The Executive Order : President Obama 's Immigration Reform

Illegal immigration has plagued the United States since immigration laws were created, and has worsened in recent history. Since Ronald Reagan’s Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 provided amnesty for 3 million illegal aliens in exchange for increased border security, millions of people have entered the country illegally. Over the past 30 years, the illegal immigrant population of the country has more than doubled from 5 million in 1986 to over 11.5 million in 2015. It has become one of the most controversial political issues in America. While not every undocumented alien is a bad or dangerous person, illegal immigrants in general are a national security threat, harmful to the economy, and a burden on the social welfare system. The best solution to the illegal alien problem is to secure and enforce the border, purge American territory of every person unlawfully trespassing upon it, and reform the immigration system to make it easier for foreigners to enter the United States legally like people have done for centuries.

The immigration reform, an important issue for the U.S. government has accelerated significantly in the past few years. It has been debated between the democratic and republican senators to reform a framework for the immigration. President Obama gave a speech to push for an immigration reform in favor of undocumented 11 million immigrants in the USA, as well as a road map for their legal citizenship. It has also been suggested that a sub citizenship could be an option instead of providing full citizenship for the 11 million undocumented immigrants.

The U.S. has always being considered the land of opportunities. Back in my home country opportunities were very scarce, which led to my family immigrating to the U.S. for a better future. Having had firsthand experience in the immigration transition system, it has been captivating to hear in the news about the Executive Order Obama issued on November 20, 2014. Seeing families getting separated, violence raising in the Mexican border, and the increasing Latin population in the U.S. signaled the need for this Executive Order in immigrant communities. Even though the Constitution states that Congress has the duty of writing our Nation’s laws, President Obama declared an Executive Order on Immigration. It is believed to be a political boom for

He also said that he was going to use his power of executive orders to reform immigration. If Congress does not make the laws then there are no laws to execute. This executive order may help more than five million “undocumented” immigrates residing in the United States along with countless, “Dreamers” (immigrates brought to the U.S. as children). Mr. Obama believes that the system cannot get much worse and see his executive order as a way to reform. The President reminded the other two branches of the government that Congress is to pass laws while the judiciary has to translate those laws using the Constitution of the United States. Mr. Obama does not intent to change laws concerning immigration but he does plan to use those laws to support undocumented persons and children. The President said, “We didn’t raise the Statue of Liberty with her back to the world; we did it with her light shining as a beacon to the world.” He put Congress and the Courts on notice that he would use his power for reform. The United States supported an immigration bill that mapped out a way for millions of illegal’s a way to become citizens. Most of the

Illegal immigration is quite the scorching topic in our society at the moment. Our President-Elect, Donald J. Trump, is an advocate against illegal immigrants and wants to deport them. Our current president, Barack “Barry” Obama, is an advocate for illegal immigrants and wants to give them amnesty. I, along with his many other supporters, am with our next president. Illegal immigration is one of the few titanic zits on our country’s shining face and they do not benefit America nearly to the extent that they harm the country.

On November 20, 2014 President Barrack Obama announced that he wanted to grant deportation relief to half of the illegal immigrants within the United States. This has been a hold due to a lawsuit that was filed trying to prevent it. This executive action by Obama was the first of its kind since 1986 when just fewer than 3 million illegal immigrants were allowed to obtain a green card. Illegal immigrants make up approximately three and a half percent of the United States population. This is down from 2007 where it was at four percent. Hispanics make up around half of the illegal immigrants that are in the United States, in 2012 there were almost six million Hispanics living within the United States illegally. This was down from almost six and a half million three years prior.

Immigration Reform Has Been a hot topic lately, President Barack Obama has recently used his power of executive order to give protection to some 5 million undocumented immigrants living in the United States. The program protects about 5 million immigrants from deportation, and allows them to stay and work here legally. There has been a lot of opposition; republicans believe that the president’s action is unconstitutional, and that the president is usurping power from Congress. What the President is trying to do is push congress into taking action, to pass a bill on immigration reform. In whitehouse.gov, they have a section that outlines the president’s plan for immigration reform. They have for points that they want to attain. Immigration reform usually accomplishes most or some of these objectives. One is to reinforce and strengthen border security. Second is to provide a legal way for undocumented immigrants to earn citizenship. Another objective is to crack down on the hiring of undocumented immigrants. Last objective is to make legal immigration simple and efficient. Within these objectives is amnesty. Amnesty is a hotly debated topic in immigration reform. Those who oppose amnesty argue that amnesty rewards lawbreakers, encourages more illegal immigration, and doesn’t help the economy; they think that it does the opposite of that. Those who argue for amnesty argue that it would be beneficial to the economy because of the increase tax revenues they will receive from the

