Summary: The United States Immigration System

Every time he drove his car, he ran the risk of being stopped by a police officer and getting arrested. In the Macrosystem layer, the 1968 law called the Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA), had created challenges for any illegal Mexican who had successfully crossed the border into America. The law expanded the border patrol and sought to punish employers who hired unauthorized immigrants. Isaias could not get a good job, because he was considered an unauthorized immigrant. Even though he applied to the DACA program, he and his family were still considered illegal immigrants.

However, where the DREAM Act would have provided support for the dreamers and granted them citizenship, DACA merely gives a deferral, renewed biennially, to allow certain immigrants to work and go to school legally for a time (Blakemore). The dreamers continue to fight for their right to remain in the U.S., but there are still many people, particularly politicians, who push back, worried that allowing them to stay would negatively impact the country and intensify the immigration problems. Dreamers should be granted citizenship in America despite potential financial drawbacks and risks due to the essential economic support they provide and the inherent cruelty of deportation. There is no perfect solution to an issue on this scale, and providing legal status to this group of people could have some drawbacks, such as in terms of national security. With the DREAM Act, an immigrant applying for legal status cannot be deported due to information in his or her application, even if it is discovered to be false, making fraud easy (Hudson).

Should the United States change its Immigration Policy? This is the subject of todays debate. Resolved, that the united states should significantly change its immagration policy. In order to accuratly arue this subject we must first define our terms. Significantky; to be important or consequential.

DACA is the “Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. It was formed on November 25, 2002.” By our former President Barack Obama . It is an “American immigration policy that allowed some individuals who entered the country illegally as minors to receive a renewable two-year period of deferred action from deportation and to be eligible for a work permit.” With DACA certain children of immigrants also known as “DREAMERS” get to stay in the United States without being deported until they reach that age of seventeen without having to get a green card or a work permit.

This source is the research finding of the writers. It is the research findings of the National UnDACAmented Research Project (NURP). They break up their findings in three different figures: Resources Accessed by DACA Recipients, DACA Recipients’ Connections to Deported Individuals, and Family Members Potentially Impacted by Comprehensive Immigration Reform. In these figures, they go in and explain more thoroughly the different kinds of impact DACA has had. Their research is very detailed and specific.

Imagine being separated from your family at such a young age because you weren’t able to move from Mexico to America. Or imagine having to leave your family and come to America to work in order to support your family. My mother was born in Mexico and was separated from her parents and older siblings when they decided to move to America. The four younger children weren’t able to migrate over to Mexico due to not having papers; it was only the four older children who were able to move. As four younger children were left behind in Mexico including my mother, the other four had to start working to support the family.

Illegal Immigration can be defined as entering a country without official authorization. In the United States, illegal immigration has caused the economy to flourish due to the increase in employment but has also caused many citizens to compete for jobs. New viruses and diseases are also being introduced into the country. Laws and Acts were put in place by Congress to allow people to immigrate and earn citizenship but has made it more difficult to gain. Illegal immigration can affect all citizens negatively and positively.

Immigration is the act of coming to live in a foreign country. Immigration has changed in many ways over the past decades. Although it has changed drastically, it still remains the same in some ways. Almost all of the immigrants come here to pursue the “American Dream” and have better lives for them and their families back in their countries of origin. Whenever there is an opportunity to work they don’t think about it twice and go for it.

However, if a President is not able to implement and influence legislation he may use his Administrative power to change Immigration. Administrative power goes a long way in creating immigration reform. Presidents in the past have used Administrative Power to pardon immigrants and influence immigration. By allowing for spouses, parents, or children citizenship Presidents have emphasized the importance of family. In recent years Obama has pardoned millions of undocumented immigrants and granted them a Provisional Waiver Process which allows them to become eligible to seek citizenship.

Immigration has always been a major part of American history. Each year, hundreds of thousands of people travel to the United States in search of a better life. Of the 1.49 million immigrants who traveled to the United States in 2016, 150,400 immigrants were from Mexico. There have also been many people from Mexico who have immigrated illegally to America, with 5.6 million Mexican unauthorized immigrants living in the U.S. in 2015 and 2016. The large scale of immigration, both legal and illegal, has brought up issues such as national security and the U.S. economy.

There are many things that American citizens take for granted every day. Gomez, and most other undocumented immigrants, could not drive legally and safely. DACA allowed him the simple benefit of being able to go places without fearing what could happen if he were pulled over by a cop. This meant that he was able to get to work, school, and any other place he wanted to go, with a feeling of security. Another undocumented immigrant whose life changed thanks to being able to get a driver’s license through DACA was Carolina Bortolleto.

Some of the questions Americans should be asking are: How does the deferred action policy differ from previous immigration policies, how was it set into motion, and how will the changes impact America short term and in the future. The United States of America was formed, even before it was a country, by immigrants. Well before the Constitution was written, there were people looking for refuge here. The colonists were not the first to migrate from elsewhere.

Fixing immigration in America In America the problem of immigration is shrouded by hate, distrust, and anger from the multitudes of races involved. In the last few decades this issue has become wide spread and very divisive. For registered immigrants and people born in America the influx of people allows for a fear of job loss or change of cultural identity.

Immigration in the USA is very broad, adds to the talent pool in the United States and plays a critical role in American innovation and Entrepreneurship. Before joining CMB, the only experience I had with US immigration was being a student on the F-1 visa in the USA. When I joined CMB Regional Centers (CMB) as an intern I was put in a role to effectively explain to prospective EB5 investors why CMB will serve them best in their pursuit of immigration to USA. From the time I started working with CMB, EB-5 industry has changed a lot and business is now very competitive. However, one thing has remained same that savvy EB- 5 investor want to know what makes CMB different from the hundreds of other Regional Centers out there.

In 1996, my parents got engaged in Lagos, Nigeria. They decided if they wanted to start raising a family they hoped to do it in a country that would offer opportunities for their kids to be successful in life. Thus, they started the permanent residence immigration process to both Canada and Australia. A year later, my parents got married. 6 months after they got married, they were approved both for Canadian and Australian permanent residence immigration status.