Texas Immigration Research Paper

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

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.

The majority of residents in Texas are Mexicans. Mexican Americans are not the minority in the state anymore. Discrimination occurs in many hidden ways. We have come a long way and diversity is practiced throughout the work place. It will continue as long as society continues to compare ethnic groups. Yes we are all different, and we should be proud of who we are, but aren't we all human? Redlining used to happen and is still happening. "Mexicans will not be able to purchase their own house much less, be the owner of a new vehicle." These types of comments are patterns of discrimination that Mexican Americans have faced at one time or another.

An immigrant that is coming to the United States has the emotion and perception that draws to a country of opportunities; that will live in a country that will be friendly. However, most of the time, immigrant do not know that they are coming to live in a different culture, and because of that, they need to experience and adjustment in many ways, and an adjustment that will help them to do many things with confidence.

In the mid 1800s, many people around the world decided to leave their homes and immigrate to Texas. Fleeing crop failure, land and job shortages, raising taxes, and famine, all of this caused them to dismiss to Texas and create a new life. Most of the immigrants that came to Texas they were lost and desolated in Texas, they didn’t have any money and didn't spoke english in Document A it says how they lived when they came to Texas “With no other shelter, these unfortunate victims lived in hole they had excavated in the ground, without roofs and without drinking water except that that fell from heaven…” For the immigrants the U.S was seen as the land of economic opportunity,

Texas has also long supported an increase in border security. In 2006, Gov. Rick Perry announced a plan that assigned Department of Public Safety personnel as well as other resources to the border to assist in law enforcement. He also added an additional $3.8 million in grant funding for state criminal justice planning funds to the Texas Border Sheriff’s Coalition. (Texas House of Representatives) The state’s legislative policy has been one of strict anti-immigration. In Texas’s 81st Legislative session, the issue of Voter ID arose. The Voter ID bill would require photo identification or two forms of other identification in order to vote. During the 81st session, Democrats filibustered to prevent the issue from being voted upon, it is very likely this is the only reason the bill did not pass and it likely will pass should it reappear in the 82nd session.

The United States as a nation has its share of population increases and Texas is no stranger to such growth. Being the second largest state, it boasts over 268 thousand square miles of land and according to the 2010 U.S. Census Bureau, the population of Texas was at 25.1 million people with the estimated total population around 27.5 million for 2015 which is an increase of over 2.4 million people just in Texas alone. Out of 25.1 million Texans, 37.6 percent noted themselves to be of the Hispanic or Latino race (Data Access). In 1970, the U.S. Census asked only 5 percent of the population if they were of Hispanic or Latino decent or origin, and on the 1980 census, 100 percent of the population was asked (Gauthier) and it became that the population of immigrants in this category have been expanding. Texas has gone from three million inhabitants in 1900 to over 18 million in almost one hundred years and though the trend has slowed slightly, Texas is still ranked as the fastest growing state in the U.S. The Lone Star State 's immigration population and high birthrates of its diverse citizenry have transformed the demographics of the 28th U.S. state and because of this, specifically the Hispanic immigration, future politics must be addressed and changed.

Although many are in support of this bill, many are having a hard time with it. This bill gives these immigrants great opportunities but many want to know how it will affect other laws. To allow them to go to school based on this wavier, contradicts many of the previous laws dealing with immigration. Many people in government fear the changes that immigrants will cause. Many believe “citizens should be given the priority and illegal immigrants should not have this benefit” (Champagne, Anthony, et al, 2017, p. 29) regarding tuition for school. Only time will tell what this will do to the Texas economy and the

The “IRCOT” Immigration Reform Coalition of Texas group was strongly active and motivated interest group in Texas. They stand for legal immigrant. They support them, but they oppose illegal immigrants. It looks like they not actively involve for now. Their last rated was 2012. However, I support this group. We do not need any illegal immigrants in Texas. We already have a lot. We need to come up with some kind of solution, so that we can stop the flow of illegal Aliens. “It has passionately advocated for Citizens of the United States who are being adversely affected by the growing numbers of illegal aliens entering Texas and thus our Nation. National Security IS Border Security.” (ircot) The groups support legal and equitable and controlled

Texas used to be an independent country before joined the Unite States, and Texas state government still has many conflicts with the federal governments nowadays. The most obvious case is that couple years ago, the governor of Texas announced that he would not accept the Supreme Court's ruling on the law of same sex marriage. In the United States, the Supreme Court, although neither does it controls the military nor the finance over the United States, as a federal agency, it maintains its supremacy authority. Many Americans are inevitably critical about Congress and the President, but few people would doubt the justice and equity of the Supreme Court.

When analyzing data, one can’t ignore the growth of the Hispanic population. The majority of Hispanics in Texas are of Mexican decent, however, there are many Hispanics from all over Latin America living in the state. Texas’

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

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.

With the 2016 presidential race just around the corner, immigration continues to be a major controversial topic. Throughout the years, there have been discussions about whether or not illegal immigrants should obtain a license. There has also been an executive order implemented by President Obama that has provided young illegal immigrants with many astonishing opportunities. One of those includes obtaining a Texas driver's license.

In 2014, 35 million Americans identified as Hispanic, of whom 64 percent said they had Mexican heritage - almost 11 percent of the total population. As birthrates for Hispanics exceed those of Anglos, demographers estimate that by 2042 non-Hispanic whites will be a numerical minority in the United States. At the beginning of this century, there were twenty-one states where Hispanics were the largest ethnic minority.