According to the Department of Homeland Security's Office of Immigration Statistics (OIS), the number of unauthorized immigrants resided in the United States as of March 2012 is estimated to be 11.6 million (Frequently Asked). As we all know, the more consumers spend their money, the more consumers help build the economy, helping businesses stay open and most importantly, help create jobs. One argument against illegal immigrants is that they are taking jobs that should belong to citizens. The truth is that the spending by illegal immigrants employs about 5% of the total workforce of the United States. Taking that into consideration, if the United States deported all illegal immigrants, the unemployment rate would rise from 8% to about 13%.
And although Savant makes a persuasive argument, he fails to tell both sides of illegal immigration. Both the good and bad. In his article “Imagining the Immigrant” writer John J. Savant give his opinion on the topic of immigration. Savant starts by giving examples of detectives and therapist, and how they must put themselves into other people’s shoes; metaphorically speaking, and use their imagination to fully understand a situation. “Imagination… can lead to moral clarification.”(1) Savant believes that we must try to imagine why an illegal immigrant chooses to come illegally before we make a judgment call.
This can impact the psychological principles as well as personal spiritual, social and organizational issues. According to APA, “The ethical standards set forth enforceable rules for conducts as psychologists” (APA, 2013). The ethics code apply to the activities of psychologists who contributes to science, education and other professions. Psychologists make certain decisions concerning their professional behavior, they must deliberate the ethics code in terms of laws and regulations (APA, 2013). Psychologist are required to protect and respect human rights and the importance of their freedom and
Airport Security The terrorist attacks on 9/11 in 2001 was an event that shook this country to its core, and even more than a decade later the effects of the attacks can still be felt around to this day. Even internationally, frustratingly thorough airport security has become the norm. For example in Britain, over 56,000 people were detained in one year alone (Travis, 2013). With these new additions to airport security, many are beginning to question the effectiveness of such inconvenient procedures. It is no secret that the TSA has a massive budget of $5,253,956,000 (Cong.
A solution to this ever growing problem would to be for the United States to begin charging the countries in which illegal immigrants are coming to the United States from. This is a good solution because it might serve as an incentive for the country to improve the living conditions of their own country. Another reason is that the money coming from charging the countries could be used to help pay the national debt to help boost the economy and less illegal immigrants would ensure more jobs for legal
Jim Gilchrist, MBA, CPA, Founder and President of The Minuteman Project, in an Aug. 26, 2005 speech titled “The Crushing Economic Burden of Illegal Immigration” said, “I’ve tried to figure out the costs since I have this tax background. What is the cost to each of us as taxpayers to support 30 million illegal aliens, many of whom are working in the underground economy and not contributing to the tax system? And yet they’re using the system that bona fide taxpayers provide and pay for…” (Gilchrist) United States immigration policy has, with a wink and a nod, encouraged the growth of a low rate sector that is supplied to a large degree by unauthorized workers. Perhaps employers and consumers are benefitting, but as citizens, Americans are abetting the growth of an underprivileged class. Research shows that between 40 and 50 percent of wage loss among low skilled Americans is due to the immigration of low skilled workers.
The absolute main reason for UACs for crossing into the United States would be the growing amount of crime and violence within their home countries. “According to a 2011 report by the United Nations, homicide rates increased -- in some cases more than doubling -- in five out of eight countries in Central America over the previous five years” (Millman). The breakdown of law and the blurred line of government and crime have and are causing many UACs to flee their home
Although, bilingual education requires an investment of money and time on the part of government, bilingual education should be offered to children, particularly the children of first or second generation immigrants who live in cities with large populations of bilingual residents. Bilingual education should be offered because it will increase professional and academic opportunities for children of immigrants, it will make the process of adapting to a new culture easier for immigrants, and it will also support family unity and pride in immigrant communities. There are some people who live in Arizona voted for dismantling bilingual education, but they must be unaware of the facts on how bilingual education could benefit and affects our profession and academic opportunities. According to Krashen (2001), children with their first language education could assist them to learn or improve a second language. For instance, when children have learned the courses in the first language, the knowledge they acquired could serve as tools to adapt a new language.
Incarcerated In Moral Dilemmas One of our country’s most complicated quandaries is a legal, financial, and moral issue. This problem that plagues our legal system is prison overcrowding. This problem is very complex and has many factors to be taken into consideration. From 1988 to the year 2008, the number of California inmates grew from 76,000 to an astonishing 171,000 (Misenas 607). According to figures calculated by Caliornia’s Justice Department, robbery, aggravated assault, and homicide accounted for more than 95% of the state’s violent crimes (“Crimes 2001-2006”).
Laws exist to form a moral and ethical guide line for the citizens of the country. Laws help us keep good order and disciple in our society. The law provides consequences for our action and decisions. If someone violates the law they should be subject to the punishment that fit the crime. There are some cases where the circumstances may leave the outcome up subject to interpretation.