Immigration Nation Review

• Tamar Jacoby's article "Immigration Nation", was a great view on the immigration issue in the United States at this time. The on going question about what we should do with the illegal immigrants and how do we keep them out of our country. Are they as bad as people make them seem? Jacoby answers these questions in his article along with many others.
• In the article there are five key issues. First, the number or Illegal immigrants compared to the number of legal immigrants in the United States. Second, any new slots should be temporary: workers would be admitted, perhaps without family, for a period of two or three or six years and then go home. Third, High skilled and Low skilled workers are both needed. Fourth, whether or not to build a fence to keep out illegal immigrants out of the United States. Fifth and final, whether or not illegal immigrants here already should be allowed to stay and live here or not and become citizens.
• In the article there are many facts and statistics to help answer the key issues. Some facts being: Foreign men are less likely to be unemployed then a native born. 2/3 of illegal immigrants have income tax withheld from their paychecks, and the Social Security Administration collects some $7 billion a year that goes unclaimed, most of it thought to come from unauthorized workers. North Carolina is the fastest-growing foreign-born population in the country. Between 2002 and 2012 Bureau of Labor Statistics, the U.S. economy is expected to create some 56 million new jobs, half of which will require no more than a high school education.
• In the article he says, "The political stars will realign, perhaps sooner than anyone expects, and when they do, Congress will return to the tasks it has been wrestling with: how to translate the emerging consensus into legislation to repair the nation's broken immigration system." And another time saying, "The only practical solution is to give these unauthorized workers and their families a way to earn their way onto the right side of the law."
• This article is well written and supported by numerous facts. The facts and opinions are on the money for this topic and i highly suggest you take a few minutes of your time and read this article.