http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/forum/story/2012-01-26/alabama-immigration-law-workers/52807466/1
In yet another column, this time on USA Today by New York attorney Raul Reyes, about the "strictest-in-the-nation" immigration law in Alabama, the harmful and unintentional consequences of the Alabama HB 56 law are displayed, but this time in greater detail. Reyes, however, notes that revising such a law is not going to solve the problem, only repealing it will. The entire state has been harmed because even though the immigrants are illegally--and thus against the will of the us--entering the country, without them "farmers face a crisis and U.S. workers haven't filled the gaps". Even illegal immigrant workers are essential to the country's wellbeing, especially when it comes to filling up agricultural and small business jobs; the businesses that are now suffering heavy financial losses or closing altogether because of the lack of workers that are now fleeing the state. The state's reputation is also harmed since it no longer looks like a "good place to do business" since corporate officials, such as that of Honda and Mercedes-Benz according to Reyes, are being ticketed and arrested because of license violations essentially set up by the new law. Immigrant kids are dropping out of schools and "Alabama's undocumented population [that] collectively paid $130 million" is now rapidly leaving the state.
Reyes suggests another alternative: make it easier for illegals to become citizens and aid the economy, but it seems a bit idealistic and flawed because if the US becomes overpopulated, the economy will do anything except getting better. This column raises an interesting point, however. Since illegal immigrants are this important to the US's wellbeing, legal immigrants--that being my potential essay forcus--might have an even greater influence and vitality, something that I intend to research more deeply.
In yet another column, this time on USA Today by New York attorney Raul Reyes, about the "strictest-in-the-nation" immigration law in Alabama, the harmful and unintentional consequences of the Alabama HB 56 law are displayed, but this time in greater detail. Reyes, however, notes that revising such a law is not going to solve the problem, only repealing it will. The entire state has been harmed because even though the immigrants are illegally--and thus against the will of the us--entering the country, without them "farmers face a crisis and U.S. workers haven't filled the gaps". Even illegal immigrant workers are essential to the country's wellbeing, especially when it comes to filling up agricultural and small business jobs; the businesses that are now suffering heavy financial losses or closing altogether because of the lack of workers that are now fleeing the state. The state's reputation is also harmed since it no longer looks like a "good place to do business" since corporate officials, such as that of Honda and Mercedes-Benz according to Reyes, are being ticketed and arrested because of license violations essentially set up by the new law. Immigrant kids are dropping out of schools and "Alabama's undocumented population [that] collectively paid $130 million" is now rapidly leaving the state.
Reyes suggests another alternative: make it easier for illegals to become citizens and aid the economy, but it seems a bit idealistic and flawed because if the US becomes overpopulated, the economy will do anything except getting better. This column raises an interesting point, however. Since illegal immigrants are this important to the US's wellbeing, legal immigrants--that being my potential essay forcus--might have an even greater influence and vitality, something that I intend to research more deeply.
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