1. Nature of the problem. Immigrants have had a huge impacted on the U.S. citizens for years. According to Mitchell (1989), over 2 million illegal immigrants came to the U.S. Citizens argued the fact that the illegal immigrants had access to welfare, education, and social services and benefits. Not only that but in ( Nichols,1987) , he stated that one fourth of working Mexicans from Ocampo, Mexico came to America to find jobs, and sent the money back to their town. Three fourths of the money was sent back to their town. Hispanic population may double, because they entering the U.S. rapidly (Gelfand & Bialik-Gilad, 1989). The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 was created to address these problems.
2. Prevalence of the problem. …show more content…
They wanted better jobs and education, and more access to resources. Most of the undocumented aliens were from poor, rural backgrounds. The countries they came from had limited education and few economics resources. Employers were also hiring undocumented alien for cheap labor (Gelfand & Bialik-Gilad, 1989). According to Osuma (1988), between the 1960’s and early 1970’s people came the United States because there were resources and opportunities there that their countries was lacking. The theory was called the “push-pull” phenomenon. Social problem they faced in there counties pushed them to the U.S. and access to more resources and better opportunities pulled them to the …show more content…
Some undocumented immigrants back to their own country, some waiting for time to pass to come back to America, but many of them became legal immigrants (Baker, 1990).
4. Describe how the policy will be implemented. According to S. Rep. No. 1200-99 (1985-1986), The Attorney general was responsible for launching complaint and investigation procedures, and providing notice. The General Accounting Office was required to inform Congress and created task force to submit three reports on the employer sanction program annually. Comptroller General had to investigate way to decrease copying social security cards and report to the appropriate congressional committees within two years. The Secretary of Health and Human Services had to conduct a study to determine the effeteness of a social security number validation system.
5. Describe the knowledge base or scientific grounding upon which the policy is based. According to Baker (1997), the U.S. Government debated about creating the amnesty program. This wasn’t their first attempt to decrease the number of incoming immigrants. They didn’t want to accept the fact that the new amnesty program was better, because their previous policies were unsuccessful. By introducing the new program they will save money on court fees and
2. Prevalence of the problem. …show more content…
They wanted better jobs and education, and more access to resources. Most of the undocumented aliens were from poor, rural backgrounds. The countries they came from had limited education and few economics resources. Employers were also hiring undocumented alien for cheap labor (Gelfand & Bialik-Gilad, 1989). According to Osuma (1988), between the 1960’s and early 1970’s people came the United States because there were resources and opportunities there that their countries was lacking. The theory was called the “push-pull” phenomenon. Social problem they faced in there counties pushed them to the U.S. and access to more resources and better opportunities pulled them to the …show more content…
Some undocumented immigrants back to their own country, some waiting for time to pass to come back to America, but many of them became legal immigrants (Baker, 1990).
4. Describe how the policy will be implemented. According to S. Rep. No. 1200-99 (1985-1986), The Attorney general was responsible for launching complaint and investigation procedures, and providing notice. The General Accounting Office was required to inform Congress and created task force to submit three reports on the employer sanction program annually. Comptroller General had to investigate way to decrease copying social security cards and report to the appropriate congressional committees within two years. The Secretary of Health and Human Services had to conduct a study to determine the effeteness of a social security number validation system.
5. Describe the knowledge base or scientific grounding upon which the policy is based. According to Baker (1997), the U.S. Government debated about creating the amnesty program. This wasn’t their first attempt to decrease the number of incoming immigrants. They didn’t want to accept the fact that the new amnesty program was better, because their previous policies were unsuccessful. By introducing the new program they will save money on court fees and