Immigration Appears at a Stand Still

Recently immigration reform has become a hot topic leading to endless blockages in legislation and heavy polarized debate (Rubin, 2014). “The current broken immigration system is creating a crisis of family separation, with millions of American citizens in mixed-status families being affected. Recently, the failure of Congress to act has exacerbated the crisis of refugee children crossing the border, which has been overwhelming federal agencies” (Vargas, 2014). Senator John McCain adds to the issue that “we will continue to make that effort on the grounds of security of our border, as well as the fact that you cannot deport 11 million people” (Rubin, 2014). The debate remains revolved around American job security and the loss of viable wages to immigrants as the focal contention. According to records provided by allied European nations, immigration reform abroad remains stale as well based on similar grounds seen internally (Kenny, 2014).

 

To read more from contributing sources:

• Kenny, Carles.

2014. “Why Immigration Reform Only Looks Dead”. Bloomberg Businessweek. July 07,2014. <http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-07-07/why-immigration-reform-only-looks-dead#r=nav-f-story>

 

  • Rubin, Jennifer.

2014. “An Immigration-reform Silver Lining?”. The Washington Post. July 7, 2014. <http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/wp/2014/07/07/an-immigration-reform-silver-lining/>

 

  • Vargas, Cesar.

2014. “Immigration refrm is alive, but not in Congress”. The Hill. July 07,2014. <http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/immigration/211403-immigration-reform-is-alive-but-not-in-congress>

 

 

 

 

Taylor Pratt-Houle