The topic about Texas stepping out of the federal refugee resettlement has been causing controversy since November of 2015. Nevertheless, before introducing the topic, we should know that the term “refugee” can be defined as “person who is unable or unwilling to return to his or her home country because of a “well-founded fear of persecution” due to race, membership in a particular social group, political opinion, religion, or national origin.” (Johnson). The controversy caused about this topic is due to Texas governor’s concerns about security threads from the Syrian refugees, however, the Federal government has a security process that is applied to every refugee that entries in the country. Moreover, we will review the next question: What is the government’s legal process to let the refugees in the United States? The U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP) was created by the Federal government to help settle refugees in the United States that are involved in dangerous situations in their home countries. The state of Texas threaded to pull out of the refugee resettlement program by suing the federal government and the International Rescue Committee to try to bar the Syrian refugees from the state because Texas governors are concerned about refugees being a thread to the state. Even though Texas governor’s affirmed that "The point of this lawsuit is not about specific refugees," said Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in a statement. "It is about protecting Texans by
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.
“Texas v. United States was a federal court challenge to President Obama’s 2014 executive action on immigration. On November 20, 2014, the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued directives that both identified longstanding immigration enforcement priorities and directed federal officials to exercise their discretion on a case-by-case basis to defer removal of certain parents of U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents in order to remain consistent with those priorities in light of limited enforcement resources. Twenty-two states, four governors, and the Nevada Attorney General challenged the directives,
Imagine that you are in an airport trying to flee your country because there is a war going on, all of a sudden you get stopped by a security officer saying that the country you are trying to go to does not allow refugees, What would you do? The debate about refugees has been around since World War Two when Hitler was trying to torture or kill all the jews and other people he did not like. Here in America we did not let refugees into the U.S. during the war and a bunch of them were killed, however some did survive. Some people think that we should let them into the United States of America well, others say they should not be allowed to enter the U.S. In the year of 2016 there was around thirty-eight thousand refugees that were allowed into the United States. There were a bunch of other refugees that applied to come to the united states but got denied, because the U.S. did not choose them or they did not pass the test to become a refugee. The idea that refugees should not be allowed into the united states because they could bring disease, they could be a criminal or a terrorist, and they use up our land and resources deserves some merit. However These arguments do not realise that if we bring them into the United States we could save their lives, or give them better living conditions. In this article I will argue that we should allow refugees into the United States, but only under certain circumstances. Those circumstances are they should be allowed into the united
The Travel Ban marks a major turning point in the policies on immigration in the United States. Due to increased terrorist attacks and illegal immigrant numbers rising, it is believed that temporarily banning immigrants from particular countries is key to ensuring safety within the United States. Though many have expressed their concern towards the ban because of its similarity to previous discriminatory and unconstitutional acts. The ban has even been referred to as the “Muslim Ban”.
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
Topic: Refugees face an incredibly rough and hard life. Not only are they attempting to leave a country that is incredibly dangerous and could get them killed at any time, but even if they survive the journey there is a strong possibility that they will not be allowed into the US.
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
Several conflicts, including the Civil War, forced many Mexicans out of Texas due to xenophobic attitudes towards them (Collier et al. 14). Despite these troubles, years of cultural assimilation and population growth has led to Hispanics composing 38.6% of the state’s population as of 2014, according to the data presented by Collier et al., making Texas a majority-minority state (28). This term can be applied because Hispanics, being an ethnic minority, make up a large part of population of the state, and have a large influence on politics and culture due to how ingrained they have become in the history of Texas (Collier et al. 27). Overall, the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo denotes a turning point in the history of Texas because it represents the point at which the core aspects of the state were defined, allowing for Texas to develop through the years into a modern, multicultural, and diverse state (Collier et al.
For many years now the state of Texas has been said by many to be the land of opportunity where everyone can reach their aspirations. According to the Texas tribune, “More than 1 million undocumented immigrants live in Texas, according to the Migration Policy Institute. Because of its proximity to Mexico, Texas is second only to California in the number of undocumented immigrants who live in the state. Since the U.S. Congress in 2006 sparked national debate about illegal immigration, the state's immigration policies have become a matter of controversy in the Texas Legislature.”
Immigration has been a controversial topic for many years. Recently though the government and the people have come to some difficult impasses in what each deems a good idea versus a bad idea when dealing with immigrants. In this article, we find the topic of immigration mixed with the ever-present topic of educational cost. To say college is expensive would be an understatement. The cost to go to college is high and it often guides a person’s choice in where they go. In-state tuition is one of the small ways a student can minimize the exuberant costs that will haunt them for the next ten years. Unfortunately for those students, who although they were raised in the state of Texas do not posses the requirements of being a Texas citizen, the help
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
“In the last year, the state has refused to issue birth certificates to children who were born in Texas to undocumented parents. In May, four women filed a civil rights lawsuit against the Texas Department of State Health Services alleging constitutional discrimination and interference in the federal government’s authority over immigration.”
Texas, a vast and beautiful land full of economic prosperity and political freedom. A magnet for the poor and less fortunate; the “Promised Land” to some, while to others, just a place to scrape by, but to many, it is a place called home. Texas attracts many people from all spectrums of status; from immigrants in Mexico looking for an escape from poverty or to citizens up North looking for a better job. Texas is being influenced by the influx of migrants and the increasing population of the younger generations. Due to these circumstances, Texas is gradually transitioning into a Democratic state, leaving her Republican mind-sets in the graves with the past generations.
The United States has committed ghastly injustices. In the article, “Syrian Refugees: Will American Hearts and Minds Change?” by Rajini Srikanth put the issue of Syrian Refugees in the spotlight. Since, “the US is still actively engaged in the global war on terror,” (“Syrian Refugees: Will American Hearts and Minds Change”) terrorists might try and enter the US to attack important buildings. So, “Governors of 31 states have declared their unwillingness to accept any Syrian refugees.” When, the governors decided to not accept refugees, they committed an injustice against the refugees by going against the US which, then, had said that they would accept refugees. The governors suspected that in the middle of the refugees there were hidden terrorists. In fear they
Terrorists Terrorism/Crime are a big reason that refugees should not be let into the united states. One of the big reasons is that there are a lot of people trying to either get a visa or sneak into our country. “There have been over 400 cases of people sneaking across the border from Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Pakistan, and Syria”. Associated Press 2015)This shows that people who shouldn't be crossing the border are sneaking in with the refugees to cause terrorism to our country. There are very few reasons that people from those countries should ever be entering our country, and them trying to sneak in and illegally come into our country tells us they are probably planning