One great solution that was raised recently, was that of “legalizing” all of the eleven million illegal immigrants within the United States. Doing so, they would have to all come forward, go through extensive background checks, and also begin paying taxes and penalty’s for being illegal in the first place. John McCain came forward with the conclusion that this “solution” would not work in any way, shape, or form. Why in the world would these illegal immigrants want to do this without any incentive? Unless you are going to offer a sort of “reward” for coming forward, this just wouldn’t work.
Everyone in society plays a particular role. Social justice advocates might be concerned about incarceration rates that show racial disproportions and a fiscally conservative taxpayer would also be worried about the cost of said “war on drugs.” State legislatures need new ideas and solutions to come out of the war on drugs, considering policy change is in their hands. The United States has one of the highest incarceration rates in the world. The inmate population grew considerably by 1,849 prisoners a week in 1996; that is 264 people a day. One out of every 155 U.S. residents has been behind bars, putting the United States only second to Russia and it’s per person rate of incarceration.
One of the positive effects of passing the DREAM Act is that it will provide legal resident status to the illegal youth living in the U.S., who are passionate about learning and furthering their education. Almost 65,000 undocumented students graduate from high school each year in the United States and cannot further education or obtain a job because of their legal status. If the DREAM Act were to be passed, these students would be able to enroll in a college or university, be able to apply for financial aid and pay in-state tuition rates as well as enter the military (Bennion). Once an immigrant completes 2 years of college or military service they will able to obtain legal status. With their new status in the country they will be able to legally work study and obtain drivers’
Just this past year a controversial law SB1070 was signed by Arizona’s governor, were local police have the power to stop anyone on reasonable suspicion that is an illegal immigrant. They have the right to arrest them if they don’t have any documentation such as a driver’s license, work permit, or resident card that shows legal status. The biggest objection of this law is racial profiling and how police can just arrest anyone by race or culture. Arizona population for Illegal’s is an estimate amount of a half a million people. The estimate of people could have been around for years since youth or with in the
Using this logic, citizens would be denied the ability to drive cars because drunk drivers use them to kill people. Rand completely fails to mention that the right to carry concealed firearms is a fundamental attribute of decentralized US crime-fighting initiatives that have made an unambiguously positive impact on society—not only on gun violence—but also on broader crime categories that include murder, rape, and robbery. These benefits are mostly long-term, as any immediate increase in crime after the passage of concealed carry laws is “dwarfed over time by the decrease in crime associated with the post-law trend” (Moody & Marvell, 2008, p. 270). Furthermore, according to data collected by the Violence Policy Center over the last four years, murders committed by “permit-holders amount to fewer than one of every 200 murders. For every
Because of the 1982 United States Supreme Court decision of Plyler vs. Doe, states are required to provide illegal immigrant students with a free public school education. Thirteen years after this Court decision, public school systems in states with large illegal immigrant populations are going bankrupt (Grandrath 3). According Walsh, Public education has cost U.S. taxpayer an estimated $2 trillion since 1980 when President Jimmy Carter rewarded his supporters in the National Education Association (NEA), the teachers union, by creating the U.S. Department of Education (1). There are an estimated 1.5 million school-aged illegal immigrants in the United States public education system and the government spends an estimated $12 billion annually to educate them. The biggest chunks are spent by California ($7.7 billion) and Texas (3.9 billion), where the situation has become a public education crisis with no end in sight (Illegal Immigrants Cause Public School Crisis 1).
The Dream Act The Dream Act is a common sense legislation drafted by both Republicans and Democrats that would give students who grew up in the United States a chance to contribute to our country’s well-being by serving in the U.S. armed forces or pursuing a higher education. This is good for our economy, our security, and our nation. It’s limited, targeted legislation that will allow only the best and brightest young minors to earn their legal status after a rigoro us and lengthy process. The requirements include entering the country when they were under 16 years old, proving they have continuously lived in the U.S. for at least 5 years. And graduated from a U.S. high school or have obtained a GED: demonstrating their good moral character: proving they have not committed any crimes that would make them inadmissible to the country.
Jenifer McKee May 15, 2011 English Comp II Lehman The American Dropout Crisis The United States is facing a high school dropout rate of epidemic proportions. One-third of public school students fail to graduate from high school (Bridgeland, 2006). One high school student drops out every nine seconds, so before you have completed reading this essay over 100 students will have dropped out of school (Bridgeland, 2006). While this epidemic seems insurmountable, it provides an opportunity to make changes needed to our educational system. With many ideas and proposed changes presented to legislators and educators nationwide, one of the changes proposed by many states in raising the compulsory school attendance age or more directly the
Several states in United States are trying to allow illegal immigrants to pay discounted instate tuition at public colleges-rates that are even unavailable to U.S. citizens that have a out-state status. In hosting America's largest population of illegal immigrants, California bears a huge cost to provide education to this fast growing and low income population. Data from the Federation for American Immigration Reform shows that about 6 billion dollars are spent on the education of illegal aliens each year. Even though public colleges in California are receiving significantly less in-state education funding under the nationwide budget shortfall, the population of illegal alien students is increasing by thirteen percent each year since 2006.
This bill will add $35 billion to SCHIP to insure more children. What if you or someone close to you could not provide healthcare for a child because a lack of money? And how can we fix it? I am stressing that you, the audience, to listen to my