http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-immigration-hurdles-20130311,0,4603683.story
Today, 11 million illegal immigrants reside in America, making illegal immigration a well debated topic for the past few decades. Recently, eight senators (including four Republicans and four Democrats) have gotten together to try and create a bill to address illegal immigration, with the goal in mind to craft a bipartisan overhaul of immigration laws agreeing to a create a path to legal status. This proposal being created by the senators is considered a "broader immigration reform package" that goes hand in hand with President Obama's call to set a pathway to earned citizenship. Requirements the senators have formed include the illegal immigrant registering with Homeland Security Department authorities, to pay taxes that they owe from the time they migrated to America, and to pay a "undetermined" fine. This would grant probationary legal status, and still immigrants would be barred from receiving public benefits.
However, there are many uncertainties with this bill currently under construction. Aides predict the delay for a green card would be ten years or longer, and question how many visas to issue to high-tech specialists, how to keep track of those leaving he country, and how to pay for more Border Patrol officers. In a effort to resolve these issues, Negotiators from the AFL-CIO and the US Chamber of Commerce have worked with Senate to set a number for visas of both high-tech and low-skilled workers so that they fluctuate.
Bills like these have been created in the past, but destroyed in the process due to the conflict between labor and business leaders. Today, it has been reported that both organized labor and businesses now want a compromised immigration bill to pass, which represents 2 million workers. Laborer unions desire less visas because they believe too many immigrants would undercut qualified Americans seeking high-tech jobs, but business groups pushed for more visas for high skilled employees. Senators are working on this bill with hope that it will close a lot of holes in the illegal immigration debate.
From what is already drafted in this bill outline, how much of an impact, if any, do you think this bill will have on America if it is passed into law? Explain
This bill definitely has the potential to impact America, but I do not think that it will be effective. Yes, it does offer a great opportunity for those who are illegal to become legal, but I do not thing that people would take advantage of this. To go through this process would involve money that many people just don’t have. Also, it would make people pay federal income taxes but not receive any social benefits. So what is the point of it? If they could live fine right now then why would they go through the hassle and pay all this money. It is a great idea but I don’t see it to be very realistic.
ReplyDeleteI agree that this bill, if ever passed, would have a great potential to impact America and our immigration issues in a big and positive way. I think that this bill will allow immigrants coming over to achieve the American Dream a much better opportunity to become a citizen and fulfill their journey of coming to America. Also I think that this bill will allow the United States Immigration Officers to sort out between immigrants that are coming over to further their potential and better their lives, or coming over to cheat the system and use American for it's resources. I think that America is a great place for those of other countries to come over and try and better their lives. But with the immigration laws that are in place, many immigrants come over and take advantage of the United States and all we have to offer.
ReplyDeleteI think that passing this bill would be the best option for reforming immigration in the United States. It would set a path to becoming a citizen for illegal immigrants in the US, and it will not cost the US any money in public benefits. I agree with Maxine in that this bill would show the United States which Immigrants are here for work and which are here to cheat the system. I think that this law would impact the U.S in a positive way, but i still think that we should strengthen our border control so illegal immigrants can not get in, in the first place.
ReplyDeleteI think that since there are so many people that are illegal, and they do not care about it because we are so leneant as a country, the people that are illegal do not really care that much that they arent legal. They practically have all the same rights as the other people so it doesn't really matter to them. I do not thik that the law would be fully taken advantage of by the people if they were given the chance to do so.
ReplyDeleteI believe this bill would definitely take effect in the U.S. considering the amount of illegal immigrants there are in this country. The price to pay and the time that would be put into legalizing such immigrants would be a lot, but I believe it would be worth it. No one wants to be illegal, people who come here illegally come for a reason and most of the time it's the only way out in their minds. Who wouldn't want to be able to participate in the economy and receive help from the wealthy government the U.S. has? I think this law is a great opportunity for people to obtain a legal status in the country that they made their own. I don't see how it would be negative at all for it would be helping the country's economy as well as its ability to monitor how many people are coming in and out of the country.
ReplyDeleteThis bill would defiantly have a big impact on America if it was passed. There are so many illegal immigrants in this country that it would really effect them and the government because of all the work that would have to be put into legalizing these immigrants. But it could be a huge benefit to the country because these immigrants would start paying the taxes they owe and that would defiantly help the government and the economy.
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