Texas Immigration

Today in Texas and the United States, there has been many issues that involve immigration. Many people assume that they are taking the U.S. citizens jobs which is causing many to lose their jobs or the insufficient amount of jobs there are. Or how they don’t belong here, and they should “go back to where they belong.” There are some pros and cons of having immigrants in the state of Texas, and if there is a way to compromise on this subject of if they should be allowed here or not. Also, if the state of Texas should have any play in the immigration policy. After reading the passage “Immigration in Texas” and the arguments both state senators Dan Patrick and Julio Castro were both very persuasive.

But the increase of undocumented Immigrants has given border crossing a negative view as we seen some anti-immigration legislation that has targeted undocumented immigrants throughout the United States. But we have also seen many reforms taking place in both the United States government and in Texas government. All of these reforms are brought up by many organizations throughout the United States in order to reduce the number of deaths of immigrants and are focused on the American immigration reform. Not only are we aware of reforms but also protest have been a contributing factor. One of the mayor protest happened on May 1, 2006 “Un Dial Sin Immigrants” were thousands of immigrants refused to go to school and work an effort to demonstrate the economic importance the immigrants bring to the country. In El Paso the Rio Grande separates the United States with Mexico while many children are allowed to attend school on the side of Texas is a great benefit. The Texas-Mexico Border has its negative and positive aspects coming all the way from when it used to belong to

and Texas economies, according to Julian Castro, is that businesses in Texas greatly benefit from the hard work of undocumented immigrants. Saying that as long as there are jobs available, immigrants will find a way to make it to the United States despite any border securities. While some cons of illegal immigration considering the U.S. and Texas economies, according to Dan Patrick, is that it will strain the state budget on education and health care. Some would even say that illegal immigrants are the reasons for job shortages, however some would also say that illegal immigrants would work harder to keep their jobs over

Immigration is a rapid growing issue for the United States. For a long time people from other countries have been coming here to look for bigger and better things for themselves, as well as for their families. This article digs to the core of the issue, illegal immigration. Chideya wanted to know three things: 1) What is the reality behind the perceptions of Mexican Americans, 2) How do the residents of El Paso look upon the Mexicans, and 3) How do Mexican-Americans see themselves and their cousins across the border.

Texas represents a national demographic shift that will cause the United States to become a “minority-majority” country in the near future. Texas achieved that status in 2004, when racial and ethnic minority populations, both native and foreign-born, collectively outnumber non-Hispanic whites; in addition, the state

In 2013, there were an estimated 41.3 million immigrants living in the United States. (Krogstad, 2014). According to present estimates, this foreign-born population consists of 18.6 million naturalized US citizens and 22.1 million noncitizens (Cenato, 2013). Among the noncitizens, approximately 13.3 million are permanent legal residents, while 11.3 million (28%) are unauthorized migrants. (Cenato, 2013). The majority of unauthorized immigrants are primarily from Mexico and other Latin American countries, they live Texas, Florida, California, New York and Arizona (Zong et. al 2015).

A study done by the Pew Hispanic Center in 2010 listed more 1.7 million undocumented residents living in the state of Texas. (Tannahill) The population growth rate, whether by legal or illegal means is only one of the issues that has been troubling state law makers and affecting the state’s water plan. The second issue that is affecting Texas’ water is the drought conditions that the state is currently suffering from.

Texas has had many issues since December 29, 1845 however; ever since the past ten years U.S has had immigration issues with Mexico citizens. Due to all of the migration issue George W. Bush signed into law secure fence act which mandated the construction of 850 miles of at least two miles of 'reinforcing fence" that would be mediated by border patrol. The problem all starts with this; we understand George W. Bush, but this fence is costing us more than ninty billion. The wall is not there to protect us, but to discontinue the trafficking of women, children, drugs, etc. U.S has a way of paying for stuff and that is taxation. We the people are the taxers, saying that; all of that money is coming from our pocket. OUCH!

Until recent years, Immigration reform has become controversial in Texas. Despite Texas being a state with a large immigration population, many Texas legislators remain divided on the different issues of immigration measures. During the 82nd Regular Legislative Session, Doug Miller, a Republican State Representative authored House Bill 1272 that would essentially require employers, from all sectors, to participate in the federal electronic verification of work authorization program, also known as E-Verify. House Bill 1272 "would also establish criminal penalties for any employers that would engage in unlawful employment practices. Freedom and equality are being violated if House Bill 1272 should is passed, as well as it would be devastating

For years to decades’ immigrations has been an issue and maybe in some way a solution to big business gain. Is a real way to fix it or find a balance? It has been and will always be an ongoing subject with politics to come. Since the 1800s Texas borders has had a large population of undocumented immigrants. Though in the current century it does not have the high population with undocumented immigrant now, it is a targeted border for migration.

In Texas people have to work extremely hard to be entitled to benefits like Welfare, Medicaid, and education since they are very scarce, consequently, the laws are stricter here in Texas than in California regarding who is entitled to receive those benefits. I think that in a way that works better on changing their perspective since in Texas hard work plus education equals benefits and access to resources and in California no job plus no education equals benefits and access to resources. People that come to this state who are used to that modus vivendi either adapt and overcome or go back to their place where they can continue with their life

Immigration remains the foreground of the United States; this happens to be one of the reasons it is known as the land of opportunity. Since the beginning, immigration has been a key concept in America, immigrants could settle down without fear of persecution. However, modern laws have seized this foundation and twisted it in such a way that it is a crime to migrate to the United States, under certain circumstances. Now, there only exists few options for immigrants to be naturalized and made permanent residents or citizens, which has left several with no other option except to break the law. This has caused an abundant number of undocumented immigrants to settle down in places, near the borders of the United States, such as Florida and Texas. The border states are closer to many of these immigrants’ home countries so they do not have to pay as much to get to a state such as California, which is another reason for the abundant number of immigrants in these states. Illegal immigrants should be allowed to reside in border states as they boost the economy, they offer inexpensive labor, and they make these states more culturally diverse.

A lot of people have been moving to Texas , which has cause the lawmakers and the presidential candidates to put a spotlight on Texas. About 5.9 million people have migrated to Texas between 2005 and 2013, from 5.9 million people about 4.8 million of them came to Texas from other states, which means that the last 1.1 million people came from other countries. In other word about 345 people migrate to Texas per day. Lloyd Potter, a state demographer who work the office that provide the periodic snapshots of how the state is growing, stated that more than half of Texas’s population change is from net migration. Meaning that they are more people coming to Texas than the ones leaving Texas. Between 2013 and 2014, the different between the number of people who came to Texas and the number of people who left Texas for other stats was 154,467. Most people who moved to Texas came from California, Florida, Illinois, and Louisiana. In 2013, about 31,499 people left Texas to go to California, while about 62,386 people left California for Texas. People who moved from California about 80 percent of them were born in the United States. And the majority of the people moving to Texas from

Texas has a reputation throughout history of differing views from the federal government in laws and politics pertaining to social, fiscal, and educational issues. On the whole, Texas operates as a largely conservative state. Because of this, policy-making is often right wing. With the institution of a Democratic, liberal president, the State’s dissent from the Federal government has only increased over certain issues. One hot topic of the 2012 Presidential election was immigration. With the major increase in immigration, it is no surprise that the issue was so emphasized. Between 2000 and 2011 there was a 30 percent

Others might think, however, that illegal immigration has some positive effects on America in places such as diversity, bringing in more help with jobs, and also helping refugees escape from tyrannical governments. Even though there are positives, the adverse effects of illegal immigration still far outway the good that these immigrants bring to the United States.