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President Bush's Comprehensive
Immigration Reform Bill Is the Best Option
Among
all the immigration reforms bills being discussed at the US Senate floor the best
option is President Bush’s Comprehensive Immigration Reform
Bill, because it addresses all the issues related to national
security, border security, small and medium size business that
deal with illegal immigrants, 11.5 million illegal immigrants in
the country and future labor needs. All other bills leave one or
the other aspect of the issue out for future settlement which is
not a good way to address this issue.
For example, Border Security Immigration
Reform Bill focuses more on border security and doesn’t address
the businesses’ present and future needs, declares illegally
living in the United States felony thus turning 11.5 million
illegal immigrants into criminals and businesses hiring them
liable to heavy fines and facing criminal charges.
The fact of the matter is all these issues
are important and must be addressed. However, each issue needs
separate investigation. National Security is the most important
issue however linking it to illegal immigrants is like barking
up to the wrong tree, because there is no evidence that any
illegal person was ever involved in any criminal acts related to
national security. Thus the practice of connecting two unrelated
issues in policy formation is a bad strategy which may cause
more harm than good.
The issue of insecure borders is also very
important. No sovereign nation should leave its borders
unattended and insecure. US must take all necessary steps to
make its borders safe and secure. Relevant government agencies
must keep track of who is crossing US borders and with what
possessions. We definitely don’t want someone should walk in our
borders with undesirable materials. Any good border security
bill must address all issues related to border security while
keeping our borders open for those who legally want to come to
the United States for education, business and employment
reasons.
Constant supply of labor is another fact of
American economic system. US economy every year generates
millions of jobs which Americans don’t want to do. There are
thousands of businesses across United States that need that kind
of labor in order to operate. Farmers in all major agricultural
states from California to Texas to Tennessee need farm workers
to pluck the harvests. Any good immigration bill must address
the issues of needs of those thousands of businesses and farmers
across the United States.
Since President Bush comes from Texas and he
was governor of his state before becoming the President of the
country he has a better understanding of all these issues. That
is why his Comprehensive Immigration Reform Bill addresses all
these issues. It addresses national security issues, border
security issues, small businesses labor needs, farmers labor
needs, concerns of11.5 million illegal immigrants currently living in the
United States and country’s future labor needs.
Guest workers program which has become a bone
of contention for opponents of the President’s Comprehensive
Immigration Reform Bill is not something new. United States had
guest workers program in 50s and 60s which served the country’s
labor needs real well and provided opportunities to people
across the globe who wanted to migrate and work in the United
States.
Therefore, all concerned about the
immigration reforms, outside the congress and inside the
congress should support President Bush’s Comprehensive Immigration
Reform Bill. This is the best option in the given situation.
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