There are about “10.9 million” (www.washingtonpost.com) illegal immigrants that populate the United States. Both political parties have different views on what they should do. Republicans believe in placing stern laws, and not providing them sake. On the other hand, Democrats believe that the process should be faster. Democrats tend to have a glass half full perspective, unlike Republicans on this topic. Republicans seek to implement stricter laws on illegal immigration. One of the rules they want to place is, if an illegal immigrant has been deported and re-enters, there should be “a mandatory minimum sentence of five years” (www.gop.com). It should not be based upon their status, but rather their reason for coming to the U.S., if they broke
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Hillary Clinton states that “Democrats believe we need to urgently fix our broken immigration system—which tears families apart and keeps workers in the shadows—and create a path to citizenship for law-abiding families who are here, making a better life for their families and contributing to their communities and our country” (www.demconvention.com). “We should repeal the 3-year, 10-year and permanent bars, which often force persons in mixed status families into the heartbreaking dilemma of either pursuing a green card by leaving the country and their loved ones behind, or remaining in the shadows” (www.demconvention.com). The 3-year, 10-year and permanent bars “impose re-entry bars on immigrants who are present in the U.S. illegally for a period of time, leave the U.S., and want to re-enter lawfully” (www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org). Democrats seem to take into consideration that they have good reasons for coming here, sometimes that is overlooked. Republicans, on the other hand, want to make the process longer. “Large percentage of Republicans would support letting illegal immigrants become citizens, after a long waiting period, paying back taxes, passing a criminal background check, and learning English” (http://www.republicanviews.org). Although they are just making sure if the immigrant is a good candidate to be a citizen, this process seems it
Hillary Clinton states that “Democrats believe we need to urgently fix our broken immigration system—which tears families apart and keeps workers in the shadows—and create a path to citizenship for law-abiding families who are here, making a better life for their families and contributing to their communities and our country” (www.demconvention.com). “We should repeal the 3-year, 10-year and permanent bars, which often force persons in mixed status families into the heartbreaking dilemma of either pursuing a green card by leaving the country and their loved ones behind, or remaining in the shadows” (www.demconvention.com). The 3-year, 10-year and permanent bars “impose re-entry bars on immigrants who are present in the U.S. illegally for a period of time, leave the U.S., and want to re-enter lawfully” (www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org). Democrats seem to take into consideration that they have good reasons for coming here, sometimes that is overlooked. Republicans, on the other hand, want to make the process longer. “Large percentage of Republicans would support letting illegal immigrants become citizens, after a long waiting period, paying back taxes, passing a criminal background check, and learning English” (http://www.republicanviews.org). Although they are just making sure if the immigrant is a good candidate to be a citizen, this process seems it