It is public knowledge that there are millions of immigrants in the United States that are often undocumented and illegally living in the country. Another well known fact is that the unemployment ratio is not at its all time low, but it is still pretty awful. Many people have found themselves without a job, even if they are fully qualified for certain positions.
President Obama aims to increase the amount of jobs so unemployment goes down. He also is now planning to increase the amount of options that immigrants have in America. Essentially, an immigrant that has entered the country illegally will be able to gain citizenship quickly and easier than ever before.
A question must be asked. “Will a larger population help the large unemployment problem in America?” I’ll let you decide.
Obama however, along with his advisors, have concluded that letting the eleven million undocumented immigrants gain citizenship will improve the economy. They go as far as saying that the economy will be impacted by a large sum of $1.5 trillion.
The President has given the public assurance that the goal is attainable in the next four years and that the process will officially begin after his second inauguration. The Republicans are on the flip side of all of this and are not supportive of the proposal. Their political party would like to break down the current laws in place into many separate bills.
Any reasonable American will be thinking “so how does this help?”. Sure, it is somewhat ethical to let these immigrants have a chance at citizenship. However, America already does that. There are processes in place that allow immigrants to gain a ‘visa’ or a ‘green card’ so they can live in the U.S. The undocumented immigrants will mainly be here illegally as they have snuck into the country without government approval. We must ask ourselves if pardoning these criminals is the right option. It is not being suggested that all of these undocumented immigrants are committing crimes here in the U.S. However, it is definite that many of them committed a crime to get here in the first place, and for that they should be punished; not let off easy.
Another fact that must be taken into account is that around 71% of Latinos voted for Obama in 2012. Like many things, a leader must help out those that helped them out previously. In the eyes of many, Obama’s move is an unethical and substantial ‘Thank You’ to the Latinos. In the eyes of the Republicans, this can be considered ‘amnesty’ which is a political pardon for those who have committed (a) crime(s).
In the next few months we will hear more from Obama and the media, but for now we can only sit with our thoughts and hope for the best outcome. Perhaps letting these immigrants enter IS a great way to improve the economy. Maybe it isn’t. Whatever it is though, it is immoral and the behavior of a man that should never be in a high position of power. The reputation of Obama, politically, has diminished with his announcement. Lastly, you should recognize America’s policy on kidnappings. America will not negotiate with kidnappers, or terrorists. If they did cooperate with them, then criminals would realize the possible benefits of kidnapping and threats. However, Obama has just said, through action, that America will not always enforce their laws. So with the validity of laws on the line, why will future-criminals hesitate like they might have previously? They won’t.
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I don’t think accepting people came to U.S or any other country illegaly is ethical, he was supposed to order to kick them out or to put them into jail.
This action will allow criminals to comit crimes, since the president allowed immigrants to access to the country.
Thank you for commenting FTON,
Your point of view is extremely interesting. Unfortunately, it is all politics. Since most of the immigrants have voted for him, he has to “give something in return”. USA has always had a lot of immigrants living in it, I don’t believe things will change that much.
Harutyun.
This is a subject that has always bothered me to no believe. I work hard for what I have in life, and I, just like everyone else, pay taxes. However, some of the things that I have being taken away from me are being given to people that are coming to this country illegally. I am sorry, if I have to pay for my college education(out of my own pocket), if I have to pay for my food on my own, and pay outrages amounts of money for my healthcare, so should they. However, this isn’t the case, and it’s sad to say that we as a nation are favoring those who aren’t here legally.
Harutyun.@ but still illegal, In Italy most of immigrants are kicked back to the way they come from or get thrown to jail get made them work in some dirty places, just an example of countries those reject the idea of accept immigrants, after this is all politics, like you said, everyone does everything for the sake of being voted in elections all the time.
I think that accepting immigrants that come over here illegally is ridiculous. They can get a citizenship like everyone else, they shouldn’t get special treatment. It’s honestly ridiculous because obviously they come over here then take our jobs some way and they aren’t even a citizen. I believe that everyone should have a right too come to america, but they should do it the right way like everyone else.
I personally do not see how allowing MORE people to essentially gain rights in your country to work, healthcare and whatnot could improve an economy. Sure, in some backwards way it may make actual Americans stand up and fight for their own rights to jobs and that but surely such a move would just increase competition for any job on the market.
I know here in the UK we have a similar problem whereby we have let many immigrants in and the majority of jobs in some towns already have 1000 [Yes, I mean 1000] applicants per job. A recent story I read stated that for 8 jobs in a coffee shop, 1,400 people applied which is representative of the economy anyway. As EU laws relax at the end of this year I believe, more and more people from the Eastern Block of Europe can just come into Britain and have a free ride.
I personally believe that whilst anyone should be allowed to go anywhere, they should not have access to rights just like that. Of course, you can argue basic human rights and stuff but why should our taxpayers money go into funding former Soviet countries people just because they can get more money per week child benefit than they can in their own country? People there openly admit our benefits system is one of the reasons they want to come!
I really do not think that effectively granted millions of people citizenship is the right move for America, at all.
Thank you for your comment, Haze,
I don’t think it’s “right move”, it’s more a well-thought political move. About the problem with the immigrants in UK, think the other way: Are there people guilty for being born in a poor country? What if there are people (among the immigrants), who really want to work and not just leech? They will bring benefit to your country.
Harutyun.
I think that overall every person deserves to come to america, but legally. I think that if people really want to come work and help out with the US economy more power to them. Although, most of them just come and sit over here and do nothing and end up doing stupid stuff that doesn’t help the US just makes it worse. Like i said before if they come over here and work legally and do things right then i’m all for it.