Immigration Debate Becomes Intense

The White House and the House are in disagreement when it comes to immigration. As the nation faces the challenge of having an estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants, the Republicans and Democrats are in debate on how to solve the issue. The White House supports a pathway to citizenship for the immigrants while the House Republicans support the construction of a stronger border. The House approves small scale proposals, but they refuse to agree on the approach that the White House and the Senate favor. They’re trying to block the making of a path to citizenship to the illegal immigrants rather than help build one, and yet they believe Boehner, a Republican, had contributed the most to the fixing of immigration issue by contributing the most to the improvement of the border patrol. Carney, the White House Press secretary criticized their statement by saying that they haven’t contributed as much as they say, or at least there’s no proof they did.

A group of young immigrants called the Dreamers who were brought to the U.S. illegally when they were kids or infants fought for the DREAM Act which would’ve granted them a path to citizenship. A hearing held by the House subcommittee didn’t allow the Dream Act to pass. Instead, similar proposals were made by House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, yet some Democrats and immigration advocates think that the proposal fails to help millions of other immigrants such as the parents and relatives of the ones benefited. Some supporters are just glad that some Conservative Republicans are willing to consider a pathway to citizenship for the minorities. House Judiciary Trey Gowdy warns that all immigrants cannot expect to be treated the same by lawmakers, for not everyone is the same.

Again, another debate between Democrats, Republicans, border supporters, and immigration advocates is unleashed. Immigration is a delicate issue, especially for the Dreamers, because their fates are on the line. Although in the U.S. Constitution it states that a person is a citizen if they were born in the U.S. or have a parent that is a U.S. citizen, an exemption is attempted, for the Dreamers have practically lived here in the United States for the majority of their lives. They don’t know much about the country they were born in because all of their memories have taken place in this nation. The denial of citizenship impairs them from being able to obtain a driver’s license, from being applicable for financial help for higher education, even if they were excellent students, and from obtaining a job. All of these tasks and many more can become dangerous to an undocumented if he or she got caught. They have to live in the darkness, hiding from the rest if they hope to stay. Life as an immigrant is tough. One cannot help but feel threatened and helpless when some members of the government want to do little to nothing to help; one sees that families are being broken apart while the government officials are taking their time trying to get to an agreement on how to address the issue. All Dreamers and other undocumented people can do is continue pushing for a proposal that would help the vast majority of their suffering group.