Immigration Political Issue The United States have long battle immigration issues over the years with immigrants who take whatever measures necessary to make it to the United States. They take boats, hike across the border at night, are smuggled across the border in vehicles and are stow away on vessels and trains. This paper will present a discussion on the current laws regarding immigration with a particular focus on the role of the federal government, in light of Arizona appealing the Ninth Circuit's ruling on SB1070 to the Supreme Court. In addition, it will review the historical framework on this issue, the political context, the role of the media, the effect on the economy and labor force and management strategies to promote inclusion in the workplace.

Immigrants in America, always has been a hot debate. Many Americans believe they should not be allowed to live in the United States illegally. On the other hand others find no problem with them residing illegally as long as they are willing to work and are not living off the government. Generally, immigration is from countries with lower standards of living to those that offer better wages, (Schaefer pg.87). In 2011 Arizona reformed its immigration policy known as the SB1070 law considered as somewhat harsh changes affecting immigrants in the state illegally. The changes included the checking of undocumented students in schools, penalizing employers who hire undocumented workers, and providing transportation to an illegal would be a criminal offense (Caldwell, 2011). Farmers in Arizona stated that when they hired Americans to man the crops would not last more than 30 minutes in the fields. Some would just walk off and never return. Immigrants...

Tea Party activist say that it is in humane to pay them such low wages with no benefits.
The government of Arizona claims the reason they wanted to reform the current law had to do with the growth of illegal immigrants in the state. In addition, the governor stated it was necessary to protect the jobs of legal residents (Caldwell, 2011). However, Isabelle Rubio, of the Hispanic Interest Coalition, stated in a recent interview that "the law is set up for racial profiling, of anyone who looks and speaks a certain way." Rey Porito, a grocery store owner, believes that the new law would harm everyone. According to Porito, "this means higher prices for produce stands because the crops won't be able to hit the stands in a timely manner which would cause them to rot and die in the field because of the lack of employees in the fields." However, as good as this new law may sound to those in support, the Federal Government is not in support. On November 21, 2011, Janet Napolitano Secretary of Homeland Security stated "the Obama administration will be challenging the State of Arizona in court to overturn there ruling on the new laws against immigrants." Thus far only a portion was blocked in court relating to the checking of the status of students in schools. The Obama administration stated that enforcing immigration law is a job for the Federal Government not the State.

During several interviews the media coverage of this topic was not biased or unbiased. Reporters covered every aspect from interviewing workers to employers. They asked both side what their opinions were regarding the new law…