America's current immigration system is broken. Many employers exploit the system - hiring undocumented workers - and there are millions of people living below the sight of the government, harming both the economy and the country. Both Congress and President Obama realize that something must be done to solve this immigration problem or else the country will continue to suffer. However, partisan ideals is what will keep reform from ever coming to fruition. Immigration reform policies should not include a pathway to citizenship for all undocumented citizens currently living in the United States because the bill would never pass through Congress, cause economic harm, and in turn, increase illegal immigration.
Following Ezra Klein's article for The Washington Post, Obama's current immigration proposal deals with four key issues. First, to continue to strengthen our boarders and boarder control. …show more content…
According to a January 2014 article by Sahil Kapur, Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) has promised the republican party that a path to citizenship will not be included in any immigration reform bills that intened to pass through Congress. If Democrats demand the promise of citizenship for people living in the U.S. illegally, as the bill passed by the Senate would do, the Speaker said the House would block reform. Boehner is quoted, saying, "Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said yesterday that for her caucus, it is a special path to citizenship or nothing. If Democrats insist on that, then we are not going to get anywhere (this year)." Boehner and the GOP released a set of principles, outlining the party's wants in a immigration reform policy. The list explicitly states, "there will be no special path to citizenship for individuals who broke our nation’s immigration laws - that would be unfair to those immigrants who have played by the rules and harmful to promoting the rule of
Following Ezra Klein's article for The Washington Post, Obama's current immigration proposal deals with four key issues. First, to continue to strengthen our boarders and boarder control. …show more content…
According to a January 2014 article by Sahil Kapur, Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) has promised the republican party that a path to citizenship will not be included in any immigration reform bills that intened to pass through Congress. If Democrats demand the promise of citizenship for people living in the U.S. illegally, as the bill passed by the Senate would do, the Speaker said the House would block reform. Boehner is quoted, saying, "Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said yesterday that for her caucus, it is a special path to citizenship or nothing. If Democrats insist on that, then we are not going to get anywhere (this year)." Boehner and the GOP released a set of principles, outlining the party's wants in a immigration reform policy. The list explicitly states, "there will be no special path to citizenship for individuals who broke our nation’s immigration laws - that would be unfair to those immigrants who have played by the rules and harmful to promoting the rule of