All throughout history immigrants have been degraded, discriminated against, and denied many opportunities. In the middle-1800s, the Irish left their homeland came here to pursue the American dream. But instead of being welcomed they were labeled idle drunks and were turned down from many jobs. And In the beginning of the century many Italians, Russian, Jewish immigrants were also ridiculed and isolated. Today, society is more outwardly respectful towards immigrants. But our immigration policies are harsher and more ineffective than centuries past.
People who push for stricter immigration policies believe that illegal immigrants steal our jobs, and live off our taxes. In reality most illegal immigrants pay their fair share of taxes, don’t receive …show more content…
Opponents of immigration often push for policies such as Employment Eligibility Verification (E-Verify). E-Verify is an Internet-based system that allows employers to check whether their employees are eligible to work in the US by comparing the information from an employee 's Form I-9, to data from U.S. Department of Homeland Security and Social Security.
E-Verify will supposedly keep companies from hiring illegal workers, which will in turn cause illegal workers to leave the country. But lets face it; past experience has taught us that dishonest employers will continue hiring illegal immigrants and paying them under the table. Instead of leaving the country, illegal immigrants will simply turn to the underground economy for work, with the inevitable result being of more illegal immigrants avoiding taxes. For example, when E- Verify was mandated in Arizona, its GDP dropped by $2.3 billion because 80,000 workers bolted the state (Immigration Policy …show more content…
Our experience in Arizona has already cast doubt on the effectiveness of E-Verify. Should we really be paying so much for such an ineffective system?
Almost all US’s immigrant families are “mixes”, meaning some family members have legal citizenship and some members do not. Most of the times, the children are legal citizens because they are born on US soil, whereas one or both of their parents are illegals. According to Pew Research approximately 10% of US citizens had at least one illegal parent in 2012.
Like typical (legal) parents, most (illegal) parents are law abiding, tax paying employees. Most of them have committed no crime other than being illegal citizens. Yet they are sought after like terrorists. These hard-working parents can be arrested anywhere, anytime. Sometimes they are arrested without the knowledge of any other family member. But once arrested they are not allowed to meet with their family until they are deported. The Center for Racial Justice reports that there are roughly 5000 children in foster care who are separated from their deported parents. If immigration laws don’t change then 15,000 more children may be in the same situation in less than 10
People who push for stricter immigration policies believe that illegal immigrants steal our jobs, and live off our taxes. In reality most illegal immigrants pay their fair share of taxes, don’t receive …show more content…
Opponents of immigration often push for policies such as Employment Eligibility Verification (E-Verify). E-Verify is an Internet-based system that allows employers to check whether their employees are eligible to work in the US by comparing the information from an employee 's Form I-9, to data from U.S. Department of Homeland Security and Social Security.
E-Verify will supposedly keep companies from hiring illegal workers, which will in turn cause illegal workers to leave the country. But lets face it; past experience has taught us that dishonest employers will continue hiring illegal immigrants and paying them under the table. Instead of leaving the country, illegal immigrants will simply turn to the underground economy for work, with the inevitable result being of more illegal immigrants avoiding taxes. For example, when E- Verify was mandated in Arizona, its GDP dropped by $2.3 billion because 80,000 workers bolted the state (Immigration Policy …show more content…
Our experience in Arizona has already cast doubt on the effectiveness of E-Verify. Should we really be paying so much for such an ineffective system?
Almost all US’s immigrant families are “mixes”, meaning some family members have legal citizenship and some members do not. Most of the times, the children are legal citizens because they are born on US soil, whereas one or both of their parents are illegals. According to Pew Research approximately 10% of US citizens had at least one illegal parent in 2012.
Like typical (legal) parents, most (illegal) parents are law abiding, tax paying employees. Most of them have committed no crime other than being illegal citizens. Yet they are sought after like terrorists. These hard-working parents can be arrested anywhere, anytime. Sometimes they are arrested without the knowledge of any other family member. But once arrested they are not allowed to meet with their family until they are deported. The Center for Racial Justice reports that there are roughly 5000 children in foster care who are separated from their deported parents. If immigration laws don’t change then 15,000 more children may be in the same situation in less than 10