Wednesday, May 28, 2014
Some Latino groups express frustration with administration delay on immigration review
Delay seems to be a common theme in Congress these days. This article bashes on the Republican party quite a bit, stating that it is the major impediment of immigration reform. The major discussion for immigration reform is changes in deportation policy, with the goal being to keep families as intact as possible. Latino groups are using their voting power as a means of persuading the Republicans to address immigration reform.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
While immigration may not be a huge problem here in Pennsylvania, it is definitely a national problem that needs to be sorted out. I believe the Democrats are afraid to lose the Latino vote and the Republicans are afraid of losing the votes of those who are anti-immigrant. However, both sides need to get over their respective fears and come to an agreement. I highly doubt that people are going to stop immigrating - legally or illegally- to the US any time soon and it's better to come up with a solution than wait for the problem to disappear.
ReplyDeleteBorder security is the number one issue that needs to be resolved. I believe that we should allow the lower priority illegal immigrants to acquire a work permit. I do not believe that productive illegals should be forced out (nor would really advocate a program of mass deportation). If we were to have entitlement reforms (or restrict access for entitlements to those who would be granted legal status), I would certainly be more concerned—a major concern of mine is that there would be a great influx of people onto the already struggling entitlement systems—such issues would only make the matter much worse.
ReplyDeleteThis is a really weird topic for me. I don't know if this is heartless or not but why do we have to come up with a humane way of separating families apart if they came into our country illegally? Why do we have to give work to these people? If they are titled as "illegal" why is giving them work even a question? Stricter border control should be the first thing to change so then we won't have to worry about these issues.
ReplyDeleteI definitely believe that families should be allowed to stay together, illegal or not. Hopefully they can reform immigration law to make that possible. Once again, Democrats and Republicans are polarized on the issue, making any progress hard to come by. And responding to Ally, no one has to give work to illegal immigrants. That's not a law written anywhere.
ReplyDeleteI like the idea of giving work permits to workers how are productive. It think that's a relatively fair trade off. I also like the idea that families should get to stay together durnig deportation. Just as a side note, I think it's interesting how whenever immigration reform is mentioned, people think Latin America. Obviously, this article is about Mexico, but in general, people temporarily forget that illegal immigrants come from many places and the problem isn't only in the Southwest.
ReplyDeleteThis comes down to a popularity contest as almost everything in our government is nowadays. The democrats realize the importance of the Latino vote to themselves, and they need it. On the other hand the republicans obviously don't want the Latino vote going to the democrats, so they just want to get rid of the voters completely. I highly doubt there will be any type of bipartisan agreement in the near future.
ReplyDeleteEmily, I couldn't have said it better myself. The workers who come here most likely are doing so to provide more for their families, so it wouldn't be right to seperate them. Also, that is one thing that bothers me; immigrants come from from all over the globe to pursue the American dream, not only the mexican border. I hope that the democrats and republicans can finally come to an agreement on this. While they're fighting, more people are entering the US every day.
ReplyDeleteThe solution for immigration reform is to distribute workers permits for X amount of years, then give them the citizen test for citizenship. If they want to immigrate over to America to build a better life for their families, the government should have organized neighborhoods for them and they must work daily in order to maintain their permit.
ReplyDeleteWe should definitely work towards keeping families together during deportation; try thinking of it from their prospective. Like someone said before, people immigrate to this country to make a better future and provide for their families and even if it may be illegal, most of them have good intentions and we should only punish them by deportation, not splitting up their family. I also don't really understand why the process of getting a green card or a work visa is so hard. I know we have to be careful of terrorists and what not, but most people that want to come here just want to pursue the American dream like Christian said. We could eliminate this immigration problem by making a more reasonable process for legal entry into our country.
ReplyDeleteThis is a issue with many parts, and the parties seem to be polarizing the whole issue rather than look at it piece by piece. i think congress would be able to agree on something about keeping families together during the deportation process. Even if they can't agree in the near future about who should get deported, they at least will be able to ease some emotional pain caused by family separation which seems to be a key issue for immigrants.
ReplyDeleteI think that we need to keep a stricter boarder control in our country. We cant have the mentality of "the more the merrier" here in the US. However, I do think we should try to keep families together through deportation. Don't get me wrong, I do not believe we should bend over backwards to keep them together because lets not forget they are here illegally.
ReplyDeleteLargely, this policy is a great move for immigration policy. No family should be broken up for deportation. But, again we see that partisan loyalty is a major problem when it comes to passing legislation. It'd be nice if politicians could place country over party. I hope we move towards reform where we can award working and willing immigrants work permits. I like Heller's plan to give a time period of working permit and then tests for citizenship. I don't, however, like the plan of organized neighborhoods he suggested. It seems too similar to the ghetto for me, and I think we can trust people to live where they want. Perhaps an immigration center where workers can turn in paperwork,report progress, look for work, and apply for citizenship would be a better idea.
ReplyDelete