Immigration Reform

Republican's blueprint for Immigration Reform offers legalization for some of the 11 million people that are in our country illegally. The illegal immigrants are not offered any special pathway to citizenship except for children brought to the country by their parents. The blueprint states that legal status is offered to immigrants as long as they admit to wrongdoing, pay fines and taxes, submit to a criminal background check and learn English and civics. These measures are to come only after measures were taken to secure borders. "In his State of the Union speech, President Obama again called for immigration reform. He has said he would be willing to work with Republicans, but in the past has insisted that any plan should include a path to citizenship for most of the 11 million here illegally." http://www.latimes.com/nation/politics/politicsnow/la-pn-house-immigration-reform-principles-20140130,0,5804580.story#ixzz2s3CrQdG3


Many argue the many negatives and positives to the Immigration Reform blueprint. Including keeping families together, cutting the costs of deporting millions of individuals to their countries and avoiding racial profiling in Laws such as Arizona's "Show Me Your Papers". On the other hand, conservatives are arguing that the millions of immigrants that have taken the correct route on waiting for citizenship are disadvantaged because others will pass them in line. This Immigrant Reform relates to our class because it is a main political issue for generations.