Illegal Immigration Ashley Richards Capstone 250 Kurt Dershem
April 24, 2013
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The Election Year - 2012 Election Year - Immigration Reform
pushed to back burner - Varied opinons and stances
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Importance of Immigration Topic We are a Nation of Immigrants.
How should that define our Country? There are an estimated 12
million illegal immigrants in the U.S.
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Governments Policies and Attitudes Our system is broken, it
effects: The welfare of our Society The Business Sector Our
Population
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Citizenship Undocumented Entrance Smuggled in Overstaying your
visa limit Ramped up border patrol and fencing to keep people from
coming here How hard it is to get in to the US legally The U.S.
immigration process can be frustrating for her and her clients, as
well as the dozens of people who walk into her office seeking help
only to be told that there is nothing she can do because of the way
the law is set up and how the individual arrived in the country
(Herras).
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Employers hiring Illegal Immigrants - similar skill set between
legal and illegal employees - decline in fines imposed on employers
who hire illegal immigrants - economy downturn - competitive
industry - capitalistic and profit driven economy - discrimination
against people of similar heritage to undocumented workers
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Policy State Level Policy Arizona state law 5,000 bills
introduced 250 adopted as resolutions 800 enacted into law Federal
Policy Ruled Arizona state law unconstitutional Block most of State
level policy Monopolize the right to make policy for
immigration
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Schooling Plyler v. Doe, 457 U.S. 202 (1982); US Supreme Court
ruled that children within our borders are entitled to education
Education is funded through locality taxes and state funded
programs Minnesota spends an estimated $79 million and $118 million
in the 2003-2004 DREAM Act
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Approximate Illegal Aliens
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Possible Answers - Recognition that our system is broken -
Unified policies on a Federal level - Possible guest worker for the
illegal immigrants - DREAM Act - Congress needs to start acting
instead of just promising
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Works Cited Albo Carabelli, Maria. "Whose CHildren Are These? A
Rational Approach to Educating Illegal-Alien School Children."
International Social Science Review (2009): 115 - 134. Web. Bank
Munoz, Caroline. "A Dream Defferred: Undocumented Students at
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http://dreamact.info/. 9 April 2013. Herras, Mari. "Alternet."
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http://www.alternet.org/story/148088/why_becoming_a_legal_immigrant_is_next_to_impos
sible?page=0%2C3&paging=off Jaros, David. "Perfecting Illegal
Markets." Columbian Law Review (2012): 1947 - 1991. Web. Wlash,
Deidre. "Key House conservative backs possible path to
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