Cristina Jimenez
The Future of Immigration Policy
Last week, a New York Times editorial, offered a hopeful view of the future of immigration policy. Similar to what the editorial states, DMI’s “Principles for an Immigration Policy to Strengthen and Expand the American Middle Class” argues that immigration policy must strengthen the rights of undocumented workers. Why? Because when the rights of undocumented workers are undermined, working conditions and wages are dragged down for all workers.
Working conditions and wages would improve only when both, native and foreign-born workers are able to demand fair wages and exercise their rights.
The next administration must keep in mind that sound immigration policy would benefit, strengthen, and expand America’s middle class. To do this effectively, immigration policy should: 1) strengthen—not undermine-- the contributions that immigrants, documented and undocumented make to our economy, and 2) strengthen the rights of all immigrants in the workplace.
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Posted at 3:31 PM, Dec 30, 2008 in Immigration
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My guess is the blog refers to the aptly labeled "Amnesty" legislation defeated a short time ago. Is anyone aware that wording hidden in the bill precluded CIS intake workers from attempting to verify documentation of potential candidates for entry to our country? I'm sure all you readers are aware of the current system of fraud that allows a bloated worker pool to dominate available blue-collar jobs. Do we need to rush into creating another multi-million dollar industry of fraud? Combined with falsifying claimed exemptions on W-4 forms and total disregard for end of the year tax filings, the claim of alleged rights of illegal workers is folly at best; at worst, the legal citizens in the lowest earning capacity of this country face horrific losses in income and personal dignity. Why can't we focus on reform of current immigration quotas to meet our needs, instead of rushing in to an unsustainable influx of workers that only plays into the hands of the greedful corporate structure that you so ably complain of?
Posted by: Willie the Taper | February 2, 2009 02:43 AM