Case Study: Jeff Sessions

Immigration hardliners in Trump’s administration said DACA was illegal. They, including Sessions, urged him to end the program. Some other advisers, including chief of staff John Kelly, reportedly did not want him to terminate DACA. Many GOP congressional leaders signaled to Trump not to end the program either. There’s a proposal in Congress to provisionally protect dreamers. Sessions said DACA’s wind down gives Congress time to address dreamers’ immigration status.

Lourdes Medrano is a strong advocate for immigration reform to strengthen the border and the security manning the border. She supports her argument by showing how President George W. Bush’s surge on the US-Mexican border. President Bush doubled the man power along the border, while leading the technological advance on the border. Medrano shows how President Bush brought immigration reform into the spotlight, when roughly 1.6 million immigrants where entering the US illegally. Now the number is historically lower at 356,873 immigrants. The budget for the border patrol has been steadily increasing 1.1 billion in 2001 to 3.5 billion in 2012. Medrano presents how President Bush signed the Secure Fence Act in 2006, which authorized 700 miles of fencing. This his directly contributed to 651 miles of fencing created by 2012. Surge on immigration reform has also doubled the man power from 2001 to 2012, which is exactly what President Bush envisioned. With the border patrol now being a division of Homeland Security and help from the national guard, they have grown much bigger then what they once were. Even the Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says that “our borders have, in fact, never been stronger.”

Explanation—I find this article interesting because Trump wants a new immigration order and there are many people who are supporting him. I personally believe that there are better ways to deal with immigration issues. There are people who have been here for years and don’t deserve to be deported. There are bad people all over the world and if you are a criminal, rapist, etc. I understand deporting those people for the sake of the country. However, innocent people must deal with all the immigration issues when they are not hurting the country in

The president of the United States wants an immigration reform. An immigration reform is a term used in political discussions regarding changes to current immigration policy in a country. “Reform” means to change into an improved form or condition, by amending or removing faults or abuses (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_reform). Obama says “Instead of trying to hold hostage founds for the department

“For those that continue to seek improper and illegal entry into this country, be forewarned: This is a new era. This is the Trump era,” said Sessions during his visit to the U.S.-Mexico border on April 11th. “The lawlessness, the abdication of the duty to enforce our immigration laws, and the catch and release practices of old are

Ross, Davis, and Achenbach, of the The Chicago Tribune wrote an article entitled, “Immigrant community on high alert, fearing Trump's 'deportation force’” (2017). This is one of several articles that provides a critic for the executive order and explains the ways in which this executive order has effected the lives of Latinos in America. They quoted Angelica Salas, executive director of the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA) as she related how this executive order has changed the ways that immigration officials can now act. She stated, “Donald Trump has effectively created a way to deport individuals who have been accused, charged or convicted of anything from murder to jaywalking”. Her statement rings true as other journalists, advocates, and law-makers are concerned about not only the safety of United States citizens, but of everyone living within our

On November 20, 2014, President Obama signaled a significant turn in U.S. immigration policy. Acknowledging Congress's failure to adopt a comprehensive overhaul of the nation's "broken immigration system," the President announced measures to "help make our immigration system fairer and more just." (1) The centerpiece of the announcement was a program allowing certain illegal immigrants with children who are U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents "to apply to stay in this country temporarily without fear of

The article I read, named “Jr’s Latest: A Child Caught Between the U.S.-Mexico Border by Melena Ryzik was about a French artist named JR who installed his first piece in Mexico. The piece was of a little boy whose eyes were looking over the Mexican barrier that borders San Diego County. It was said that the boy was almost holding onto his mother’s body. The idea of this piece came to JR in a dream. His piece was not directed to the Trump administration, but it has caught attention to the eyes of the public. Since Trump moved to end Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals this week, it has even more attention.

Accountability of the public sector is going to hit the highest levels of scrutiny (Kettl, 2017). The proposed actions or the current administration are going to cause a personnel nightmare in the public sector. An example, States cannot legalize the status of undocumented immigrants, but they may address collateral issues that stem from being undocumented. Most notably, numerous states have enacted legislation that helps overcome barriers to higher education faced by many undocumented youths.  Pursuant to some state laws and policies, undocumented students may be able to attend state universities and qualify for in-state tuition. We will need to wait and see how the process will unfold. Will Congress finally reach an agreement, unlike the deadlock they had prior to President Obama’s executive order? Only time will answer that

Prior to the creation of SB1070, Arizona has had many incidents of undocumented immigrants crossing its borders. Until the early 20th century, the U.S government took over the responsibilities of immigration control (Carroll, 2011). According to Chin and Miller (2011), harboring aliens or undocumented immigrants into the United States is considered a felony crime. Originally within the federal jurisdiction to handle such immigration offenses, the shift of responsibilities has now been shared with the state of Arizona (Chin and Miller, 2011). To prevent undocumented immigrants from crossing the borders and combat many smuggling cases of undocumented immigrants, vigilantism was motivated within the state of Arizona through the criminalization of undocumented immigrants (Frassinelli, Frenkell, & Watson, [Immigration and “Operations”: The Militarization (and Medicalization) of the US-Mexico Border] 2011).

In his acceptance speech, Donald Trump mentioned his opinion on immigrants. He said,“They are being released by the tens of thousands into our communities with no regard for the impact on public safety or resources… We are going to build a great border wall to stop illegal immigration, to stop the gangs and the violence, and to stop the drugs from pouring into our communities.” However, this is not true.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions has ordered the Justice Department on October 6, 2017, according to the New York Times, with a two-page memo addressed to all United States attorneys and other top officials, to no longer look at transgender people being protected by a civil rights law banning workplace discrimination based on sex (Savage, 2017).

IN Las Vegas yesterday, President Obama made it clear that an overhaul of America’s immigration laws was his top domestic priority. He expressed cautious support for a bipartisan plan by eight senators that would create a pathway to citizenship for 11 million illegal immigrants in exchange for tougher border enforcement, employment checks and temporary work visas for farmworkers and highly skilled engineers and scientists.

This scenario is playing out on America’s borders every day. The organization that manages the Border Patrol, Customs and Border Protection, has become the largest federal law enforcement agency in the nation, and with that distinction comes some scrutiny. Two articles were written, the first by The New York Times, the other by the Associated Press, that highlighted some disturbing trends within the agency. The number of Border Patrol agents more than doubled between 2004 and 2011, when they grew to over 20,000 employees, and that number continued to rise, reaching over 21,000 today. “Since…September 11, 2001, the focus of the Border Patrol has changed to detection, apprehension and/or deterrence of terrorists or terrorist weapons, ” but as the agency uses that motto to grow its, it has become increasingly clear that they are more concerned with keeping certain people out than keeping the border safe.

A proposed change in immigration law announced by president the Trump administration would have a critical impact in the way possible immigrants are selected and become citizens. No longer would America be a place for people that had the desire to come for equal opportunity. Instead, America would largely focus on the skilled, higher earning and English speaking immigrates. Trump states that this change will benefit “struggling America families” by putting “their needs first and Americas needs first.” This bill propose will include a limit on