A Higher Standard Of Immigration

A Higher Standard of Immigration

The United States of America is a land where its citizens are offered freedom of choice. This great nation of opportunity has grown and flourished with the aid of all those people that emigrated from other countries to further their own dream and be a part of the American dream. However, the issues that Americans are faced with today are quite different, especially, the ideal that the United States has currently regarding the immigration policy. Amnesty allows illegal aliens who are in this country illegally to apply for lawful permanent status. America needs to make it more difficult for immigrants to become citizens. By raising the standards for immigrants that are trying to enter the country it will pose a warning to illegal aliens because the government will be reinforcing the zero tolerance policy for the immigrants here illegally. If America can strictly enforce border patrol, restrict the amnesty policy and permit Americans the opportunity to obtain jobs prior to offering immigrants that are here legally the same chance then immigration may be successfully reformed.

The amnesty bill is a much debated topic mainly because most Americans feel that the bill President Bush is trying to pass is an inadequate solution to the problem that's been created by America's current immigration policies in regards to amnesty (Wipf). President Bush is in the process of trying to pass a temporary law allowing illegal aliens to work in this country. Under the idea of a guest-worker program, President Bush is proposing that jobs must first be available to an American before it can be offered to a person under the guest-worker program. This plan will allow about 400,000 new "guest-workers" into the country each year ().

The stipulations that would be enforced should this bill pass may be problematic because many Americans think that they should be given the opportunity to be given a job before an immigrant because most American citizens think that they are entitled to have the advantage in the nation they were born in and although President Bush promises that Americans will be offered the first opportunity to take a job before the guest-worker, the American people doubt the President's proposal will be possible to follow through on because the system would make it difficult for the average American to check how the bill is being enforced.

Although there is much doubt from many as to how or even if the amnesty bill will help the immigration problems, the bill may be effective if the restrictions can be enforced so that the penalties are more intensive for those who are already here illegally. Furthermore, the amnesty bill could prevent illegal immigration by allowing those who want to immigrate to the United States legal reassurance that immigrants can be in America legally if they follow the amnesty laws just as strictly as our government needs to enforce