Sunday, February 3, 2013

The recovery in the United States: immigration reform to help the recovery of the U.S. economy

Andrew from Mexico Cupertino, California City, a neighborhood households are aware of the gardener, mowing the lawn, fruit trees and flowers a week for three households here. Andrew's hand built good results more fruit trees, the tree is also beautiful; remove the twigs, California Rose successive flowering, employers liked him. But we all know Andrew cash to be charged to the customer to avoid tax, immigration status, he has yet to get.

Jose in the home of a Jewish businessman doing housework Explorer the fine dexterity live good decoration houses, dressing furniture, businessmen bargain buy houses After trimming of Jose a new look, and furniture made by ordinary logs after his polished look than brand-name products are exquisite. Jose without legal residence status, can not guard the checkpoint reunion then to the United States in Mexico, his wife and children.

The US-Mexican border in San Diego American friend once joked Whenever you run fast enough, you can Mexico Cabanatuan ran into the borders of the United States. Mexicans good at growing fruit and flowers, building and repairing homes, it is suitable for the warm climate of California residents living needs.

Similarly, in the United States near the other end of South America, Miami, Florida, known as "the capital of South America, home to a large number from Honduras, Cuba, Colombia, South America, people. A taxi driver once told the author from South America long as stowaways in South America can swim to the U.S. border, touch to the border line, you can not be repatriated to stay in the United States, even if the border army. But the problem is not legal in America identity, they can not pay taxes, the establishment of bank credit, and can not legally work, not to mention the right to vote.

In terms of Chinese students, after graduation, want the United States is also a headache problem, especially in the case of the poor economic situation, employment cold case. The United States is the first destination of the Chinese students, nearly 200,000 Chinese students in 2012, accounting for 1/4 of the U.S. Agency for International students. After the economic crisis, the 25-year-old American college students an unemployment rate of 8.5 percent, and even find a job, but also facing the starting salary cut. Employment is so difficult, not to mention the Chinese students to remain in the United States, have to find H1B (work visa)?

After the U.S. presidential election, the successful re-election of Barack Obama immediately after his inauguration on Tuesday proposed draft law on immigration reform, is intended to provide the 11 million illegal immigrants the cooperative residence of ways, in order to fulfill his presidential election promises. 11 million illegal immigrants, the vast majority of Latin Americans, they had before the election, publicly appealed to Obama - "Give us legal status, we give you the ballot!" Tuesday Obama election in Nevada Las Vegas to do immigration reform speech, but also because Obama won the election in Nevada, played a decisive role in the support of Hispanic voters.

And surprisingly, Republicans this is not only no objection, and also the first to step Obama immigration reform plan announced Monday, attitudes, and before the general election compared to differ materially. The reason is very real in the general election, the Republican Party lost a lot of Hispanic people, leading to the outcome of the people against the lost world ".

As Senator McCain said in a television program on U.S. immigration policy is an important factor in the Republican defeat in last year's presidential election. Republicans in the general election lost the support of Hispanics, and they once Republican heartlands. In last year's presidential election, on behalf of the Democratic Party, President Obama won 69 percent of the Hispanic vote, while Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney won only 29 percent of the vote.

Although overwhelmed by the practice seems the Republicans very "belated", but for the 2014 mid-term elections and the 2016 presidential election preparation, the Republican Party must fully adjust immigration policy to re-win the support of Hispanic voters, otherwise, the people of Latin America in 2016 Obama just remember to fight for them in the hands of the votes. Even Schumer also conference undisguised announced: "This is the first time that oppose reform will be more political risk."

Powerful role in promoting economic recovery Obama strongly promote immigration reform. As early as in 2011, Obama said, "fix the immigration system for the 21st century in the United States economy, immigration reform will help strengthen the competitiveness of the United States in the global economy."

Obama remark is not groundless, U.S. Secretary of Education Duncan recent calculations: the United States by 2018 there will be 2.6 million high-skill jobs need the "Dream Act" for young immigrants is expected to generate $ 1.4 trillion to 3.6 trillions of dollars in economic benefits and reduce the budget deficit of $ 1.4 billion.

Meanwhile, according to U.S. immigration experts Hinojosa - Ojeda forecast, to promote the legalization of illegal immigrants and legitimate workers in the next 10 years, the U.S. economy increased by $ 1.5 trillion effective for annual economic growth to enhance 0.8 percentage points.

Bipartisan immigration reform announced in the draft law are proposed legalizing illegal immigrants need to be registered to the Government, back taxes, pay a fine condition, U.S. economists believe the housing market will improve sales, increase taxes, and help to reduce the budget deficit. The United States to restore manufacturing process requires a lot of low-wage labor, and by the high level of education of immigrants will fill this gap.

Immigration Reform Bill will also retain and attract with science, technology, engineering and math backgrounds, locked objects, including the foreign students to American education, as well as overseas high-tech talent, as many in America work the gospel of high-tech talent.

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