Illegal immigration is starting to become a crisis inside the US border. The House proposed a bill on Tuesday that would allow $600 million dollars in funding to tighten up border security. The Congress and the White House, “felt with a greater urgency to act” on this crisis due to the public’s outcry on the new Arizona immigration law that was passed recently. I think that the government is realizing that if they do not invest their money into our border security, then racism will start to become a major issue in the US against Mexican-Americans. The bill "includes $176 million for 1,000 new border patrol agents to form a strike force to be deployed at critical areas, $89 million for another 500 customs and immigration personnel, and $32 million to deploy unmanned aerial vehicles or drones." The government should’ve invested their time and money in this much sooner. However, to have light on this issue is a good thing and I see a good outcome in the future concerning our border patrol. The southern states that this has been affecting will feel safer and see a more control environment in their cities.
Racism seems to be becoming more and more of an issue between the government and the public. Fox News wrote an article about the NYC lawsuit that is ensuing between civil rights groups and the U.S. Census Bureau. The “civil rights groups on Thursday accused the U.S. Census Bureau of discrimination in its hiring of more than a million temporary workers to conduct the 2010 census, saying it ignored a warning from a federal agency that its hiring practices might violate the Civil Rights Act.” If these issues keep arising, the country will lose its sense of equality and the fundamentals that shape what our nation is today.
I do agree immigration is a really big issue in The United States, and tensions are rising between Americans and illegals. It's good they are finally trying to do something even if it is only 1500 more people, which isn't very many. I think this is more of move, so they can say they are trying. I dont think anything is going to change until they ratify the 14th amendment and take away a major reason why there coming. Make it only for citizens and immigrants who come here the right way.
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ReplyDeleteOn Alexandra's post named, "Immigration," she discusses a $600 million bill that the House and the Senate passed. "The bill includes $176 million for 1,000 new border patrol agents to form a strike force to be deployed at critical areas, $89 million for another 500 customs and immigration personnel, and $32 million to deploy unmanned aerial vehicles or drones."
There are major problems along the U.S.-Mexican borders and its only getting worse. The drug cartels are spilling over into the U.S., specifically in southern Arizona. There is about 3,500 acres along the Mexican borders that officials have been forced to close to U.S. citizens. Sheriff Paul Babeu, "We need action. It's shameful that we, as the most powerful nation on Earth, can't even secure our own borders and protect our own families." The police are out manned and out gunned and are not able to stop the drug cartels themselves. Also, in a Mexico City prison, the warden was arrested for letting inmates out nightly to commit drug related slayings. Corruption is everywhere. The people that are suppose to help are being corrupted by these drug lords, receiving pay-offs to look the other way. Recently in Tijuana, 62 police officers were arrested for having alleged links to organized crime and drug cartels. How is anything going to get better if we can't even trust the very people that are suppose to protect us? With everything I have read it is almost like we are at war yet all the president will give is $1,500 agents.
I do agree that this is a start but feel our effort to secure the border needs to be combined with a comprehensive immigration reform. ICE Director John Morton said, "You've got to have comprehensive reform that recognizes a need for strong border security, a need for strong interior enforcement, but also a means for families and workers to come here lawfully ... and an ability for people who've been here for a very long time to get right with the law by paying a fine and learning English and paying their taxes, and getting to the back of the line,"
I partially agree with Alexandra when she said, "to have light on this issue is a good thing and I see a good outcome in the future concerning our border patrol." I feel that the government has finally started to take steps in making our borders safer, but it will take more than beefing our borders up to stop all the illegal immigrants already in America. One thing is for sure, Arizona has the attention of the government, as well as, the entire U.S..