Texas Immigration Reform

In my opinion, the biggest challenges that might face the Texas government in the future are immigration, poverty, and social problems. Immigration is a sensitive subject for most individuals but, I think it needs to be addressed. The U.S Congress enacted a law the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986. It was created to restrain the flow of illegal immigrants by penalizing employers who hire undocumented immigrants. Even though this Act was created to prevent further incidents of illegal employment in the U.S, thousands of immigrants continued to enter Texas (Practicing Texas Politics, pg. 30). The problem here is many of these immigrants are being exploited by their employers, working for less than minimum wage and because of this it …show more content…
At least 15,000 unaccompanied children are apprehended every year by U.S. border agents. In 2008, the U.S. Congress passed a law called the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection and Reauthorization Act, mandating that every Mexican child who crossed illegally without a parent be interview by U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents. However, the border agents are not fulfilling their duties. And it describes in detail how children at the U.S.-Mexico border are being sent back to Mexico with little regard for their well-being or whether they have a credible asylum claim in the United States. Teens that had been apprehended by U.S. Border Patrol agents and sent back to Mexico. As soon as they arrived in Mexico they would contact another smuggler and try to cross again into the United States. The repatriation process between the United States and Mexico is merely window dressing that does not address the economic or family reasons that force children to cross the border illegally risking their lives. Crossing also exposes them to exploitation from organized crime and the drug cartels. This is an ongoing problem for the government of Texas and it will be a difficult challenge to