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Immigration dispute spread throughout the U. S.

There were a number of LGBT groups present at the 2010 March for America. This march was truly a show of solidarity on the issue across all types of groups and causes. Many labor unions were present, along with a number of religious organizations.

Uploaded on March 22, 2010 by ep_jhu, This photo featured in the Gay Rights blog at Change.org.

America’s exceptional status as a “nation of immigrants” is being challenged by globalization, which is making both migration and terrorism much easier. The biggest challenge for policymakers is distinguishing illusory immigration problems from real problems. One thing is quite clear: The favoured approach of recent years-a policy of benign neglect-is no longer tenable.

Throughout U.S. history, immigration has been viewed as a threat, a problem, a burden. In many respects the modern criticism of immigration echoes previous themes, including the claim that this generation of immigrants is somehow different. To be sure, the rhetoric used to denigrate newer immigrants has changed over time, even though the overall conclusions are the same. On the current scene, a large part of anti-immigration rhetoric focuses on the burden that immigration places on taxpayers through the operation of the modern welfare state. We have examined in some detail the allegations that more recent immigrants have been of such lower quality that they become public charges. We do not deny that superficially it appears that immigrants are now moderately more overrepresented in the welfare system than they were previously.

In short, the evidence clearly indicates that immigrants have a propensity to locate in precisely those states where welfare benefits are relatively high. Thus, their apparent overrepresentation among welfare beneficiaries may trace to an overrepresentation in high-welfare-benefit states.

The pressing question of the capacity of American society to absorb and assimilate the disparate nationalities flowing into the United States is one that demands attention. Many of the anti-immigration advocates of the modern era have argued that immigrants impose a huge burden on the American people because they heavily utilize the services of the welfare state. It is argued that modern immigration is different, because earlier immigrants came to the United States before the federal government provided extensive services for lower-income residents. Today’s immigrants, it is argued, can and do send their children to an elaborate and expensive system of public education and receive welfare benefits frequently and extensively.

Recently in Georgia a poll conducted by Mason-Dixon Polling & Research for the Georgia Newspaper Partnership, asked 625 likely voters across the state whether they would support giving “state and local law enforcement the power to ask people already stopped for possible violations of the law to show proof they are in the country legally and then arrest those that could not provide such proof. This comes just after a more stringent immigration law have been instituted in Arizona.

All migrants should respect American law and traditions. The requirement to obey all laws is not optional for new citizens and should not be optional for visitors. The Statue of Liberty reminds us that we are all equal, regardless of ethnicity, origin, or even state of wretchedness, and that America will continue to be a land of opportunity. This must at be the centre when dealing with this issue.

July 20, 2010 Posted by | Uncategorized | , , , | Leave a Comment

The Immigrant Question

Immigrant rights march for amnesty in downtown Los Angeles, California on May Day, 2006.

Date=May 1, 2006 |Author=Jonathan McIntosh |Permission=CC-BY-2.5

It is always a question especially in democratic and progressive countries where people go to them seeking to migrate into these countries. In some cases there is no problem but is some a multitude of complications arise. In the United States the issue of immigration is a considerable matter that every administration has had to grapple with. The Obama administration is no different. It promised the American people to reform the Immigration policy of the United States. But it got bogged down with health care and economic recovery policies. Now due to public concern and current events the Obama administration is pressured to make good on its promise. President Barack Obama champions reform and seeks to uplift disenfranchised sectors of American Society like the unemployed, the destitute, the racial minority and the immigrant sector. But due to the current priorities as to health care and economic recuperation immigration is something the Obama administration has not touched on. And it has escalated into a notable concern with cases like that of Arizona. The present circumstances facing the Obama Presidency compel it to act on the issue.

In recent news President Obama in a speech touched on the immigration question facing the United States. Now his government shifts gears to deal with the said question. Although it is understandable that his administration has a lot to deal with it is in fact better if he began with immigration and similar social issues. The key to undoing the decline of a political community especially from socio – economic degradation that the United States is faced lie in normalizing the social climate. The immigration issue among other social concerns does present potent barriers to ushering forward governmental reform and economic recovery. After all reforming 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 simple truth is society; its government and economy are inter – liked. This means that a complication in the society will eventually and certainly permeate into government and the economy.

He Obama administration’s intention is good but in this case it is a bit misled in the sense that it assumed that it can fix the government and economy without having to deal with the social issues that pervaded American society. The fact about causing change and bringing about sustainable change all begin with society if you can cause and sustain it there then moving it into government and the economy would be an easy matter. Take the lesson learned by Welfare States like Germany, Canada and the Netherlands. They learned that if you take care and solve the societal concerns, as a prelude to dealing all policies the latter will be easy.

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

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

   

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