Barack Obama on Immigration

Barack Obama on Immigration

Eva Drhlíková, Zuzana Trubačová, Julie Károva, Michal Drozd

Barack Obama on Immigration

Topics

• Obama’s general views on immigration• Dream Act • Illegal immigrants • Controversies

Barack Obama on Immigration

General Views

"We are the first nation to be founded for the sake of an idea—the idea that each of us deserves the chance to shape our own destiny. That’s why centuries of pioneers and immigrants have risked everything to come here… The future is ours to win. But to get there, we cannot stand still."

Barack Obama on Immigration

General Views II

• USA – A nation of immigrants

• Immigrants vote for Obama

• Fixing the immigration system is one of the priorities

Barack Obama on Immigration

General Views III

• More open immigration policy

• Focus on those who pose a threat to national security

Barack Obama on Immigration

General Views IV

"A patchwork of state laws is not a solution to our broken immigration system--it's part of the

problem."

Barack Obama on Immigration

DREAM Act • Acronym for Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors• First introduced in Senate in 2001 • grants a path to citizenship to children of undocumented immigrants

• Re-introduced in 2009

• In 2010 the Senate filbuster of the bill was maintained in a 56-43 vote

• as of November 2012, 11 states have their own versions of the DREAM Act

Barack Obama on Immigration

DREAM Act IIRequirements: • To be between 12 and 35 years when the Law is enacted• Arrived in the US before the age of 16• Resided continously in the US for at least 5 years • Graduated from a US high school • Good moral character

Why oppose the DREAM act? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6bZQoFdb1c

Benefits? Temporary residency Conditional permanent

residency

Barack Obama on Immigration

Perspectives?

• Requiered increasing immigration enforcement

• Every employer to use E-Verify

• Does not solve all problems of immigrants

Barack Obama on Immigration

Obama on illegal immigration

• estimated 11, 5 mil. illegal immigrants in the USA (based on the 2010 census) supports path to legalization for illegal immigrants that includes learning English & paying fines • wants to toughen penalties for hiring illegal immigrants • plans to continue to secure the southern border• focuses on deportations of criminals and those without US roots • wants to stop expelling talented undocumented workers• in June 2012 issued executive order to not deport certain undocumented immigrants

Barack Obama on Immigration

Controversy

• Low-skilled immigrations in the US

• Democrats and republicans: both parties pro-immigrant laws supporters

• Immigration changes the labor supply

• Immigrants and taxes

Barack Obama on Immigration

Sources • http://www.whitehouse.gov/issues/fixing-immigration-system-america-s-21st-cent

ury-economy• http://www.dreamact.info• http://www.census.gov/prod/2012pubs/acs-19.pdf• http://

www.demotix.com/news/1284526/show-support-pres-obamas-immigration-stance#media-1284493

• http://www.economist.com/node/21563947• http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2012/06/25/statement-president-sup

reme-court-s-ruling-arizona-v-united-states

• http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2012/06/15/remarks-president-immigration

• http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/08/fact-check-obamas-reprieve-for-illegal-immigrants/

• http://www.pewhispanic.org/2011/12/28/as-deportations-rise-to-record-levels-most-latinos-oppose-obamas-policy/

Barack Obama on Immigration

Thank you!

Questions?