Detail Let Them Stay In, Let Them In; Immigration Reform   Oleh:  [s.n] Jenis: Article from Bulletin/Magazine Dalam koleksi: The Economist (http://search.proquest.com/) vol. 406 no. 8821 (Feb. 2013), page 10. Topik: Politics; Immigration Policy Ketersediaan Perpustakaan Pusat (Semanggi) Nomor Panggil: EE29.75 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada     Lihat Detail Induk Isi artikel Everybody knows that America's immigration system is a mess. It turns away too many useful people--skilled scientists and engineers at one end of the pay scale, agricultural labourers at the other. During his first term Barack Obama promised comprehensive reform time and again. Yet time and again he shied away from it. This week the political landscape shifted. On January 28th a bipartisan group of eight senators published their plan for reform, which they are now working up into a full-scale bill. A day later Mr Obama weighed in with a speech outlining his own scheme, and threatening to send his own bill to Congress unless it acts quickly. In their plans, both the senators and Mr Obama have met the first test for a reform worth having: offering a path to citizenship to most of the 11m. Critics will excoriate this "amnesty" as capitulating to criminals, but it is far better than forcing generally law-abiding people to live in a persistent and incurable state of lawlessness. And the amnesty would not be unconditional: the illegals would have to pay a hefty fine and wait a good while for their citizenship to come through. But in the meantime they would be immune from deportation, and be able to work (and to pay their taxes) legally. Opini Anda Klik untuk menuliskan opini Anda tentang koleksi ini! Kembali

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