Talk:Immigration reform in the United States

message: "Proponents of greater immigration enforcement argue that illegal immigrants cost taxpayers an estimated $338.3 billions dollars and jeopardize the safety of our law enforcement officials and citizens, especially along the Mexican border."
This is not true. Is there a legitimate source for this? The reference given is a link to a blog post about a chain mail letter.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.168.26.121 (talk) 06:32, 20 January 2011 (UTC)
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message: I would say this contention is highly debatable.Zuzim 21:58, 11 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  "usually seeking work." 

message: Congressman Chaffetz there have been several of us here at a local business in Sandy Utah that are concerned with the recent events that are taking place in Arizona regarding immigration. While we fully support the laws of the land and believe that everyone should follow them if they want to live in this great country, we also feel that going about immigration in the way that Arizona Governor Jan Brewer is proposing does not protect the great values of this nation, and respect the rights of individuals and families as members of the human race.
Even though the system is very difficult and hard to get through, everyone should be abiding by it and following the rules that have been set in place.  It seems like one problem is that we do not make it appear that the only way you can be successful in this country is to be here legally.,and that you can still be just fine by being here illegally.
We would like to propose some ideas for you to consider and possibly use in a proposal to the United States Government.
From our point of view it seems that one of our biggest problems is that it is too inviting to work in this country without having proper documentation. It does not seem to be enforced with all registered and licensed business that they should only hire legal citizens/immigrants. We think that this would be the best way to enforce the immigration laws and make it clear that we do want them in this country and we appreciate their contribution, but we do not want them here illegally. We would propose that several random times per year each registered/licensed business would be required to provide legal documentation for all of their employees. If the business was found to employ an illegal immigrant the company, as well as the individual, would receive a fine, and the individual would also be exported from this country back to their own country. We would expect immigration to handle cases like this humanely and give the person respect as well as provide the necessary information to this individual that would show them how to become legal in the USA.  If the individual was illegal but his children that were born in this country we would provide the option for the children to stay in this country or leave with the individual. In all cases where a family is involved the entire family would leave or by their choice be split up.
In order get this program running it would need to be a standard for the entire country.  Because of the integration that we have in our economic structure with illegal immigrants we do not think it would be wise to attempt to export as many illegal immigrants as you could find. A better solution we feel would be to invite, during a short period of time, those who are in this country illegally to come forward and be honest with the immigration department. When they come forward they give a full account of when they got here and what they have done and why they want to be in the country. Immigration could then offer them a green card/work visa with the agreement that they will pay a determined amount to immigration to keep their legal status. Immigration could offer people a payment plan for 1 year to pay the balance in full. The amounts and the rules could fit into the current immigration laws or be reformed. If they fail to either pay the balance in full after 3 months, or agree to a payment plan then they will be deported and will need to start the legal process over again. We propose that we provide this ‘amnesty’ during a 2 week time-period at the most where individuals would need to have submitted their statement during this time frame.  Anyone after this time frame would be denied and would need to go through the full immigration process. In order to not get a rush of people thinking that this would be an express ticket into the country we would require that when they submit their statement they also need to have some proof that they have been here in the country for 2 to 3 months. We feel that doing this would allow us to keep people that are probably integrated into our economy and making great contributions, and at the same time help to eventually weed out individuals who are not contributing.  Also, requiring them to make the same or similar financial obligations that others have made who have already gone through the immigration process seems to be a way to make sure they feel the same thing that others felt. If an individual has not paid the agreed balance in full after 1 year, if they were on a payment plan, they would be deported.
After the initial 2 week period the enforcement would start with businesses. I think the thing that would make this successful would be consistency. It would not remove the issues immediately, but if it is kept up and the United States as a whole is consistent we believe it would improve and we would be helping people that want to be part of this country and also protect the ideals of the USA. If business’s do that have the proper documentation they would be fined  10% of their yearly income.  The business could be fined each visit if they don’t have proper documentation.  At each visit the business would need to provide a list of employees from the past 6 months and have the documentation needed to show they are legally in the USA.
We feel that working through businesses would be the best way to correct the issues because you are not picking and choosing anyone. All businesses are under that umbrella.
Another thing to consider would be to create temporary work visa’s like they do in Canada to enable people to come in and work for determined amounts of time. 
We realize that there are many other things that are affected and unlimited scenarios, but we think there are some good ideas and could be a springboard to develop a better way to handle these types of issues.
Some ideas that might help facilitate this:
	
* Create a website where people can submit their full account online during the 2 week period. Immigration officials would then contact them to set up an appointment.
* Offer some support to help improve economic conditions in other countries. Better economic conditions in our neighboring countries seems like it would benefit all of us.
* Look Into Guest Visa’s that would allow someone to work here in the country and a short amount of time. (coming to pick fruit for a month during harvest time)
Tjfinlinson (talk) 21:01, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Public Immigration Reform Ideas from Utah 

message: If at all possible, FOX News should be avoided as a source.  The claims that are cited to Fox are probably reported elsewhere, as well. siafu (talk) 03:57, 16 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Arizona SB 1070 

message: Immigration reform is a touchy subject in American politics however there are many reasons why instituting comprehensive, fair and balanced reform is necessary.  First immigration reform will help to stabilize the economy by creating jobs and increasing tax revenues.  Second it will decrease crime, including identity theft, and inhibit the ability of international criminal organizations which in turn will reduce the amount of tax dollars spent to imprison criminals from other countries.  Third it will provide a fair chance at the American dream for the children of undocumented immigrants by providing a path to citizenship.  Fourth it will increase national security by securing our borders and giving border patrol agents the resources they need.  Finally immigration reform will assist immigrants to assimilate into society instead of being segregated from it.  In order to ensure the passage of immigration  reform legislation Americans must educate themselves on the facts about immigration and reach across party lines to come to a fair and balanced agreement. 
-Shawn Nibbe  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.173.237.240 (talk) 00:41, 6 December 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reasons Immigration Reform Should Be Pursued 

