HISTORY

 

IMMIGRATION AND U.S. HISTORY

Hasia Diner par 1

February 13, 2008

Tens of millions of immigrants over four centuries have made the United States what it is today. They came to make new lives and livelihoods in the New World; their hard work benefited themselves and their new home country.

http://www.america.gov/st/peopleplace-english/2008/February/20080307112004ebyessedo0.1716272.html

 

 

THE TREATY OF GUADALUPE HILDAGO (1848)

Tom Gray par 2

August 2, 2010

This treaty, signed on February 2, 1848, ended the war between the United States and Mexico. By its terms, Mexico ceded 55 percent of its territory, including parts of present-day Arizona, California, New Mexico, Texas, Colorado, Nevada, and Utah, to the United States.

http://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=true&doc=26

 

MOST MEXICANS SEE BETTER LIFE IN U.S.

Mexican Public Troubled by Crime, the Economy, Drugs, and Corruption par 1

September 23, 2009

Facing a variety of national problems -- crime, drugs, corruption, a troubled economy -- Mexicans overwhelmingly are dissatisfied with the direction of their country. With drug-related violence affecting much of Mexico, large majorities describe crime (81%) and illegal drugs (73%) as very big problems, and Mexicans overwhelmingly endorse President Felipe Calderón's tough stance against drug traffickers. Most believe life is better in the United States. Close to six-in-ten (57%) say that people who move from Mexico enjoy a better life in the U.S., up from 51% in 2007. And the vast majority of those who are in regular contact with friends and relatives living in the U.S. say those friends and relatives have largely achieved their goals.

http://pewresearch.org/pubs/1351/mexico-public-opinion-crime-economy-drugs-corruption

 

U.S.-Mexican Economic Relations
Samuel I. Del Villar, Richard W. Edwards, Jr. and David Pollock
Proceedings of the Annual Meeting (American Society of International Law)
Vol. 68, (APRIL 25-27, 1974), pp. 107-117
(article consists of 11 pages)
Published by: American Society of International Law
Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25657818

"The current structure of the Mexican-United States economic relations strictly limits the possibility of Mexico's offering to the majority of it's people the option of development."

 

AGAINST

 

THE WASHINGTON POST

Illegal Immigrants' Cost to Government Studied

Mary Fitzgerald

August 26, 2004

Page A21

A report that found that illegal immigrants in the United States cost the federal government more than $10 billion a year.

"Households headed by illegal aliens imposed more than $26.3 billion in costs on the federal government in 2002 and paid only $16 billion in taxes, creating a net fiscal deficit of $10.4 billion, or $2,700 per illegal household," said Steven A. Camarota, author of the study.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33783-2004Aug25.html

 

AMERICAN PARTOL REFERENCE ARCHIVE

Illegal Immigration is a Crime par 1

June 11, 2006

Under Title 8 Section 1325 of the U.S. Code, "Improper Entry by Alien," any citizen of any country other than the United States who:

• Enters or attempts to enter the United States at any time or place other than as designated by immigration officers; or
• Eludes examination or inspection by immigration officers; or
• Attempts to enter or obtains entry to the United States by a willfully false or misleading representation or the willful concealment of a material fact;

has committed a federal crime.

http://www.americanpatrol.com/REFERENCE/isacrime.html

 

ARGUE AGAINST

NEW YORK TIMES

Arizona Enacts Stringent Law on Immigration par 6

Randal C. Archibold

April 23, 2010

The law, which proponents and critics alike said was the broadest and strictest immigration measure in generations, would make the failure to carry immigration documents a crime and give the police broad power to detain anyone suspected of being in the country illegally. Opponents have called it an open invitation for harassment and discrimination against Hispanics regardless of their citizenship status.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/24/us/politics/24immig.html

 

JOHN W. POPE CIVITAS INSTITUTE

Illegal Immigration: Drugs, Gangs, and Crime par 2

Jameson Taylor

2010

Paramilitary groups trading fire with U.S. agents. Kidnappings and murders of U.S. citizens. Members of al-Qaida, Hezbollah and other terrorist organizations infiltrating the border on a routine basis. We are not talking about Iraq – but Texas. One of the clearest indicators the United States has lost control of its southwest border is the ease with which thousands of tons of drugs and millions of illegal aliens are crossing the U.S. border on an annual basis. This open borders policy has opened the door to more than just cheap labor. The presence of millions of undocumented persons in our country has provided a perfect cover for various forms of criminal activity, ranging from drug trafficking to prostitution to identity theft. Federal investigators believe that as much as 2.2 million kilograms of cocaine and 11.6 kilograms of marijuana were smuggled into the United States via the Mexican border in 2005.

