Immigration is very important in the 2016 presidential election, and Hillary and Trump have completely opposite positions on it. Hillary wants to focus resources on detaining and deporting individuals who are a threat to public safety, and wants to give refugees who seek asylum in the U.S a chance to tell their story. Within her first 100 days as president she wants to introduce comprehensive immigration reform with a way to achieving full equal citizenship. Donald Trump wants to detain anyone who illegally crosses the border until they are removed out of the U.S. On the first day as president he wants to start building a wall on the southern border to keep people from entering the U.S illegally and wants Mexico to pay for it.
Donald and Hilary have very different views on immigration. Donald sees immigration as something that needs to be taken very seriously. His main solution is to build a wall and end and start new laws that will best keep illegal immigrants out of our country. While, Hillary wants to build a fence and will try to add new laws and reforms that will allow illegal immigrants to have a chance of a new life in the united states.
The United States of America was founded on the principles of immigrants becoming citizens to chase after the dream. Immigration plays a pivotal role in the development of the country through assimilation of those immigrants into society providing diverse skillsets needed in the job market. Many economist claim that a benefit to allowing more legal immigration would allow for more economic growth which would help tremendously chop off some of the $16 trillion dollar debt the nation is currently in (Furchtgott-Roth, 2015). While many illegal immigrants do not pay federal income taxes due to them not being in the system, they still have to pay state and local tax (Mooney et al., 2015, p.284). Companies would not have to worry about paying higher
U.S. immigration policy has always been an important topic debated by Presidential candidates for decades. Immigration reform has been ignored by Congress, leaving decisions up to the President and Supreme Court. In the meantime, the hopes of about eleven million illegal immigrants in the U.S., as well as future rules for legal immigration, rest on the shoulders of those decision makers. Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump both agree that changes to U.S. immigration policy are needed; however, Donald Trump is taking a radical approach suggesting mass deportation and completely revamping U.S. immigration policy, whereas, Hillary Clinton is overlooking some issues and wants to continue to support the policy set forth by the Obama Administration. Regardless of who becomes President, they will have a hard time getting these issues passed through Congress.
In the 2016 Presidential election, both candidates had distinct outlooks on immigration reform. Hillary, was committed to the immigrants' rights community where as, Trump was more focused on enforcing stronger immigration laws. Hillary Clinton's position on immigration reform was to be devoted to the nations incoming immigrants.
Imagine being shaken awake by your spouse, exhausted from your twelve hour shift the day before. Devastated, you realize that you accidentally slept in five minutes later than you should have, which will make you late for your job. The business that you work for will now fire you because there is always a willingly and desperate immigrant to replace you. Dependent on each member to provide an income, your family will suffer greatly because of your unemployment. Your family will not be able to make payments for the house or for food. Thus, you will be evicted from your home, thrown on to the streets, and starved. Immigrants faced these hardships in the early 1900s as they were exploited by their boss. Long hours, terrible pay,
Salvadoran immigration to the United States has been fairly recent, intensifying in the late 80’s and continuing today unabated. The movement has a profound significance for both countries. Salvadorans help make up the backbone of America by taking low paying jobs few others show interest in taking. They work long hours and send money back to family members in El Salvador. This cash flow is vital to sustaining the El Salvadoran economy and preserving peace in an area plagued by violence--- a goal long sought by policy makers in America beginning in the 1980s.
Immigration has affected the United States in many ways. It has created many social and economic differences. One economic factor that immigration has affected is the job market. Many low wage jobs are going to immigrants because they will work for less pay and benefits. This is creating a large unemployment rate. Jobs that could be given to United States Citizens, they are being taken away immigrates. Another economic factor that immigration has affected is the welfare system. People from different countries can easily come to the United States and use our welfare systems. They can receive food stamps, Housing, and WIC. While citizens today that work a 9 to 5 job cannot receive any government assistant. As the author states some political
No one enjoys leaving their home, but when calamities occur there is sometimes no choice. Due to political and natural disasters, such as the earthquake in 2010, the number of Haitian immigrants in the United States has increased to 700,000 in the last 30 years. Many of these immigrants were encouraged to come to America for safe keeping until the year of 2018. Most of these Haitians have plans to stay in the country illegally. Very few of these immigrants have understanding towards the American life. To help them become legal, the United States can create an adaption program to aid immigrants in acquiring abilities to speak English, maintain economic stability, and provide workers for the United States.
Especially in light of the recent refugee crisis, there has been an influx of anti-immigration rhetoric, most of which identifies immigrants and refugees as criminal. This has brought to light an ongoing debate: is there a crime-immigration nexus? This paper will explore data from various studies that have examined not only a negative relationship between crime rates and immigration, but also evidence of protective and generational effects of immigration. Arguing that immigration reduces crime rates rather than increases it, it will then examine the various theories that seek to explain this phenomenon.
Throughout the history of United States of America, immigration has grown to important parts of our life. Many politicians tried to improve and control immigration, by giving foreigners all over the world chance to explore “The American Dream”. Therefore, during the presidential race, immigration always became a hot topic as politicians debated about how to handle the large number of illegal immigrants in the United States. But these debates are nothing new. Historically, Americans have frequently scorned new arrivals, despite the fact that their ancestors were also immigrants. Past presidents, Bill Clinton, George Bush, and Barack Obama has also made negative and positive comments on the immigration. During Bill Clinton’s term in office, President
In American history, immigration has been an issue that often creates great conflict, and illegal immigration also has been a contentious issue in American society. Faced with an illegal immigrant population increasing in numbers, citizens and lawmakers have argued that the American government needs to take a stand on illegal immigrants. Therefore, it is with great important that there should be more restrictions on illegal immigrants traveling to America.
Illegal immigrants have family in the U.S; also they need to provide for their children just like any other parent. Yet, they are limited to work on low paying jobs because they are living illegally. In an article called Americans in Name Only states that illegals have been waiting for years for any type of legalization, but it hasn’t happened nor anytime soon. The word WAIT has been said many times, when illegal immigrants protest for an amnesty but “wait“ turns into months and years, many undocumented live in constant fear because they can be exiled (see figure 1).
Recent immigration has not only increased since the end of World War 2, but also gained momentum, reaching numbers in the 1990s. The national origin of US immigrants also changed sharply over the past fifty years. Before 1960, the vast majority came from European countries or Canada. Even as late as the 1950s, more than two-thirds of all arrivals were from these countries. During 1960s, however, when family reunification criteria rather than national origin quotas became the basis for allocating entry visas, the composition changed rapidly. According to US Immigration and Naturalization Service in 2014, only 12% of legal immigrants had originated in Europe or Canada, where as nearly 85% reported origins in Asia, Latin America, or the Caribbean.
The values and beliefs of the Luxembourgers contribute to cross-cultural understanding, causing acceptance by the American society, because of their religions and values of language.
I agree America has a long history of immigration and should continue to allow immigration. No matter what policy is chosen for immigration, there will allows be a chance that a person with bad intentions will be allowed into the U.S. No matter how we try to prevent every person who wants to do us harm nothing is 100 percent. We should not throw out the immigration based on one bad apple.