In the first paragraph the auther gives some statistics such as that there are an estimated eight million or more people that live in the United States without legal documents, and that number is growing by an estimated 250,000 a year. This was also in 2002, think how high those numbers could be now, and unless some of the United States Illegal Immigration policies have worked, that number as probably increased to close to twenty million plus would be my guess. Some key claims of the author is that the demand for low-skill laborers have increased and because there is no legal way for immigrants to come into the United States to fill that gap, the number of illegal immigrants has gone up. So if there was a way to prevent illegal immigration but at the same time allow more immigrants in that meet certain standards, we should do it.
“Legalizing Mexican migration would, in one stroke, bring a huge underground market into the open. It would allow American producers in important sectors of our economy to hire the workers they need to grow. It would raise wages and working conditions for millions of low-skilled workers and spur investment in human capital. It would free resources and personnel for the war on terrorism.” This comment from the article to me is a big skeptical idea. Legalizing Mexican migration would do these things, but it also would throw off the population of the United States, make it harder for Americans to get job, It would create more cultural diversity but at the same time, what makes some one think that if you bring a huge underground market into the open, that those criminals will stop what they are doing. If anything they will find other, worse ways to do it. We have ways to stop the underground market at this time, maybe not proficiently, but if we could do it proficiently we wouldn’t have that problem.
There will always be pro’s and con’s to the different ideas on Illegal Immigration, if there weren’t any con’s to an idea then we would probably be using that policy at the moment. I just enjoy bouncing off different ideas and gaining more perspectives on this issue. I stay strong to my beliefs and opinions, and I believe everyone else is entitled to theirs, but taking in these different ideas will only help me persuade others to agree on my ideas.
I’ll go from here and start working on my annotated bibliography sense I have all my five research logs finished. I’ve never done an annotated bibliography before so this should be pretty interesting. But I believe I have enough research and information on my issue and that I am ready for this project.
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