http://www.jwpcivitasinstitute.org/media/publication-archive/perspective/illegal-immigration-drugs-gangs-and-crime

 

ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION FACTS

Tulika Nair par 8

July 9, 2010

Estimates also suggest that cities that have the most inflow of illegal immigrants have an unemployment rate that is twice the rate as in other cities, have a crime rate that is 40% higher, and have 40% more people under the poverty line.

http://www.buzzle.com/articles/illegal-immigration-facts.html

 

REASONS NOT TO BUILD A WALL ON AMERICA'S BORDER WITH MEXICO TO DEAL WITH IMMIGRATION PROBLEMS

Alan Fernald par 6

2010

The amount of money spent to build a fence could more constructively be used to purchase additional sensor systems and to hire more personnel.

http://www.helium.com/items/237628-reasons-not-to-build-a-wall-on-americas-border-mexico-deal-immigration

  

ILLEGAL ALIENS 'O' TOLERANCE

Marg Baker par 5

May 8, 2010

A recent patient survey indicated that 70 percent of the women who gave birth at Parkland in the first three months of 2006 were illegal immigrants. That's 11,200 anchor babies born every year just in Dallas.  According to the article, the hospital spent $70.7 million delivering 15,938 babies in 2004 but managed to end up with almost $8 million dollars in surplus funding.  Medicaid kicked in $34.5 million, DallasCounty taxpayerskicked in $31.3 million and the feds tossed in another $9.5 million.

http://margbakerhouse.com/Illegal_Aliens.html

 

 

 

Resource:	Academic Search Complete (Ebsco)
Title:	A FRONTIER AFLAME.
Author:	McKay, Colonel John C.
Add.Author / Editor:	McKay, Colonel John C.
Citation:	U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings Oct2010, Vol. 136 Issue 10, p46-50
Year:	2010

While steadily spreading south into Central America, Mexican cartels are establishing large marijuana farms on public and private lands in the United States

 

 

 

Newspaper:

Academic Search Complete (Ebsco)

ENFORCING IMMIGRATION LAWS WOULD SAVE TAXPAYERS MILLIONS

The National Conservative Weekley

Vol. 66

No. 31

sec 5c

James R. Edwards Jr.

September 6, 2010

"Make no mistake: Immigration imposes significant costs on the native-born. These costs pile up at the federal, state and local level. They range from education to welfare to medicare to criminal justice and beyond. For almost one-third of the states, these costs are measured in the billions of dollars."

 

Dynamics of Immigration Control
Slobodan Djajić
Journal of Population Economics
Vol. 12, No. 1, Special Issue on Illegal Migration (Feb., 1999), pp. 45-61
(article consists of 17 pages)
Published by: Springer
Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/20007614

"Efforts to counter illegal immigration into the US have been increasing steadily following the passage of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986. The act itself sought to reduce illegal immigration with the aid of three instruments: employer sanctions, increased controls along the border and a legalization program designed to meet the existing demand for agricultural labor in geographic locations which are in the proximity of Mexico, the principle source of clandestine foreign labor."

 

 

 

 

 

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AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL

300,000 People Detained by U.S. Immigration Without Justice par 3

June 10, 2009

More than 300,000 men, women and children are detained by US immigration authorities each year.[7] They include asylum seekers, torture survivors, victims of human trafficking, longtime lawful permanent residents, and the parents of US citizen children. The use of detention as a tool to combat unauthorized migration falls short of international human rights law, which contains a clear presumption against detention. Everyone has the right to liberty, freedom of movement, and the right not to be arbitrarily detained.

http://www.opposingviews.com/i/300-000-people-detained-by-u-s-immigration-without-justice

 

PRINCETON BOROUGH, TOWNSHIP ALLOW ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS TO COMMUNITY IDENTIFICATION CARDS

Jeff Diamant par 2

May 22, 2010

Yesterday, Princeton Borough and Princeton Township became the state’s third and fourth municipalities where residents can obtain community identification cards that will be accepted at many local agencies and establishments even if the residents are in the United States illegally.

http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2010/05/princeton_allows_illegal_immig.html

 

 

 

Transnational Spaces through Local Places: Mexican Immigrants in Albuquerque (New Mexico)
Cristóbal Mendoza
Journal of Anthropological Research
Vol. 62, No. 4 (Winter, 2006), pp. 539-561
(article consists of 23 pages)
Published by: University of New Mexico
Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/20371079

"Transmigrants take actions, make decisions, feel concerns and develop identities within social networks that connect them to two or more societies simultaneously."