http://timelines.latimes.com/obama-speech-immigration-reform/
The first link is a video of President Obama's speech in Las Vegas about immigration plan.
In the second link you will be able to see a transcript of his speech. I couldn't find a video with the transcript but you could minimize both of these windows to fit your screen.
On January 29, 2013 at Del Sol High School in Las Vegas, Nevada President Obama spoke about how he will be dealing with immigrants in this country. His plan for immigration reform is similar to the one that was dictated by the bipartisan group of senators on January 20, 2013. First of all, as President Obama says in his speech, we will have to work on tightening the security at the borders which has been unsuccessful since the year 2000 and businesses will have to check people's employment statues before hiring anyone because even if it's unknowingly businesses hire illegal immigrants because they have no proof of who they are. Finally, it maybe be a long process but if people want a green card that leads up to a citizenship then they are going to have to get their background checked, pay all the taxes that own since they have been living here in America, pay a penalty for coming illegally, learn English and will have to wait until the people who are waiting in line to come to America legally.
President Obama clearly states that yes the immigrants have broken the rules but they have done so much to help America. I was amazed to find out that Google and Yahoo we both created by an immigrant and so were Intel and Instagram and these immigrants studied in the United States and stayed here. However, people that were born here, studied here decide to go an work of other countries so basically we are creating our competitors. America is a nation of immigrants, it is a place where people can make a future. Coming from different countries it not easy because they face many problems such as racism and because they are here to earn for their lives and families, people take advantage of them by paying them low wages for double the work but the immigrants do it because they have no other choice.
According to President Obama's plan he believes that immigrant will be able to come out of their shadows and show that they also exist. They will also be able to know that we do care for them and know that they are also one of us. I am very happy to see President Obama doing such a difficult task that can takes years to happen but he is taking the risk. The best thing is that Democrats and Republicans are working together on this so it might be better and more successful than any other plan ever made.
Now my question to you is what is this process takes too long maybe more that four years than what will happen to the immigrants if a Republican is a President and is very conservative? Is it really a good idea by letting more immigrants coming in the country when we already have 11 million illegal immigrants in this country? How will citizens of America react to this plan? Will it create more chaos and problem for the economy?
I like how you said that "we are creating our competitors." I never thought of it like this, but this was a good way to put it. Me and my father have had conversations about this before. My father usually says that because of the bad condition our economy is in sometimes people decide to start businesses or companies in other countries where its convenient and beneficial for them. I also believe that it is true that people born here study here and then leave to other countries. Education can also be more expensive in other countries. So people born may study here and then go work in other countries. The United States seems to offer more help, opportunities with colleges and universities that meet peoples economic standards.
ReplyDeleteI think that this process will take a while and will also be difficult but not impossible. A couple of weeks ago when some Senators spoke, I remember hearing that there would be news on the immigration reform issue in March.
As President Obama said they did break the law. Coming to the United states illegally violates the law. So I think that the fine for this will help our countries economy. When I was doing some research on the effect of an immigration reform on the economy I read that economists say immigration rules will raise tax revenues and help reduce the budget deficit, helping our economy.