The article, "A Sensible Path in California," talks about the new laws signed by their governor, Jerry Brown. These new laws are for the benefit of the illegal immigrants and they focus on their college education. The most important law, the California Dream Act, allows the students to apply for private scholarships and loans and also makes them eligible to seek state-financial aid. There are different opinions about this new law. Some people think it is a waste of money. However, others feel it is beneficial to California because it will help assimilate and educate the immigrants. Seeing as they are illegal immigrants, my question is, in your opinion, do you think this law is a waste of money or beneficial to California and why?
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/17/opinion/a-sensible-path-in-california.html
Thursday, November 3, 2011
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Obama's Illegal-immigrant Crackdown: Implications for Hispanics
Today in class I discussed the article Obama's Illegal-immigrant Crackdown: Implications for Hispanics, By Parik Jonsson. In the article it gives facts about Hispanic immigrants such as that Hispanics are now the majority groups being sent to federal prison, because of criminal prosecution of repeat border jumpers. Since Arizona and Alabama has passed tough immigration laws it is not only effecting illegal immigrants its also effecting legal immigrants. In Collinsville, a small town in Arizona, Hispanics are apart of the community. Half of the stores that are owned down town are Hispanic-owned. After Alabama passed the stricter laws you began to see Hispanics leave and others are left hidden in their houses. Legal immigrants are starting to feel judged.
What I would like to know is, How would you feel if you were an legal immigrant and your state started passing stricter immigration laws? Express your opinion.
See below for the article.
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