Sunday, March 15, 2009
Success for whom?
The recent Utah legislative sessions are seen as both a success and failure in the immigration forums, depending on where you might stand. Take a look at some of the recent action. Some of the unpassed (succesful or unsuccessful) bills ..."include scrapping the state's driving privilege card, requiring undocumented students receiving in-state tuition to sign an affidavit swearing they haven't and won't work while in college and one forcing business-license applicants to prove their citizenship." The question is what are the successful bills, and especially how do these bills affect families? Some business owners may not be able to support their families, some would argue that too many citizen families are supporting immigrants. Students attending school in Utah without documentation could help them and their families out of poverty, where most crime stems. How will having or not having a valid driver's license affect families and what are some unconsidered consequences of the action? What do you think?
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I am in favor of improving law enforcements' abilities to "crack down" on drugs/gangs. They are the two ingredients that seem to ruin any large city or metro area (for me anyways).
ReplyDeleteOn the other hand, if I were an immigrant, I would be more fearful that "big brother" was watching my every move. I'm not sure what the Best solution would be.
While there are many drugs and gangs in the hispanic communities, there are also in other communities that are not immigrant communities. I think the drug and gang problems of poverty than immigration per se.
ReplyDeleteThere is certainly an influence in the immigrating communmities. I think education should help, but many are coming from countries where education is just expected until the elementary school ages.
In regards to local law enforcement, they tried that is some places, man of the agencies will not do enforce immigration laws as it is a federal issue.
It is a tough question, what do we do to slow it down, control it, have reasonable times to get visas, and then how do we work with 12 million people that are already here?