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Reagan’s Immigration Legacy continues to ponder on population criticisms

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In his renewed push for an immigration overhaul this week, President Obama called for Republican support for a bill to address the growing population of illegal immigrants in the country. This time, however, Republicans know better than to tread near the politically toxic A-word. Part of this aversion is due to what is widely seen as the failure of Reagan’s 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act. However, one of the lead authors of the bill says that unlike most immigration reform efforts of the past 20 years, amnesty wasn’t the pitfall.

The immigration issue among other social concerns does present potent barriers to ushering forward governmental reform and economic recovery. After all, reforming the government and fixing the economy requires that you have a stable social base to work on. Society and the nature of its dynamics are such that concerns as to the value, role and acceptability of certain sectors affect the society as a whole. Society’s social scheme is such that the unresolved social matters often bar changes in government and the economy. The United States today are doing things that are not entirely consistent with its nature and values. In doing so, it tears itself apart bit by bit. Truly, it is not entirely in a state of decline but it must not forget its roots and nationalistic foundations. It must not turn back on the legacy it inherited from its founders and its first citizens. Because, if it does and turns a blind eye to the fact that it is doing things that are repulsive to its ideals then the real essence of what the United States is about will be lost.

When we look at the United States in a detailed angle, we see: Total Crime Per capita USA 80.0645 per 1,000 people (world no 8 highest), HIV Per Capita USA 3.267 per 1,000 people (world no 69 highest), Rape Per Capita USA 0.301318 per 1,000 people (world no 9 highest), Robberies Per Capita USA 1.38527 per 1,000 people (world no 11 highest), Murders committed by youths per capita USA no 11 highest in the world. So why would this state have an immigrant problem? The Answer is simple the illusory US image in the International stage.

The growing U.S. population requires a growing supply of food, for which we proudly turn to the miracles of modern agriculture. Modern agriculture has been characterized as “The use of land to convert petroleum into food.” But, the use of modernization results in decreasing efficiency of the use of energy in agriculture. It is estimated that agriculture in the U.S. requires approximately ten or more units of energy from fossil fuels to produce one unit of food energy on our dinner plate. At this roughly 10% efficiency, modern U.S. agriculture is the least efficient in the world, and the efficiency is getting worse each year. The immigration driven growth of U.S. population is not an issue when you unmask the nightmare behind the American dream.

July 6, 2010 Posted by | Uncategorized | , , , , , | Leave a Comment

Sharing The American Dream With Illegal Immigrants Isn’t All That Bad

The United State is said to be the refuge of the weary, the shelter of those who want to begin anew and the destination for those who want to live the American dream. These are some of the noblest and most striking images about the US. However in this day and age the so called American Dream is slowly unraveling as the United States adopts policies that would shock and outrage many if not all of its founding fathers. The America of today is suffering from a crisis of identity. The reality it faces is at war with its soul which is the ideals upon which it was founded on. The United States today are doing things that are not entirely consistent with its nature and values. In doing so it bit by bit tears itself apart. True it is not entirely in a state of decline but it must not forget its roots and nationalistic foundations. It must not turn back on the legacy it inherited from its founders and its first citizens. Because if it does and turns a blind eye to the fact that it is doing things that are repulsive to its ideals then the real essence of what the United States is about will be lost.

In the recent news a more stringent immigration law have instituted in Arizona. True this new policy may have been conceived and put in place for just reasons and good cause. But then the path to great evil is often paved with good intentions. Arizona’s new immigration in effect root out illegal immigrants and set the authorities on a state – wide witch hunt to drive out the said immigrants. They state government in Arizona gave many reasons why it is against illegal immigrants but none are a solid basis. What you have is a policy that is anti – immigrant and discriminatory. And when you discriminate though policy without good basis then there are certainly social consequences. With the implementation of the new immigration law in Arizona its very fabric has began to unravel as immigrants both legal and illegal have begun to leave the state. Population centers are losing its inhabitants and businesses begin losing both workers and clients. If this exodus continues the state of Arizona could very well collapse. Business and society in general have ground to a halt in Arizona due to the new state policy.

What is so wrong with immigrants when in fact though they are undocumented and illegal still they contribute to the growth and development of the community in Arizona? In fact they are an essential of the social system in Arizona and if they are removed the whole system suffer for doing away with immigrants. In case the citizens of Arizona are forgetting their businesses, communities and cities have built on the sweat and efforts of immigrants. They are part of the over – all class of people whose hands literally built America.

July 3, 2010 Posted by | Uncategorized | , , , , | Leave a Comment

   

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