The newly indicted President of the United States, Donald Trump had made an executive order to create an immigrant ban to prevent immigrants from entering and returning to the United States. Shortly after signed the order there was chaos due to Trumps lack of communication; Trump had signed the order as the official's were still discussing it. To continue, when the order was set Custom border control had received orders, however, they were quite unsure of what to do, more questions continue to raise about why trump had singed this order and why he was so quick to fulfill it. Officials of the Whitehouse had defended Trump's decision for the order and his reasoning for it.

Due to the lack of Congress passing new immigration reform policies, President Obama took the controversial step and signed an executive order to alter the current immigration policy to provide a pathway for undocumented immigrants to obtain legal status and to increase boarder security along with other features. President Obama did not want to pass the executive order, he would have preferred that Congress had acted on their own. When President Obama addressed Congress he stated "To those members of Congress who question my authority to make our immigration system work better," he said, "or question the wisdom of me acting where Congress has failed, I have one answer: Pass a bill." (Facts on File, 2015, Para 11) Congress failed to act, President

The Internet, as we all know, has rapidly spread around since its commercialization in the 1990s. It is evident that cybersecurity attacks are not going anywhere, and that government will continue to remain a target. In addition, the Internet of Things (IoT) growth will lead to more devices being connected to the networks. Therefore, with technology moving forward and hackers being more motivated as ever, the government finds itself struggling to keep up with effective cybersecurity measures and with filling up the designated positions in the Cybersecurity department.

President Obama’s executive action was met with mixed reactions across the nation when it was proposed. There were many who felt that granting deferred action to illegal immigrants would only put a greater strain on the economy, the healthcare system, and the job market while others felt it would allow those living in the shadows an opportunity to come forward, and stop living in fear of deportation.

According to Asumah, the lack of implementation of new immigration policies and the deferment of President Obama’s immigration reform “has given incentives to especially anti-immigrant border states within the Union to generate their own policies which are generally xenophobic in nature” (29). Therefore, a compromise must be implemented through laws and policies that will guarantee the enforcement of immigration laws in the U.S.-Mexico border through the increase of border-patrol groups and agreements with the Mexican government. With an increased control of the border, the number of new unauthorized immigrants entering the country will be reduced dramatically. Moreover, an effort of governors, senators and the president himself is needed in

President Obama most likely believes that the United States is closer to being a mosaic than a melting pot. He begins by saying that America was built by immigrants, “We don’t simply welcome new immigrants, we don’t simply welcome new arrivals -- we are born of immigrants” (President Obama, December 15, 2015, Washington, D.C.). When he claims that America was built with immigrants he goes on to explain how each immigrant is unique and each one comes from a different background. These differences that he talks about are what make up America and create the diversity that America is known for. Then he goes on to talk about how immigrant bring new life to America,“Immigrants and refugees revitalize and renew America” (President Obama, December

The Supreme Court will present President Obama with a final opportunity at implementing his arrangement to shield more than 4 million undocumented immigrants from deportation. The justices agreed Tuesday to hear the administration's conflict that Obama has the power to change immigration policy without going through Congress. The court's agreement to hear the appeal to a challenge brought by Texas and 25 other states led by Republican governors will add fuel to the heated debate over illegal immigration in the 2016 presidential campaign. A decision reversing the appeals court would give the Department of Homeland Security more than six months to begin implementing the policy before Obama's term ends in January 2017. At that point, it would

On July 23, 2016 The Supreme Court deadlocked with a tie 4-4 on a case against President Obama’s immigration plan, which appears to be Obama’s biggest legal defeat of his administration. If this program were to be approved then it would have protected about 4 to 5 million undocumented immigrants from deportation and given them legal access to jobs. Now with the ruling, President Obama is unable to accomplish his immigration reform goals until after the November election. Since the ruling was issued in one plain sentence “The judgment is affirmed by an equally divided court”, without any argument, Obama’s immigration programs will return to the lower courts. The reason for this conflict has been assumed to be ideological with republicans such