US Immigration Reform 2010 Legislation Major Components and What it Means For the US

Although Republican Senator Lindsay Graham ofas these people tend to be more likely to vote
South Carolina and Democratic Senator CharlesDemocrat in elections.
Schumer of New York introduced aNow as for the Graham (R-SC) and Schumer
comprehensive Immigration Reform bill into the(D-NY) legislation, there are four major tenants to
US Senate in March, the passage of this billtheir Immigration legislation proposal. These are;
through the US Congress in a Midterm Election- Requiring biometric Social Security cards to
year is very uncertain.ensure that illegal workers cannot get job
The reality is that the average Democratic leaning- Fulfilling and strengthening commitments on
and Independent voter is probably not going to beborder security and interior enforcement
swayed to vote or vote at all solely on the basis- Creating a process for admitting temporary
of Immigration reform. This is because for theworkers
average US citizen from a selfish point of view,- Implementing a tough but fair path to legalization
will largely be unaffected by the current proposalsfor those already here (approx. 11 million illegal
or indeed most of the expected modifications orimmigrants)
revisions to Immigration proposals. From the plightEach of these proposals in and of themselves are
of Illegal Immigrants, Anti H1B visa & Foreigngoing to have critics on both sides for different
Worker Rhetoric, the Drug cartels and crime, etc.reasons. Supposedly the nature of this initial
Republicans have a lot more easy ammunitionproposal is largely supported by Obama but it is
politically to attack on this issue. Republicans alsodefinitely going to have a tough battle given the
accuse Obama and Democrats of wanting tocontroversy each of these components have to
legalize illegal immigrants and increase immigrationthe overall US Immigration debate.