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Yet the power shift on Capitol Hill -- away from the most vocal advocates of erecting more fencing and making illegal entry a felony -- doesn't ensure that Congress will create a new path to citizenship for the approximately 12 million residents with no legal right to be in the United States." (Edsall, 2007) From this point-of-view it is important that the groups involved in the process to be well aware of their possibilities related to the influence over the political circles.
There are several interest groups concerning the issue of immigration. On the one hand, there are the trade unions and on the other hand there is the government. The trade unions argue for the rights of the workers to remain in the country. In this sense, especially immigrants from Mexico have a proper place in the way in which immigration policy is conducted. They organize manifestations, protests, riots, and several other protest measures aimed at bringing about the attention for their cause. On the other hand, the government is in constant search for striking a balance between the need for labor force in the conditions in which the economy must flourish and the duty to protect the labor force which exists at this moment. However, it is only through a rather coherent and comprehensive law on policy that the government can achieve this.
The media is one of the most important forces in the democratic state and in general the most important subjects become news particularly because they are covered extensively by the newspapers. The matter of the immigration policy is constantly debated in the news particularly due to the stories of immigrants which are emotional and rate as audience. At the same time, there are also extremely reliable and accredited sources for covering the legal aspects and recent developments of the immigration policy.
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Works Cited
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Barlett, D. & J. Steele. (2004) "Who Left the Door Open?" Time. Accessed 13 May 2008, at http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,695827-1,00.html
Edsall, T. (2007) "Immigration - Border Politics." National Journal Magazine. Accessed 13 May 2008, at http://www.nationaljournal.com/njmagazine/nj_20070210_6.php-related=true&story1=nj_20070210_6&story2=nj_20060715_4&story3=h_20070702_28
FAIR. (2007) "How Many Illegal Aliens?" Federation for American Immigration Reform. Accessed 13 May 2008, at http://www.fairus.org/site/PageServer?pagename=iic_immigrationissuecentersb8ca#_edn3
Frum, D. (2003). "The Guest Worker Program: Both Sides of the Issue." The Right Man. 13 May 2008. http://immigration.about.com/od/laborjobissues/i/GuestWorkrIssue.htm
Isidore, C. (2007) Skilled worker shortage hurts U.S. Employers would be hiring more if they could just find the skilled workers they need.. 10 March 2008. http://money.cnn.com/2007/01/04/news/economy/jobs_outlook/index.htm
Meese, E. & M. Spalding. (2004) "The Principles of Immigration." The Heritage Foundation. Accessed 13 may, at http://www.heritage.org/Research/GovernmentReform/bg1807.cfm
Spalding, M. & J.J. Carafano.(2007) "A New Strategy for Real Immigration Reform." The Heritage Foundation. Accessed 13 May 2008, at http://www.heritage.org/Research/Immigration/wm1499.cfm
The New York Times. Fair Treatment for Legal Immigrants. 1999. 12 May 2008. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9404E3D91F3CF93AA35756C0A96F958260
5 billion per year. "(Costs of Illegal Immigration to New Yorkers) In most cases, studies show that the central areas of expenditure are related to immigration are education, health care and incarceration resulting from illegal immigration. (Costs of Illegal Immigration to New Yorkers) Education is of particular concern. In New York, more than $4.3 billion annually is spent on education for the children of illegal immigrants. The number of K-12 public
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