US Immigration Reform

Illegal immigration is a controversial issue in our country. During his term, President Bush has been urging the Congress to pass an immigration bill to address this concern but has received no action. Today, President Obama is pushing the same—the drafting of a comprehensive immigration reform bill.

President Obama has a Kenyan father and an American mother, a circumstance that creates room for doubt for his critics.

President Obama often raised the issue on immigration even from the start of his campaign and he pledged to make a move to deal with the issue but immigration seems to have been set aside to prioritize the Health Care Reform Bill.

In June 2009, Obama asked Homeland Security Secretary, Janet Napolitano, to work with Congress to speed up the passing of an immigration reform. It is estimated that there are now 12 million illegal US immigrants and an immigration reform can be the key to preventing future illegal immigration.

Loopholes have been existent on some laws because of the absence of a definite immigration law. For instance, the health care reform bill or H.R. 3590 has several problems regarding illegal immigration. The current law requires legal aliens to wait five years before they can access certain taxpayer-funded health benefits. However, the loopholes in the verification process of who is a legal or illegal immigrant allow illegal aliens access to these benefits. Third, the language of the bill does not prevent illegal aliens accessing these benefits.

In addition to draining what should only be taxpayer’s benefits, illegal immigrants take away the jobs which are supposedly for Americans. With the unemployment rate at 10% for November 2009, we are now facing the worst economic recession since the Great Depression. Yet, our country’s leaders are considering passing an amnesty legislation to enable the illegal immigrants to stay here.

Because these illegal immigrants can work for a low salary, they create a depression of wages, too. This is especially true to the entry level jobs.

I understand thee plight of illegal aliens, that they want a better standard of living. But, is this how you understand physics’ “Law of Displacement”? Wake up from your skewed ideas and improve your home countries instead!

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