If the government can’t build a website, how can it be trusted to correctly process millions of undocumented immigrants and require every employer to verify the status of their workers?
I think this is a question that many Americans are asking themselves. This article talks about how the struggles of Obamacare have altered White House plans of an immigration reform, which seemed very promising coming into 2013.
Tuesday, December 17, 2013
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The article made a very good point very early on: how will the government be able to handle something as big as immigration reform if they can't even handle putting together a website? It'll be interesting to see if the government can work past all the things that have hindered them and set them back in recent months, including the failed launching of healthcare.gov and the shutdown.
ReplyDeleteI don't think immigration reform is going to come easy for the Obama administration. It's going to take a long time to regain the trust of the American people after the health care website debacle. It is positive that when they eventually get to immigration reform that they'll have bipartisan support.
ReplyDeleteI personally hope that the struggles and mishaps that came with the Obamacare website do not completely alter the plans and hopes of an immigration reform. The website launching was a mess, but hopefully Americans can see past it. The government has had a rough past couple of months, but hopefully they can work past these difficulties.
ReplyDeleteIn my environmental science textbook it said that the United States lets in twice as many immigrants as all other countries together. I find this extremely difficult to believe, but I think immigration reform is an important topic. I think it is also very difficult issue to resolve. I haven't thought a lot about ways to resolve some of the issues that go along with it, but I think the way immigrants are handled now is not working.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Yarrow in that immigration seems to be a topic that will take a lot of time and effort to begin resolving, but one that needs the reform. Hopefully since the outlook on Obamacare is slowly getting better with time, soon there will be enough trust in the government to start working on other big things like immigration reform. Like Senator Schumer said, the chances of this happening have increased even in the last two months, so we can only hope this continues into the future.
ReplyDeleteI think it is completely ridiculous that a failed website is what is giving the american people doubt in the government. How about the complete lack of compromise or the 16 day shutdown? Yes, the administration made a mistake and put the website out too early, but that's all! Obamacare was passed, it was declared constitutional, and if this old issue which has already been validated by the highest court stops the government from focusing on the issues it faces now, we are in serious trouble.
ReplyDeleteDistrust in government is extremely high right now due to a lot more than just one issue. The problems with the Obamacare website were serious, but they were acknowledged and a lot was done to fix them. Immigration is a very important topic that deserves a lot of attention and work to reform it. I think the American people should not get hung up on one problem that happened in the past and let it prevent future progress.
ReplyDeleteAlthough this article brings up some valid points about the important issue of immigration, I actually found it somewhat annoying. These are two unrelated issues, and in previous postings we've had many positive comments about the new health care act, saying that it just needs some time. I'm with Anna here. I understand the mistrust in government today and all, but it is a little pathetic that this website crisis is used for so many issues targeted against the government now. Katie's right too, it shouldn't prevent further progress.
ReplyDeleteI have to agree with Maddie on this. Obamacare and Immigration are two completely different issues. The way that Obamacare was handled has nothing to do with the way that the issue of immigration reform will be handled. I also think that it is a little sad that immigration reform is still such an issue. We are a nation that was built on immigrants, you would think that after more than two centuries we would have it down.
ReplyDeleteI completely agree with Anna on this issue. I think the Obamacare website's unsuccessful launch has and continues to have too much influence on our country's opinion of the government. It would be very unfortunate if a mistake concerning a website discouraged our government officials from taking on other important issues.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Jay Carney in this article when he said (regarding to immigration reform) "They are two different systems." The rollout of The Affordable Care Act website was a disaster for the Obama administration. Nobody can dispute that. Stating that you are questioning our government's ability to roll out another program based solely on Obamacare's website shows that you haven't been watching the news the past x number of years. This debate has been raging long before the website's blunder, and it will long after the website's rocky start is forgotten.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Evan that it is going to be a difficult task and may take time for the Obama administration to regain full trust of the American people. Like the article said in the beginning "if the government can't build a website, how can it be trusted to correctly process millions of undocumented immigrants." I'm interested in seeing how the immigration issue plays out.
ReplyDeleteObviously the Obamacare website was a big flop thus far. But that's just one incident. Right now the only people who can fix the immigration issues is the Obama administration and sometimes you just have to trust the government because that's all we have.
ReplyDeleteI don't think that the Obamacare website flop should transfer over to immigration reform. If anything it shows that the government may be more prepared for such a large program. I don't think that the Obamacare website debacle should draw important attention away from immigration reform.
ReplyDeleteAlthough i don't myself approve of obamacare or the current immigration situation, i still think it would be a bit of a stretch to say that they are related to eachother in any significant way.
ReplyDeleteI would agree with concerns after the horrendous failure of the Obamacare website, but that failure should not prevent further government programs. The government still needs to provide services and I think that they will be more careful when dealing with programs that require technology. That being said, I don't think many people understand the technological difficulties that come when a website must be able to provide for 300 million people, but the government still needs to be more careful as not to lose credibility.
ReplyDeleteMaybe I don't watch C-SPAN as much as I should or whatever, but I find it really weird how long it takes for things to "come to l the floor." I don't understand what officials are doing all day long if they're not talking about the country's issues and trying to solve them, especially when the issue is as important as immigration is. By the way, I think it's time to stop concentrating all frustration with new laws on the president.
ReplyDeleteI don't think that the very unsuccessful start to Obamacare should have any effect on further government policies. It is our government's job to work through problems and deal with important issues. Not many people have much trust in the US Government right now but that shouldn't stop it from doing its best to deal with the very important topic of immigration.
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