Therefore, the state is daily loosing important revenue that could help improve the financial situation of different Departments such as health care, social services, and even immigration policies. However, without this source of money, the federal budget would be forced to allocate funds from other destinations.
Thirdly, there is also the issue of workers' rights. In this sense, it is a rather well-known fact the idea that illegal workers are often exploited by employers by giving them wages that are below the normal tariffs. However, the inclusion of illegal workers as legal immigrants would grant them the rights each worker in the United States has. More precisely, "in past decades, labor unions often saw immigrant workers as the enemy, accusing them of depressing wages and breaking strikes. But the executive council of the AFL-CIO adopted a more sympathetic approach, contending that too often U.S. immigration rules have enabled employers to exploit illegal immigrants" (Greenhouse, 2000). This perspective offers immigrants and particularly illegal ones the right to organize themselves in unions and benefit from the social protection they are entitled by the law. However, it is only through the amnesty proposed by the Bush Administration that this can be a viable solution.
Despite the fact that the discussion over the amnesty of illegal immigrants is going on for more than two decades, this issue was tackled by allowing a case by case amnesty. However, this has not been an efficient measure because it did not stop the flow of illegal immigrants and has continuously put pressure on the methods used...
However, should a law promoting block amnesty of illegal immigrants become effective, it would dramatically reduce the level of illegal immigrants and at the same time, it would provide the state and the economy with the taxes and the labor force they need. Therefore, the issue must be looked at from the perspective of mutual gains. On the one hand, the legislative system will have tackled the issue of illegal immigration through a well established legal framework and on the other hand, it would have created the conditions for an increased number of legal workers who pay taxes and who have the same rights as U.S. workers. However, in order to cater for the worries of the adversaries of this legislative action, the Congress should also increase the security measures at the borders in order to insure that, despite the positive legislation in the field, there is no temptation in breaking the laws of immigration.
Bibliography
Coalition for the future American worker. An Amnesty by Any Other Name is Still an Amnesty. N.d. 10 March 2008 http://www.americanworker.org/amnesty_handout2.htm
Greenhouse, Steven. "Unions Urge Amnesty for Illegal Immigrants Legalized workers would be easier for labor to organize." San Francisco Chronicle. 2000. 10 March 2008 http://www.commondreams.org/headlines/021700-02.htm
Isidore, Chris. Skilled worker shortage hurts U.S. Employers would be hiring more if they could just find the skilled workers they need. 2007. 10 March 2008. http://money.cnn.com/2007/01/04/news/economy/jobs_outlook/index.htm
