The aspect of Immigration is under the executive branch of
government. Organizations such as Homeland Security and the Immigration and
Customs Enforcement are included under this branch. Homeland security is an
organization whose ultimate goal is to keep the United States of America safe
and secure from harmful factors. The foundation of this organization is to
protect, make sure there is resilience, and to facilitate customs and
exchanges. They have five missions, but for the sake of the topic of
immigration we will focus on their job to secure and manage our borders,
enforce immigration laws and even preventing terrorism and enhancing security.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (or ICE) is the investigative branch of the
U.S. Department of Homeland Security. It was created in 2003 and now has more
than 20,000 employees throughout the United States and in 47 foreign countries.
Their main goal is to promote security through criminal and civil enforcement
of federal laws. This includes governing border control, customs, trade, and
immigration. ICE works under the leadership of John Sandweg and aims to prevent
terrorism, enhance security, and ensure that the borders are protected through
interior immigration enforcement and trade.
In recent
news, the topic of immigrations has come up a bit this year. What has been
coming up is immigration reform which is basically a change in the immigration
policy. The idea of this has brought up controversy between parties and people
in the USA. Polls have been conducted to help push the Republican Party to
react to having an immigration reform and push it to a path of citizenship. The
poll results in the polls taken in California shows that a majority of the
people are in favor of this reform for undocumented immigrants to get
citizenship if they paid fines, learned English passed background checks and
waited thirteen years. The results also stated that the people would have a
more favorable view to the Republicans if this was to be passed. They know this
needs to be done, so they have taken the approach to work on these bills in
pieces. Ultimately, the House needs to reopen so this issue can be looked at to
further the lives of immigrants and future people coming into the USA.
Another recent event regarding immigration was the
immigration rally on the National Mall in Washington D.C. Despite the Mall
being closed due to the government shutdown, thousands of protesters engaged in
civil disobedience in order to call on congress to allow millions of illegal
immigrants to apply to become US citizens. The march was called “Camino
Americano”, or the “American road”. The event consisted of speeches from
congressmen and other activists, a performance from the band Los
Tigres de Norte, and then a march toward the Capitol building where people were
arrested. Over 100
people, including congressmen, were arrested for crowding, obstructing and incommoding. Dozens of people blocked off a major street, showing what
they are willing to put on the line for immigration reform. This event was
controversial in that many saw it as people demanding respect for illegal
immigrants who have broken laws. Some were upset that the concert was
able to go on just a week after veterans struggled to get access to the World
War II Memorial. Protestors
saw it as a chance to effectively end deportations for many
of the illegal immigrants around the US.
Katharine’s View:
When it comes to my views about immigration, I really never
thought to deeply on the subject because the matter personally has no effect on
me. I think that it an important topic in general because this is the country I
live and there is possibility that immigrants can live in my neighborhood, but
other than that I have not really thought too hard about it. My friend’s bother
works as border control in California which seems like a harsh job, but I feel
that it is necessary to have. I think that people coming to our country
illegally is the problem. If a person has a passport, visa or goes through
processes to become a citizen than why not join is America. I think that we shouldn’t
turn certain people away from having citizenship because that is not right and
an act of discrimination, but there needs to be rules in place in order for
people to come to this country and live as people. The recent ideas for the new
immigration reform, in my eyes, are a perfect example of how to become a
citizenship. They should pay debts,
every American has to. Our native tongue is English so everyone should speak
it. They should be safe and loyal to this country if they want to live here, so
a background check is key. They should wait thirteen years, I don’t know what
they would be waiting for so I would need a little more knowledge of this part
of the reform to have to full heartedly agree. I think I agree and disagree
with each side of the argument. I don’t think we should turn away people that
want to live here, but they need to do it the right way and not illegally with
the help of the government.
Shauna’s View:
I have thought about immigration before, but it is hard to
take a position within such a controversial issue. Even though many of us may
know a family who is here illegally, most people would not want to have people
that they know deported from the country. It is difficult to decide who is
allowed to come to or stay in the US. Americans have built the country up to
what it is, and it is hard to allow other people to come here and use what many
feel is theirs. In my opinion, people should certainly not be allowed to come
to the US illegally. Border control is a necessity in today’s world. The
problem lies in who should be deported and who gets to stay. For example, many illegal
immigrants have had children who are considered to be US citizens. If a child’s
parents are forced to leave, the parents have to decide whether they should
leave the child here or to take him/her with them. It is not fair for children
to be left here by themselves, but where do we draw the line? This is an issue
in which many people tend to express their opinions about but really do not
have the background knowledge in order to do so. For instance, many people say
that they are stealing our jobs when in reality they are doing the jobs that no
one else would be doing otherwise for such a low pay. I think that people who
want to live here and work to support themselves should be allowed to come
here. On the other hand, people who want to come here and live off the
government should not be able to come here. There are too many US citizens
today who depend on the government. People who wish to come here illegally or
to simply live off the government rather than working should not be allowed to
come here.
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