The fifth circuit court has recently voted to halt Obama’s executive orders known as deferred action for parental accountability, DAPA, and deferred action for childhood arrival, DACA. The two orders would prevent deportation of immigrants whose children were born in the United States as well as children who had arrived in the United States before they were 16 and before June 2007. The issue will be taken up by the Supreme Court of the United States in 2016. The Supreme Court will decide whether or not 4.4 million immigrants will be deported. It is critical not to deport immigrants because they create a more multiracial America, which helps to redraw and blur color lines in America. Becoming a more multi-racial society will also change the
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However immigrants actually contribute more to the tax revenue [1]. This is because they are required to pay the same taxes; however, foreigners do not have access to all the services legal citizens have, such as social security. The belief that blacks and immigrants consume more resources would not be as prevalent if America were to be a multi-racial society. In a multi-racial society the color lines would be so blurred a person would not be able to discern another person’s racial or ethnic background. Since immigrants tend to intermarry more, Immigration can promote the creation of this society. Currently thirteen percent of American marriages are interracial marriages and this number has continually increased. [2] Most of these intermarriages involve either Latinos or Asians [3]. Since Latinos and Asians are the largest ethnic/racial groups immigrating to the United States, it is likely that intermarriages will continue to increase. If Obama’s executive orders are deemed unconstitutional the rates of intermarriage would slow or even decline because there will be less immigrants. However as it currently stands people who identify themselves as multiracial are increasing. The locations with the highest rates of intermarriage are the same places that have the most people who identify themselves as …show more content…
The class lines are currently blurred because lower class whites often view blacks and immigrants as people who are using up all of the resources. Deporting immigrants will not change the amount of resources available to low income whites since immigrants do not use, or even have access to, these resources. In fact, low income whites use food stamps more than any other minority group [7]. This shows that belief that immigrants and blacks are consuming resources through welfare is misplaced. The lower income groups who desire more resources should not be competing with each other, rather they should be working together to challenge the wealth disparity. If Obama’s executive orders remain in effect, immigrants will help to promote a multiracial society which in turn would help reduce the fracturing of low income groups. Instead of ethnic and racial lines dividing groups, economic lines would divide social groups. A class conscious America would be more likely to demand fair tax laws and quality social services through a unified front. By demanding more fair tax laws and quality social service, the wealth disparity in America would be addressed and the quality of life for a majority of Americans would
However immigrants actually contribute more to the tax revenue [1]. This is because they are required to pay the same taxes; however, foreigners do not have access to all the services legal citizens have, such as social security. The belief that blacks and immigrants consume more resources would not be as prevalent if America were to be a multi-racial society. In a multi-racial society the color lines would be so blurred a person would not be able to discern another person’s racial or ethnic background. Since immigrants tend to intermarry more, Immigration can promote the creation of this society. Currently thirteen percent of American marriages are interracial marriages and this number has continually increased. [2] Most of these intermarriages involve either Latinos or Asians [3]. Since Latinos and Asians are the largest ethnic/racial groups immigrating to the United States, it is likely that intermarriages will continue to increase. If Obama’s executive orders are deemed unconstitutional the rates of intermarriage would slow or even decline because there will be less immigrants. However as it currently stands people who identify themselves as multiracial are increasing. The locations with the highest rates of intermarriage are the same places that have the most people who identify themselves as …show more content…
The class lines are currently blurred because lower class whites often view blacks and immigrants as people who are using up all of the resources. Deporting immigrants will not change the amount of resources available to low income whites since immigrants do not use, or even have access to, these resources. In fact, low income whites use food stamps more than any other minority group [7]. This shows that belief that immigrants and blacks are consuming resources through welfare is misplaced. The lower income groups who desire more resources should not be competing with each other, rather they should be working together to challenge the wealth disparity. If Obama’s executive orders remain in effect, immigrants will help to promote a multiracial society which in turn would help reduce the fracturing of low income groups. Instead of ethnic and racial lines dividing groups, economic lines would divide social groups. A class conscious America would be more likely to demand fair tax laws and quality social services through a unified front. By demanding more fair tax laws and quality social service, the wealth disparity in America would be addressed and the quality of life for a majority of Americans would