CIR 2010 - Comprehensive Immigration Reform Reality Check
This video gives a good breakdown on the financial impact of illegal immigrants in the U.S. and why there is need for reform.
Many claim that illegal immigration hurts America, but let’s look at how it helps for a second. It is argued that if we pass the DREAM Act, there are many benefits. Immigrants count for 1 in 20 persons in America and contributes to a purchasing power of “736 billions” for Latinos in America. What would happen to the economy if they disappeared? Since the U.S. spends “$78 Billion dollars” a year on enforcement costs, just imagine if this money was put back into the system because reform had taken place already. It has also been said that if the U.S. was to legalize the illegals, “$44 billion” dollars of “new revenue” would be generated through “income, payroll taxes, and various fees” along with the raise in our overall GDP. With America knee deep in debt and financial crisis, maybe passing reform would be more helpful than hurtful.
Needless to say, the DREAM Act failed in Congress when the Senate “fell five votes short of the 60” votes required in December 2010 (FoxNews.com). It is argued that this failure stiffens future professionals in America and that the children of illegal immigrants should not have to pay the price of their illegal parents bringing them here when they were children. They are as American as you and I. Others argue that the DREAM Act is just another form of “backdoor amnesty” that will continue to feed the problem of illegal immigration (FoxNews.com).
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