Barack Obama on Immigration

The following comments are on a speech that Barack Obama gave on comprehensive immigration reform. He talks about how immigrants need to work hard in order for citizenship. He feels that, like his family, many families who immigrated to the United States in search of a better life must use that law as an advocate rather than an enemy. During several of our class discussions we have talked about education as being the best tool for limiting illegal immigration. Legal immigration is a great idea and Barack Obama and myself both agree with that.
In Fluid Borders the author talks about East Los Angeles is a stepping stone for illegal immigrants. Obama feels that if legal immigration were to be more common, American working conditions would be significantly better on numerous levels. Bedolla talked about employers exploiting immigrants because they have no one to complain to. Obama adresses background checks and guarenteed labor rights as a method to combat illegal immigration. This ties into most of our class discussions by examining what little rights immigrants have. He says that increased legal immigration will lower our threat of terrorists entering borders. This is a major factor in why a lot of people are against immigration from Mexico. It appears that he agrees with immigration regulations but in a far less cruel method than that of George Bush.
-Devere Sanchez-

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