Your father has just been taken away by men in uniforms label with “ICE” and your mother and siblings are crying. You may ask yourself, who are these men? What are they doing here? Where are they taking my dad? When will he be back? Why is this happening? According to the Department of Homeland Security (n.d.), ICE is the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement which enforces federal laws governing border control, customs, trade and immigration to promote homeland security and public safety. ICE is tasked with deporting illegal immigrants, which according to Mosser (2013), is a person who seeks to live and work in a nation on which he or she is not a citizen. Immigration reform calls for changes to be made to existing immigration policies
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Immigration reform can create easier pathways for illegal immigrants to obtain citizenship which will benefit their families. Making the citizenship process easier and more accessible can help these families have access to health care. According to Mosser (2013), virtue ethics is an ethical theory that focuses on the character of the agent in evaluating moral behavior, in contrast to utilitarianism or deontology; often associated with the Greek philosopher Aristotle. To some, it may be hard to think about making it easier for immigrants to gain citizenship, however, with the many benefits that can come from legalizing immigrants it should be done. By making it easier to obtain citizenship is not just allowing anyone to become a citizenship but more requiring each individual to prove their character, ability and right to become a legal citizen. Immigration reform can help immigrants gain legal status that will in turn keep families together. According to Mosser (2013), emotivism is a meta-ethical view that claims ethical statements are merely expressions of one 's emotion toward a given act, not based on facts or moral realities. Immigration reform will keep families together that are otherwise torn apart by deportation or jail time for illegally entering the nation. Families of deported parents, grandparents and other relatives are often devastated emotionally and often …show more content…
Legalizing hundreds of thousands of immigrants can help boost the economy through increased tax revenue, creation of new businesses, and the DREAM Act. Furthermore, legalizing hundreds of thousands of immigrants can benefit the families of the illegal immigrants by keeping families together and gaining access to health care, new job opportunities, education, and other basic human rights, which according to Mosser (2013), is those rights – like freedom from discrimination – to which all persons are entitled simply because they are humans. Therefore, if the immigration policies in the United States were to be reformed, it would create an easier path for illegal citizens to obtain citizenship and maintain their lifestyles and boost the
Immigration reform can create easier pathways for illegal immigrants to obtain citizenship which will benefit their families. Making the citizenship process easier and more accessible can help these families have access to health care. According to Mosser (2013), virtue ethics is an ethical theory that focuses on the character of the agent in evaluating moral behavior, in contrast to utilitarianism or deontology; often associated with the Greek philosopher Aristotle. To some, it may be hard to think about making it easier for immigrants to gain citizenship, however, with the many benefits that can come from legalizing immigrants it should be done. By making it easier to obtain citizenship is not just allowing anyone to become a citizenship but more requiring each individual to prove their character, ability and right to become a legal citizen. Immigration reform can help immigrants gain legal status that will in turn keep families together. According to Mosser (2013), emotivism is a meta-ethical view that claims ethical statements are merely expressions of one 's emotion toward a given act, not based on facts or moral realities. Immigration reform will keep families together that are otherwise torn apart by deportation or jail time for illegally entering the nation. Families of deported parents, grandparents and other relatives are often devastated emotionally and often …show more content…
Legalizing hundreds of thousands of immigrants can help boost the economy through increased tax revenue, creation of new businesses, and the DREAM Act. Furthermore, legalizing hundreds of thousands of immigrants can benefit the families of the illegal immigrants by keeping families together and gaining access to health care, new job opportunities, education, and other basic human rights, which according to Mosser (2013), is those rights – like freedom from discrimination – to which all persons are entitled simply because they are humans. Therefore, if the immigration policies in the United States were to be reformed, it would create an easier path for illegal citizens to obtain citizenship and maintain their lifestyles and boost the