ICE gets 195 Immigrants During Workplace Inspections

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/ice-nabs-195-criminal-illegal-immigrants-during-workplace-inspections-in-los-angeles/article/2649313

ICE went around Southern California last week and decided to conduct raids in many businesses. They caught around 212 immigrants that were staying here illegally of those 195 were convicted criminals that had been issued a final order of removal but they failed to or they had been deported but they returned. Around 100 of those 195 were convicted of violent crimes like child sex crimes, weapons violations, and assault. The article says "ICE Director Thomas Homan defended the agency's detainment of 27 noncriminal illegal immigrants and said those people were not the target of their enforcement operations. Due to Los Angeles' sanctuary city policies, which bar federal offices from picking up individuals at the jail, ICE is forced to find them at their home or workplace or find them in other ways". Personally, I think it is unfair that they can just go to somebody's workplace or home and have all of these other people see them being taken away. It is unfair any way you look at it nobody should have to be put through that but that just happens to be how our government works.

Veteran Immigrants Being Deported

http://www.newsweek.com/daca-trump-immigrants-military-veterans-mexico-philippines-sessions-congress-663023

There are many veterans in the United States that are being deported. While many people focus on DACA recipients they are forgetting the only other group that is in danger, veterans. People do not know that many Mexican and Philipino immigrants enlist into the armed forces without the promise of gaining citizenship at the end of their enlistment. It is due to a law that was created in 1996 basically stating that all 'illegal immigrants' convicted of a crime and meet the requirements of it being an aggravated felony are subject to being deported regardless if they served. A judge is not allowed to consider the fact that they did serve in the armed forces and they have no right to an attorney because non-citizens do not have that right. It is unfair that a veteran who served this country has to get deported for the most absurd reason.

Trump's Immigration Proposal

https://www.npr.org/2018/02/05/582802310/chart-how-trumps-immigration-proposal-compares-with-other-plans

Trumps immigration plan consists of:

• Citizens and Permanent residents are only allowed to sponsor their spouses and minor children. the current law states that they are allowed to sponsor unlimited number of immediate relatives. Trump claims the government would go through its backlog of applications for the Visas.
• Gets rid of the Visa lottery program he said that they will "reallocate the visas to reduce the family based backlog and high skilled employment backlog". The current law is 50,000 visas are available to people form "low admission countries" but there is also education and employment requirements as well as passing a background check. 
• He makes no changes for skilled workers. The current law is US issues 85,000 H-1B visas each year and they are offered to people who have an education level of a Bachelors or higher. 
• Gets rid of deter visa overstayers, criminals and "illegal border crossers". The current law is getting rid of criminals. 
• 10-12 year path plan for citizenships for Dreamers and they would have to meet certain requirements for education and work. 

DACA Continued

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration/two-senators-unveil-bipartisan-immigration-plan-idUSKBN1FP22A

Two senators revealed the plan for DACA that would end up protecting the young kids who were brought into the United States and the plan for adding for security to the borders. The downside is that Donald Trump is against any sort of deal unless he gets his wall. He blames the Democratic Party for the fact that they cannot come up with a compromise and deal to deal with the situation. Senator John McCain (Republican) and Senator Chris Coons (Democrat) put a proposal in last month that gives way for Dreamers to gain citizenship and they also had a plan to up the border security. The McCain-Coons Bill, as it is called, is created in order to avert the government shutdown if they do not come into agreement on Thursday February 8th. The bill does not include funding for the wall, which is what Trump wants in order to sign off on a Bill but according to the article there is enough support from both parties that the bill could possibly pass.
There is controversy however because Trump could Veto the bill if it does pass and then the problem would be if they could overturn the Veto. If it does come down to this then Congress would have to make a decision. The bill would solve the many problems that are going on in the Country and it will put many people at ease.

DACA Negotiations

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/01/23/senate-trump-immigration-talks-hit-wall-362981


 
     The article talks about how senator Schumer retracted his $25 million dollar offer for the wall that Trump wants to build. It mainly focuses on the fact that with Schumer taking his money back then that sets back the negotiations for DACA because it is one of the many immigration issues that is being addressed at the moment. They seem to relate to the wall all of the time that immigration comes up and they talk about border security to not let any more people come into the country. Congress cannot come to an accord on what they wanna keep or what they want to get rid and it continues to be a problem even after the 3 day government shutdown. They have until February 8 to come to an agreement and avoid another shutdown. The date of DACA ending is still March 5th and they don’t intend on changing it as of late.

I-9 Violations

http://money.cnn.com/2018/01/15/news/economy/ice-immigration-work-site-crackdown/index.html

An I-9 form is used to verify the identity and the employment authorization of an individual that is going to be hired for employment in the United States. Employees and employers must fill out the form and the employee has to prove that he is able to work in the United States. Trump is talking about doing more I-9 inspections at different business places in order to crack down on employees and employers. The Obama administration mainly focused on people who committed crimes while the Trump administration is focusing on all sorts of immigration. It talks about how if employers violate the I-9 then that means that they could get fined a certain amount of money ranging from $600 to $22,000. It is shown that in the year 2017 the fines that ICE got from businesses was the highest one that they have had. It is said that staffing agencies are the highest targets for ICE because they always get people looking for jobs that get fake papers. It is disappointing that people come here looking for a better tomorrow and instead they come here and get treated horribly.

Trump and His Bipartisan Deal

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-immigration/trump-calls-for-two-step-process-on-immigration-pushes-bipartisan-deal-idUSKBN1EY149

The White House held a meeting in order to discuss the current situation of the people who will be affected by DACA ending in March. The meeting was attended by the President and other law makers of both the Republican and Democratic parties whose goal is to come to some sort of deal. Trump wants to handle immigration with a two step program. First, he wants the wall to be built and then he wants to grant a sort of pathway for 11 million people to gain their citizenship. He believes that with the wall the United States will have more security. After the meeting the lawmakers that attended agreed to meet again and to discuss the possibilities of a visa lottery program for Dreamers and a "chain reaction" which then gives visas to the family members of the people winning the visas in the lottery. The article also discussed the issues of Trump is going to end the protection of 200,000 Salvadorians who live in the United States Legally under the Temporary Protection Status Program. It also talks about Trump maybe ending the visa lottery program and adding more funding to the TPS (Temporary Protection Status) as a negotiation with the Democratic Party.