The United States continues to put its foot down when it comes to illegal immigration. The US deported a record 392,862 illegal immigrants and arrested more of there employers this past year than ever before. I think the government is correct in doing this because "nearly half, 190,000, of those removed by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency in the fiscal year ended Sept. 30 had criminal records."
These criminal records included murder, sexual assault, as well as lesser charges. I think our government should begin to focus on these types of illegals and not just ones that are here working and are not being a problem.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704689804575536301580024586.html?mod=WSJ_WSJ_US_News_5
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Alec,
ReplyDeleteThis article is a great example of the success the government has made with illegal immigration. Oftentimes, it is negative news that is heard concerning this topic. Because the number was raised 70% since in 2008, it was obvious that some large change had been made in order to make so much progress. This connects back with the implementation topic from our last unit. Helping this issue takes a bottom-up approach. They have tried many different goals, but finally have found one that seems to work. By looking into smaller businesses and finding immigrants, eventually the word will get around and maybe less employers will hire those who are not US citizens.
Elise Leppert