السبت، 24 أغسطس 2013

Immigration to America ... Legislative battle frustrate the dream of many

Immigration to America ... Legislative battle frustrate the dream of many

Network news: the draft reform of the Immigration Act, which called him by U.S. President Barack Obama, is still the focus of a lot of political and media circles and popular in the United States, being the law of important serve, according to some observers, more than 11 million immigrants residing illegally in the United States of America, This is in addition to the dimensions of the political and economic task, has passed the U.S. Senate, after the Battle of legislative lasted several months, the first reform of the immigration law in a quarter of a century, which would have to see the new law the light, that allows for millions of illegal immigrants, mostly Mexicans, legalizing their status. The vote of 68 to 32 Council acknowledged this historic text, which still needs to bring it into line with the version that the work of the House of Representatives for approval, to approve the law issued by President Barack Obama, who is considered one of the most prominent backers.
And provides the text of the reform, located in more than a thousand pages, legislation the conditions of about 11.5 million illegal immigrants and also gives them the right that they get U.S. citizenship after 13 years at least. And legal reform also provides for measures to strengthen control of the southern border of the country's 3,200-km long the United States shares with Mexico.
On the other hand poll showed that a majority of Americans favor giving way to millions of illegal immigrants to obtain citizenship. In a survey conducted by the Public Religion Research Institute said 63 percent of Americans say they favor giving undocumented foreigners a way to gain U.S. citizenship if they meet certain conditions. Wade 70 percent of Democrats, such a move while 53 percent support from Republicans.
The survey found that fewer Americans believe that the best way to solve the problems of immigration in the country is to secure the border and arrest any person living in the United States illegally and deported. He said 29 percent of those surveyed this year, they believe that this is the best solution, down from 36 percent in 2011. The survey was based on 4465 telephone interviews with adults.
Is essential
Meanwhile, President of the Council of Economic Advisers in the White House, Alan Krueger, President Obama passed a law student intelligent, effective and equitable regulation of migration because it is crucial and essential to achieving the president's goal of promoting innovation and economic development of the business sector.
The Kruger, in prepared remarks he made before the American Chamber of Commerce in Latin Washington that there is no other country is capable of achieving success in integrating immigrants and take advantage of their potential and their talents more than the United States, stressing that such migration should renew energy workforce and the business sector .
In this context, Kruger told officials Latin businesses that "immigration reform based on the knowledge and understanding that will harness the creativity and energy of migrants who are interested in the formation of new businesses in America and strengthen our economy through this process." He added, "This includes immigrants who come to our country as members of the family of American citizens, or permanent residents, or as refugees fleeing persecution, or as students studying in colleges and universities."
Kruger revealed that it is also true that immigrants begin to establish businesses at a faster pace than people born in the country, noting that 40 percent of the five hundred largest companies ranked on the list of Fortune magazine in the United States was founded by immigrants and children of immigrants. And saw the economic world from Princeton University to "Migrant add to the labor force and increase the productive capacity of the economy."
According to Kruger to enact legislation to reform immigration law that would lead to the removal of many of the problems of concern to the federal government, and state governments, and communities across the country; explaining that reform is based on a combination of initiatives that promote border security and other believes illegal immigrants a way to gain citizenship.
Kruger stressed that the rationale for reform immigration law will create a consecutive serial impact on the U.S. economy, and that means further expansion and development of businesses, and will generate more jobs, and more customers for businesses. He, on the other hand, that migrant workers also reinforce the productivity and incomes of American workers others. The retaining talented migrants after completing their higher education in the United States helps in organizing the cascade effect on the economy. According to Reuters.
Vastnada information to colleges and universities in the country, immigrants constitute 14 percent of all university graduates who are now working in the United States, but they are in charge of more than half of the total jobs held by all holders of doctoral degrees in mathematics and computer science and engineering. Kruger concluded his speech by saying that "we can bring more like these immigrants, and others if we allow them to bring their families with them." He pointed out that the reform of immigration law that would allow immigrant families reunion, which will enable them to join the rest of their families within a reasonable period and in a humane manner. "
Bus tour
