocumented students who aspire to attend college. Supporters of the bill argue that if the bill were to pass it would not only benefit undocumented students, but it would have benefit the economy, promote cultural assimilation, and introduce a new group of people to obtain higher education. Senators Orrin Hatch, Republican of Utah, and Richard Urbin, Democrat from Illinois, first introduced the Dream Act in the congress in 2001. The purpose was to give undocumented minors an opportunity to attain higher education opportunities and provide a path to receive full and legal citizenship. The requirements listed were entering the country before age 16, being between the age of 12 and 35 at the time the bill was enacted, attend...
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...illegally to jump the borders of Mexico, and violating the agreement of a tourist visa as well as illegally boarding planes bound for the United States. It is a known fact that the men and women who enter this country do not meet the legal requirements to enter the United States from foreign countries. The research conducted will describe the issues of illegal immigration, whether the current policy is a regulatory or legislative-initiated policy, and the issue with the policy. A review of the possible constitutional violations will be described as well as if this issue or policy will affect the community, the accused, and the victims of any crimes committed by the illegal immigrants. The Issue The policy makers of the American government typically will take multiple routes in taking care of these issues before needing to develop a policy that will assist in combatting the concerns of the government. The existing immigration policies have been active for many years and for that same amount of time the policies have been questioned and scrutinized. The problems arising from illegal immigration have shown the violation of legal laws on both a state and federal level regardless of the policies developed and set in place. The huge impact that illegal immigrants will create in the United States can range from issues with economics, social issues, political, and ethical issues. As the issues increase, it can be seen that a...
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...Illegal Immigration COM 220 Illegal Immigration According to Penalver (2006), “ “During the half of The Nineteenth Century the government of the United States hoped to use its vast Western territories to pay the national debt by auctioning the lands to the highest bidders normally Northeastern settlers.” These settlers used to disappear for a while to proclaimed, trespassed the land to farm it illegally and take the soil back once the federal troops were gone until the situation became tiring and the soil was ultimately sold for ridiculous prices. Later, “on December 12, 1815, President James Madison issued a proclamation warning: uninformed or evil disposed persons, who have unlawfully taken possession of or made any settlement on the public lands forthwith to remove the reform" or face ejection by the army and criminal prosecution. But that didn't stop the settlers. In 1838, Henry Clay, expressing a widely shared sentiment, dismissed the squatters as a "lawless rabble." The 1862 Homestead Act granted free title to settlers who met the statute's five-year-residency and improvement requirements. In one of the great ironies of American history, the lawless squatters underwent a dramatic image makeover to become, in the gauzy romanticism of our collective memory, heroic settlers” Illegal immigration is an act that should be penalized by federal laws since every body should follow the standard regulations of the law. The ironic part here is that some of those people...
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