Illegal Immigrants in the US - What to do with them?
Illegal Immigrants in the US What to do with them?
Ways that immigrants can have
illegal status:
o They enter without permission
(except in the cases of refugees)
 Children who are brought here illegally
(by their parents) may not know that they
are illegal immigrants until they are older and
understand the situation.
o They overstay their visa
 Immigrants are granted permission to enter
the country for various reasons (visit family,
vacation, work). Instead of going back to
their homeland when the visa expires
however, they stay in the country illegally.
Possible solutions:
1. Legalizing the illegal immigrants:
a. Advantages:
- A positive contribution to the work force doing the jobs that most
Americans won’t.
- There would be a bigger tax base.
-They will do jobs that Americans don't want to do
-Families would be able to stick together instead of only some
members having to be deported.
- Illegal aliens would be documented and be afforded certain
rights that they wouldn’t have if they were illegal.
- Trying to solve this problem by deporting all illegals would place
a huge burden on the police and other government agencies.
There are far too many illegals to deport them all.
Possible solutions:
2. Deporting illegal immigrants
a. Advantages:
- Illegals should not be rewarded with amnesty for being here illegally.
- Serve as a deterrent to other foreigners that try to enter/stay in the
country illegally.
- Illegals in the country are taking American jobs by working for less
money.
- There would be more security in the
country because there wouldn't be
undocumented people committing
crimes (they came here illigal so
technically already broke a law).
Proposed solution by the government:
a. The DREAM act/2012 Obama’s modified version
- This bill would provide conditional permanent residency to certain
illegal individuals:
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who graduate from U.S. high schools
arrived in the United States prior to 16
lived in the country continuously for at least five years
attend a four-year institution of higher learning or be in the military
have no criminal record
be under 30 years of age
Proposed solution by the government:
b. The Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act (introduced as
Arizona Senate Bill 1070 and thus often referred to simply as Arizona SB 1070)
- This bill is a legislative Act in Arizona that at the time of passage was the broadest and
strictest anti-illegal immigration measure in recent U.S. history.
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U.S. federal law requires all aliens over the age of 14 who remain in the United
States for longer than 30 days to register with the U.S. government, and to have
registration documents in their possession at all times.
The Act makes it a state misdemeanor crime for an alien to be in Arizona without
carrying the required documents, requires that state law enforcement officers attempt
to determine an individual's immigration status during a "lawful stop, detention or
arrest", or during a "lawful contact" not specific to any activity when there is
reasonable suspicion that the individual is an illegal immigrant.
The law bars state or local officials or agencies from restricting enforcement of
federal immigration laws, and cracks down on those sheltering, hiring and
transporting illegal aliens.