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Resolved: The US federal government should reduce its restrictions on legal immigration. (?) in Immigration
Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially reduce its restrictions on legal immigration to the United States.
On one hand, USA is a country of immigrants and enriched our culture in many ways. Immigrants are important source of job talent for many industries.
On the other hand, Negative positions center on terrorist attack threats, employment harms, economic/political and implications.
According to the Pew Research Center, 70% of voters listed immigration as “very important” to their decision in the 2016 election. This resolution is now a hot item for the DREAM Act debate, where 2 conflicting views are clashing.
President Trump has proposed significant restrictions on immigration that will both limit the inflow (by estimate 20 million plus over next 50 years) and will limit benefits of immigrants here.
With a budget bill passed, Congress is back to debating the fate of nearly 3 million Dreamers, or unauthorized immigrants who arrived in the country as children. There is widespread public support for Dreamers and a bi-partisan fix is attainable through the DREAM Act, a bill that would offer Dreamers a ...
A recent CMS profile of the DREAM Act-eligible found a long-term, highly productive population, with deep ties to the United States. More than 2.2 million U.S. residents would qualify for conditional residence under this act. Dreamers live in large numbers (5,000 or more) in 41 states. On average, they have ...
A Catholic church in Barrio Logan is mailing valentines to President Donald Trump to ask him to support a “clean DREAM Act.” Marta Flores, a parishioner at Our Lady of Guadalupe, said the idea came to her through prayer. Her faith journey, she said, taught her that showing love to people who have ...
Letter: Assembly's Dream Act encourages illegal immigration .... The Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors, or Dream Act, is a federal legislative proposal that would grant conditional residency and eventual permanent residency to those who were brought to this country illegally by their ...
Overall, the plan would reduce legal immigration to the US by 35%, or more than 350,000 people per year mostly from Latin America, Asia and Africa. ... logical to support immigration restrictions if you believe that the United States is fundamentally an Anglo-European culture with western civilizational roots.
Negative Position:
The Environmental Argument for Reducing Immigration to the United States
The environmental argument for reducing immigration to the United States is relatively straightforward and is based on the following five premises:
Immigration levels are at a historic high and immigration is now the main driver of U.S. population growth.
Population growth contributes significantly to a host of environmental problems within our borders.
A growing population increases America’s large environmental footprint beyond our borders and our disproportionate role in stressing global environmental systems.
In order to seriously address environmental problems at home and become good global environmental citizens, we must stop U.S. population growth.
We are morally obligated to address our environmental problems and become good global environmental citizens.
DACA Deal: GOP should join Trump in demanding real immigration reform in exchange for any amnesty
DACA-eligible workers were more likely to hold lower skilled jobs than US workers overall.
Based on their demographic profile, more than 95 percent of DACA recipients will be eligible for affirmative action covering everything from preferential college admissions and job placement to advantaged treatment for government programs targeted at “underrepresented minorities.”
Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially reduce its restrictions on legal immigration to the United States isa timely resolution to debate on DebateIsland. Lets please limit the debate to legal immigration only, as illegal immigration topic is a debate by itself.
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The US federal government should reduce its restrictions on legal immigration?
Relaxing immigration laws to enter US would have a detrimental impact on social and economic aspects of our society. Currently, the legal immigration policy with the “help” of Obama administration is already too liberal. There is a benefit of getting a thoroughly vetted, educated immigration pipeline, as that’s what made America what it is. What’s not beneficial is getting immigrants that don’t intend (or unable to work), not willing to learn English, and will just become a burden on our tax payers.
Immigration is an important source of qualified workforce and we need to embrace it instead of having protectionist policies. Many of us are n-generation immigrants and wouldn’t even be here if it would be up to the policies of current administration. People like founders of Google and Reddit are all immigrants.
I would not say that the US immigration laws are that strict overall (aside from the anti-immigration crusade of the last couple of years), compared to most other countries. What I think should be changed, however, is who gets accepted. The US should create a program similar to that existing in Australia or Canada: a skilled migration program that accepts people based on their merit, and not necessarily on the present relations with the US.
As of now, you only can really get a long-term visa if you are connected in a strong way either to a private company in the US, or to a private citizen in the US, or to the public services in the US. But if you are, say, a highly qualified programmer who wants to move to the US, but cannot easily find employment while living overseas - then you are out of luck. A lot of specialists are forced to choose Canada, Australia or New Zealand instead, because of how much simpler it is for them to move there, and the US does not obtain specialists it could have.
On the other hand, some programs need to go away. DV lottery, for example, is, well, a lottery, and people who win it are not necessarily going to benefit the US.
So, to summarize, I think the focus of the US immigration system should shift - the system should be neither relaxed nor restricted, but it should be changed.
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People like founders of Google and Reddit are all immigrants.
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As of now, you only can really get a long-term visa if you are connected in a strong way either to a private company in the US, or to a private citizen in the US, or to the public services in the US. But if you are, say, a highly qualified programmer who wants to move to the US, but cannot easily find employment while living overseas - then you are out of luck. A lot of specialists are forced to choose Canada, Australia or New Zealand instead, because of how much simpler it is for them to move there, and the US does not obtain specialists it could have.
On the other hand, some programs need to go away. DV lottery, for example, is, well, a lottery, and people who win it are not necessarily going to benefit the US.
So, to summarize, I think the focus of the US immigration system should shift - the system should be neither relaxed nor restricted, but it should be changed.
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