Illegal Immigration And Immigration In The United States

While Arizona is doing its best to enact tougher immigration laws, states like California are trying to create laws to protect illegal, undocumented, immigrants. “California’s new law limits cooperation with the federal Secure Communities program, under which the fingerprints of arrestees that local police routinely send to the FBI also get routed to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement” (Lane). The problem with this law, which the Supreme Court will eventually need to rule on, is that it also infringes on the current Federal laws. Because the federal government has the responsibility for setting immigration policy, states are facing an uphill battle in trying to set their own policy and enforcing immigration law at the state level.

“Senate Bill 4 is a piece of legislation that Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed in May and it aims to ban “sanctuary cities” by requiring sheriffs, constables, police chiefs and other local leaders to cooperate with federal immigration authorities and allows police to ask about the immigration status of individuals they lawfully detain” (Alvarez). The consequences for sheriffs, constables, police chiefs and other local leaders if they do not follow the legislation are that they could face Class A misdemeanor and possibly jail time (Mansoor & Pollock). “In addition, they can could face civil penalties ranging from $1,000 to $1,500 for the first violation and $25,000 to 25,500 for consecutive offenses” (Alvarez). Many people are against Senate

A. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Correctly found that S.B. 1070 is Preempted Because it Interferes with the Administration and Enforcement of Federal Immigration Laws

One of the most talked about bills is TX Senate Bill 4. SB4, often referred to as a “Sanctuary City ban,” has already been signed into law by Gov. Greg Abbott. SB4 requires local law enforcement, including campus police, to comply with the requests of federal immigration

Legislation has been approved in California to make illegal aliens ineligible for public social services, public health care services, and public school education at elementary, secondary, and post secondary levels.  News of the passage of this legislation has been received with mixed feelings not only in California, but throughout the United States. Due to the unconstitutional nature of the California law, it is necessary that it be thrown out.

A congress current event is the measures that the government wants to imply to sanctuary cities.’’ Legislation directed at sanctuary cities will likely contain defunding provisions, and attempt to establish more prescriptive immigration laws. Now the 115th Congress, both the Senate and House have each introduced anti-sanctuary city bills. On Jan. 3, 2017, Rep. Lou Barletta, R-Pa., introduced H.R.83’’ “Mobilizing Against Sanctuary Cities Act,” and on Jan. 10, 2017, Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., introduced S.87 “A bill to ensure that state and local law enforcement may cooperate with federal officials to protect our communities from violent criminals and suspected terrorists who are illegally present in the United States.”

Those who donated may say that this bill will change the rate of crime due to illegal immigration enormously. This law has dramatically cut down on the immigration problem. With the paperwork to show citizenship now becoming mandatory to all immigrants, the rate of illegal immigrants will drop rapidly. Most people are for SB 1070 because property values could go up, and in turn better neighborhoods come to be. Politicians believe that Arizona’s governor has made a wise decision by signing this bill. They say that the chance of this being a negative outcome to the state on the issue of immigration is nonexistent in the states future.

Approximately 39 cities and 364 counties have some form of sanctuary policy. Sanctuary Cities are towns, cities, or counties that protect undocumented immigrants through implementing sanctuary policies. Sanctuary policies are ordinances that prohibit local officials from reporting an individual's immigration status. Since the U.S. economy and National security are essential to the indemnity of the United States of America, sanctuary cities must be prohibited.

Any place of refuge or asylum can be a sanctuary, though there is no specific legal definition to what constitutes a sanctuary jurisdiction. These communities can be states, cities or counties with established policies that limit cooperation with federal immigration authorities to protect undocumented immigrants from deportation. The state of Maryland is pushing for a bill that will limit available state and local resources during the enforcement of immigration laws. Whilst some people are of an opinion that the state government should not be writing laws shielding illegal immigrants from US federal government immigration laws, others maintain that Maryland officials should move forward with their ideas of a sanctuary. There is debate over the safety of immigrants and of

As for the Sb 1070 implemented by our own Governor Janet Brewer, that was originally enacted to improve our economy, safeguard our neighborhood, and secure our borders was intended to put ease to our state; it caused some turmoil. Though, the success was strong in the sense of securing our border, and making those neighborhoods a little safer to live in, causing some economic downfalls to hit our state; by these entrepreneurs closing shop and move back to Mexico in fear of deportation. Furthermore, it took way for our state revenue, for we no longer had state and federal funds flowing into our coffers for these immigrants being here; instead we were in jeopardy of losing this state and federal funding.

I think these cities are hazardous to protect legal citizens. For example, in San Francisco (a sanctuary city), a

The name “sanctuary cities” comes from the 1980s protests of federal immigration policies that refused shelter to refugees from El Salvador and Guatemala. It all began when the Salvadoran government had inflicted martial law on all its citizens, which in effect pronounced the beginning of mass killings in the country. The movement was formed to offer protection to these undocumented refugees that were fleeing the Central American wars that plagued their homes. An estimated 18,000 to 20,000 people were killed or “disappeared” in the 1980’s alone. Thousands of Salvadorans fled the violence, coming north through Mexico to the United States. In July of 1980, two dozen or more Salvadorans who were crossing the Sonoran Desert were deserted by their

Since the late 1800’s the United States has been challenged with multiple cases regarding immigration and citizenship. Immigration has been a direct cause for population growth and cultural changes throughout history. These causes and changes has affected society and sparked controversy. Immigration policies can affect trade, investments, and tourism for the whole country. The issue being if the federal government should have authority over a state’s immigration requirements. In 2013, the United Nations estimated that there were close to two hundred million immigrants in the world, which is approximately 3.25% of the global population. In the supreme court case of Arizona v. United States, the governor of Arizona, Jan Brewer, signed an act that was named “Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act” to penalize unwarranted immigrants.

This is a “controversial immigration bill authorizing police officers to stop suspected illegal immigrants and demand proof of citizenship” (The Huffington Post). This is giving the police too much authority and can lead to many other problems such as discrimination against Hispanics.

Since announcing his run for the presidency in 2015, Donald Trump promptly decided to make immigration a substantial part of his campaign. Trump raised awareness of a problem that many politicians weren’t talking about: sanctuary cities. Although commonly referred to as sanctuary cities, the technical term is “sanctuary jurisdiction”, which includes cities, counties, and entire states. Sanctuary jurisdictions do not currently have a leal definition but they are generally considered areas that refuse to enforce immigration law and often times are uncooperative with the federal government’s immigration decisions. The president has made it clear that he is committed to tackling immigration issues and reforming legislation that makes it easy