UGC 211 1st Edition Lecture 10Immigration“Not Legal, Not Leaving” by Jose Vargaso 11.5 million undocumented people in USA o What is Jose Vargas’ situation? He doesn’t have a green card. He’s from the Philippines. His parents set him to live with his grandparents when he was 5 years old. o 25,000 green cards per country o How do you get a green card? Marriage – fake marriages? Go through rigorous tests to make sure it’s not a false marriage. People who are the only person that can do a certain job. o Jose doesn’t get a green card because he can’t marry. He’s gay (not federally recognized. He’s a journalist (there are other journalists in USA). Not specialized job. He would have to go back to Philippines, and then wait 10 years to apply to USA legally. He doesn’t know anyone in the Philippines either. o In 2012 they were processing people who applied for green cards in 1989 – expedited status The Dream Act Overview: o 2001 o For undocumented people under 21 o Graduated HS o Resided in US for at least 5 years o Bill never passes, stalled in congress o Obama: wants to halt deportation of Dream Act eligible youth & provide them withwork permits o Obama want dreamers to become legal residents o And the confusion>>o Many Republicans – sharp anti-immigration (changing opinion now)o BUT Obama – ramped up deportations (more than George W. Bush) Why did Vargas get drivers license if he knew it was illegal? o It’s pretty much required to work and go to school in USA (needed o Washington State – says he lives there, gets his license so he can go to work o Repercussion – Washington State said he can’t have one there because he didn’t live in Washington State – that was all Do undocumented people in the US pay taxes?o Yes, off their income o Buy fake social security card (appears they are illegal) pay state and federal taxes These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.o The numbers come from people who are dead Two Strict Immigration Laws to Know o SB 1070 o Arizona’s “Show me your papers” law o If you look like you might be from another country, you could be asked to show your papers in Arizona o If you can’t show your papers, you can be called into police station o Pros: get rid of illegal immigrants o Cons: who carries their papers around with them all the time, racial profiling/discriminationo US is only so big and we can only afford to help so many people o Not fair for all the immigrants that went through the process legally o Sometimes immigrants feel they have no choice – to survive, the best for their children and lives, not trying to rip off Americans o Affects our economy because immigrants work for far less money – food industry (less desirable jobs) keeps food prices down, if you get rid of those people prices will go up o History is about immigration o Why did people come? Economy in America was prospering and we needed peopleto fill jobs o HB 56 – Alabama’s PS gather immigration stats o Elementary school teachers reporting students from undocumented families o Pros: student could be taking seats from American students in the school districto Cons: innocents kids being targeted, putting a lot of pressure on teachers – state employees (have to do what states tells them), takes away from teacher student relationship, teacher’s job to protect and educate children (going against it)o Right as an American to challenge the law, also you right not to agree with it How do most illegal immigrants enter the US?o Come on temporary visas and then never leave (most common) – visitor, worker visa o #1 way is student visa What’s a mixed status family?o Some family are illegal and some are not What’s DACA?o Differed Action for Childhood Arrivals o Way to let children who came young as illegal, allowed to stay and work *Immigration demonstrates the political shifting lineSpectrum: very liberal democrats, less liberal democrats, centrist, less conservative republicans, very conservative republicans (tea party)Left – liberals (Obama) Right – republicans GOP – Republicans (Grand Old Party) *The center is always shifting like a game of tug o’