Besides, after a year on the tour for eye-catching, began Sisters كاثوليكيات the American women a new round in the United States by bus claims to reform immigration laws. And nuns in the "Network" chose to start from Jersey City in New Jersey (East), located just off Manhattan and behind the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island Island, which was reached more than eight million immigrants in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Said Sister Simone Campbell, the last year with several nuns on the bus tour across the United States to denounce the deduction in the budget which affects the poor "in our immigration system is not working as it should and we can make a difference." "The Committee approved the Senate bill however, and we want to make sure that it will adopt the final."
And Sttnob 25 nun in civilian clothes within the small group during this trip, which is scheduled to cross 15 states from east to west through the first east coast down to Florida before moving to Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and down to California to conclude the tour in San Francisco.
It is expected to cut nuns distance of 10,400 kilometers and participate in the 53 meeting in forty city in the bus, which bears the name "Nanz On a bus" (Nuns on the bus) and decorated with pictures of Iyad lifted and new slogan "Raise your hands and lift up your voice" for "comprehensive reform of immigration" . She said Sister Simone in front of dozens of people who came to attend the tour starting nuns "We are a country of immigrants and this is the story that we want to Noraha. We are a country bigger and stronger because of the legacy of immigrants."
Talks and arrests
In the same context, the United States resumed and Cuba immigration talks in Washington after a hiatus of more than two years and U.S. officials said they urged once again for the release of U.S. contractor Alan Gross, imprisoned on the island of Cuba. The previous round of migration talks between the two countries was held in January 2011, when officials met in the Cuban capital, Havana.
The U.S. State Department said the U.S. delegation at the talks renewed call for the release of Gross, who is serving 15 years in prison in Cuba to create Internet networks for Jewish Cubans under a U.S. program considers Cuba's sabotage. He was arrested Gross in late 2009 and sentenced in March 2011 had stopped the improvement lasted for a brief period in US-Cuban relations after U.S. President Barack Obama took office in January 2009.
The two sides also discussed the implementation of agreements on migration between Cuba and the United States, which aims to promote a safe and legal migration and organization between the two countries. Over the past half-century thousands of Cubans died while trying to cross the Florida Straits in rickety boats and makeshift boats. The United States accepts about 200 thousand Cubans annually via legal immigration and accept those who also have access to the beaches of America. But under the "wet foot policy .. dry foot" they re Cubans who are being lifted out of the sea. According to Reuters.
The Cuban delegation said in a statement that the meeting was held in a "climate of respect," but he pointed out that the safe and orderly immigration can not be achieved so long as the policy of "wet foot, dry foot" effect. The meeting comes as the United States and explores Cuba a possible resumption of direct mail services that U.S. diplomats have insisted it does not mean a change in U.S. policy toward Cuba.
On the other hand announced Director of the U.S. Agency for Immigration and Customs Enforcement John Morton said the United States set a record cleared 410 thousand immigrants without identification papers, pointing out that 55% of them are owners of precedents. And got dimensional operations, which amounted to 409 thousand and 849 during the financial year 2012, ie between October (October) 2011 and September 2012. In 2011, according to the U.S. Agency for immigration and customs it deported at the border 397 thousand Sri immigrants. John Morton said that more than half of the people deported in fiscal year 2012 (225 thousand and 390) are the owners of the criminal case, which is over twice the 2008 financial year.
Besides Mexican authorities said they had arrested 108 immigrants are undocumented. And the Mexican Institute for Migration said that 95 people from Central America, mostly from El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras were arrested in the states of Oaxaca and Tabasco during campaigns carried out by the federal police. The institute said that seven of my home Central American children.
And sneaking a growing number of citizens of Central America through the southern border that the police do not exist to a large extent on their way to the United States motivated by widespread poverty and increasing acts of violence carried out by drug gangs in their home countries. The risk also citizens of other countries to cross the dangerous route through southern Mexico. And also arrested eight people from India and five from Bangladesh in police raids in southern Mexico.
In the same context, the Mexican authorities detained 94 illegal immigrants in a truck was heading to the border with the United States. Officials said that among the ten detainees from Nepal and nine from Bangladesh and the rest were from Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras. Says the U.S. Department of Homeland Security that the number of Asians who have been arrested on charges of entering the United States illegally has increased sharply in recent years.
Truck and set off illegal immigrants from Guatemala, police said they discovered their presence within it using X-rays at a checkpoint. According to the National Directorate of Immigration in Mexico that the number of intruders were treated for injuries in the hand and leg although some of them suffered breathing difficulties because تكدسهم inside the truck.
IT news network - Monday 29 / July / 2013 - 20 / Ramadan / 1434

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