Sunday, January 27, 2013

IIlegal Immigration Reforms


On January 27, 2013, in an article called “Immigration Reform: Lawmakers See Overhaul of Immigration System Clearing Congress This Year” from The Huffington Post, Michele Salcedo reported that Republican and Democratic lawmakers are ready to reform the nation’s immigration system. The reform will include a citizenship pathway for eleven illegal immigrants. The path will be an earned citizenship, which will include several principles that are not yet presented. Richard Durbin, the No. two Democrat in the Senate said, “We have virtually been going maybe 25 years without a clear statement about immigration policy. That’s unacceptable in this nation of immigrants” (The Huffington Post). Durbin clearly stated that the nation would not continue to develop without a clear agreement with illegal immigrants. He and two other senators said that current politics prescribe that a way for citizenship must be included in the framework of the reform. Senator Robert Menendez also said that the entire package will have the enhancement of border security, which agrees with the Republicans’ priority to tighten borders to prevent future illegal immigration. President Barrack Obama wants to press his changes, which include paying fines and back taxes, mandatory penalties for businesses that employ unauthorized immigrants, and some other changes. However, this will not highly benefit him because he won seventy percent of the Latino vote, in part because of the reactionary positions that Republican nominee Mitt Romney had put on illegal immigration. 

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