message: According to Wikipedia five pillars, articles should be written in a neutral point of view. In the first paragraph, the second sentence is violating Wikipedia's guidelines by giving their racist opinion.Also, the information is irrelevant on immigration reform. Therefore, I would like to delete this sentence.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Xenijur (talk • contribs) 22:09, 20 February 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Immigration reform in the United States  

message: I would like to add more information in this section because it's to brief. However, some of the information I would like to mentioned is in the first paragraph. I will like to rearrange the paragraphs to keep the dates in order.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Xenijur (talk • contribs) 22:06, 4 March 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act of 2013 

message: With a brief search I 'found' 
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/can-immigration-reform-pass-in-2014/
and in particular
The bill, for all its bipartisan bonhomie, was dead on arrival in the House of Representatives, where many in the Republican majority oppose either the idea of passing a massive, comprehensive piece of legislation in the style of Obamacare or rewarding immigrants who had crossed the border illegally or overstayed visas with anything that might be perceived by their base as amnesty.
i.e. I have now have some idea about the push back from the House of Representatives  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.174.171.32 (talk) 02:22, 10 November 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Something to add 

message: I would like to add a section on the separation of families and how immigration reform will help the issue.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Xenijur (talk • contribs) 20:40, 15 April 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Separating Families  

message: I would like to add a section on how the ICE deportation functions for example, who gets deported and why?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Xenijur (talk • contribs) 20:46, 15 April 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removal Proceedings  

message: I would like to add a section about immigrants and their education. The way their education helps the economy financially.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Xenijur (talk • contribs) 21:13, 15 April 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Education  

message: I corrected the transcript of this speech in one word:  "wages" now correctly reads "workers" in "Employers who pay their workers good wages ...".  This speech snipped cites Drew Keeling's Business of Migration blog where the same typographical error appears; Keeling in turn cites the Washington Post article (http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/transcript-obamas-immigration-speech/2014/11/20/14ba8042-7117-11e4-893f-86bd390a3340_story.html) containing the speech. The Post also transcribed this one word incorrectly.  However the Post article imbeds a video of the speech itself, in which it is very clear the word the President speaks is workers. Bookerj (talk) 21:50, 23 August 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  One Word correction to transcript of Obamas Nov 20, 2014 speech  

message: I hereby propose to remove the "template message" that the " 'see also' section may contain an excessive number of suggestions." The message was added in October 2016 without comment on this talk page. I believe I have addressed the issue now by reducing the number of links from 13 to 9, and putting them in what seems to me a more logical order. The links deleted and reasons for deleting are:
English-only movement" (concerns education policy, not immigration policy), "Immigration and crime" (concerns immigrants and crime issues, more than immigration policy), "National Alliance of Latin American and Caribbean Communities" (that Wikipedia page is very short and essentially provides little useful information other than the name of the organization and that it -among other activities- is also occupied with immigration reform matters), "March for America, March 21, 2010, protest in Washington, DC" (while relevant to immigration reform, this protest demonstration is mentioned nowhere in this Wikipedia article and there appears to be no particular reason for highlighting just that one demonstration out of many similar ones in recent years). Unless there are comments or concerns to the contrary within the next few days, I will go ahead then and remove the existing template message.
Drewkeeling (talk) 16:38, 1 July 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Plan to remove template message re See Also 

message: A. Is each fact referenced with an appropriate, reliable reference?
Each fact is referenced with an article: However, Source #24 is a Fox News article. This source is most likely right-leaning, reducing the impartiality of this article.
B. Is everything in the article relevant to the article topic? Is there anything that distracted you?
Some of the organization in the article could use some work. For example, the subsection titled "High Cost" is vague and the content appears out of place. I would suggest re-titling the subsection to "Increasing costs of Immigration Reform", and putting it under "Effects on the US economy".
C. Is the article neutral? Are there any claims, or frames, that appear heavily biased toward a
particular position?
Overall, the article appears neutral, with sources on on both pro-immigration and immigration restrictionist sources.
D. Where does the information come from? Are these neutral sources? If biased, is that bias
noted?
As was mentioned before, the Fox News source seems particular favorable towards anti-immigration policies. This 'fact' could be motivated by opinion, I would appreciate the source to be a link of a study that looked at the costs rather than a news outlet. This potential bias is not noted.
On the other hand, source 23 is from the Center for Immigration Studies, a source which states it is pro-immigrant at the header of its site. This bias is not noted, and is used to back up the title 'Broken Families'. This section seems heavily pro-immigrant, with a title that is aiming to engender empathy rather than state facts.
E. Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented?
Overall, this article seems to maintain viewpoints on both sides. Impartiality is difficult to achieve in such a politicized matter, yet the article seems to offer arguments that both defend and attack immigration, sometimes lacking an in-between.
F. Check a few citations. Do the links work? Is there any close paraphrasing or plagiarism in the
article?
All the citations appear to be functional. No plagiarism or close paraphrasing is apparent.
G. Is any information out of date? Is anything missing that could be added?
The article is certainly lacking in recent developments in the immigration debate. Namely, Trump is only mentioned in one subsection of the article. The article requires an update as to recent developments.
 99.10.123.78 (talk) 19:25, 7 November 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Peer Review 

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