The Obama Administration's View On Immigration

"In the end, our broken immigration system affects more than a single community; it affects our entire country. And as we continue to strengthen our economy and jump-start job creation, we need to do so with an immigration system that works, not the broken system we have now." — President Obama


Although views differ among members of Barack Obama's Administration concerning the United State's broken immigration system, there is a nearly unanimous agreement the policies set in place are not working the way were designed to. 


Cartoonists have framed Barack Obama in various ways. In the cartoon Aliens, he is portrayed as ignorant, not knowing the difference between a "space" alien, and a "illegal alien". It should be noted that the term "alien" is a code word of hate, and according to We Can Stop The Hate , "Such labels are used to justify extreme action, sometimes even genocide, since the people using those labels claim that the 'larger public interest' is at risk." 


In another Cartoon The Statue of Liberty has the face of Barack Obama, and is claiming "Give me your tired your poor, your huddled masses, yearning to vote for me." He is holding a book entitled "Amnesty". This frames both the Administration and Immigrants in a negative light. It infers that the Obama Administration is passing amnesty laws that are letting immigrants get a free ride, so that they will vote for Obama. This is misleading on a few points. The first priority of the Administration is not simply giving all undocumented workers amnesty. Acts such as the Dream Act work to give children that were born outside of the United States, but grew up in the United States citizenship. Although the Administration has claimed to be working on a solution between two extremes, total deportation and total amnesty, in actuality, they have set records for the number of people they are sending back out of the country. See article here.


In the cartoon "The Wall", the administration is framed similarly to the Statue of Liberty cartoon. It shows undocumented workers coming across the border, getting free health care and welfare, and sending it back to Mexico. This is one of the biggest myths of them all. According to the Immigration Forum, undocumented workers more than $160 billion to the state, local, and federal government through taxes. This raises the per capita GDP of the United States, and creates a stronger economy. Even the money that is sent back to Mexico has the same effect as a foreign investment. 


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