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An 8 page paper. There are approximately 11 million illegal immigrants in the United States. There are also 3 bills pending before the Senate Judiciary Committee plus the House Bill that was passed in December. This essay reports the comments of two journalists and adds comments by the writer. Problems and concerns regarding illegal immigrants are discussed. Statistical data are included. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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File: MM12_PGilimg.rtf
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the borders or who overstay their visas. The issue of illegal immigration is one riddled with controversy and conflict. There are three bills expected to go before the Senate
Judiciary Committee (Bunis, 2006). There is also the bill passed by the House in December (Bunis, 2006). They all address enforcement and border security and workplace requirements and enforcement (Bunis,
2006). Two include provisions for guest worker visas and the status of illegal immigrants already in the country (Bunis, 2006). Two of the bills increase the severity of being in
the country illegally, moving it from a civil offense to a criminal offense (Bunis, 2006). Two increase the fines of employers for hiring illegal immigrants (Bunis, 2006). To
understand the issue, it is necessary to be at least somewhat familiar with some of the data. Martinez (2006) reports there is a division between those who say there are
so many illegal immigrants because of the scarcity of visas and those who say there is too much legal immigration, which encourages extended family members to enter the country illegally.
The government issues between 5,000 and 10,000 green cards annually but there are 500,000 persons who cross the borders illegally each year (Martinez, 2006). There are members of Congress who
want to reduce the number of green cards while other members want to increase the number (Martinez, 2006). There are also "480,000 visas available for relatives of citizens and residents
with green cards" (Martinez, 2006, p. 5). Even so, the waiting list is very long and could stretch into several years before a specific person was granted one of these
visas (Martinez, 2006). That in itself fosters getting ones family into the country by any means possible (Martinez, 2006). It is a long and complex process to become a legal
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