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The issue on illegal immigration has been facing America for so many years and currently, there are about more than 12 million illegal aliens in the United States, with a million entering the country as legal immigrants on a yearly basis. More than half of this aliens are those who have entered legally but extended their stay without filing for extension. The rest have made their way through borders and risked their lives cramped in trucks and literally crossing the borders.

Despite this, the government is still trying to make things good for illegal immigrants and the country as well. Policies have been changing over the years, with President Obama giving amnesty decrees granting illegal immigration law exemptions to a certain percentage of undocumented aliens.

This is the migration of foreigners to a country who are not legally eligible to migrate or extend their stay for more than a given period yet they refuse to leave. According to the United States Department of Home Security, people involved in illegal immigration are those non-US residents who either cross the borders without inspection or people who were given visas to stay for awhile but instead of leaving, they overstay.

This controversy had been viewed from different angles by two groups, the proponents and opponents are debating whether this is good for the United States or not.

Here are some benefits and setbacks supporters and critics shared about this issue.

1. It helps the economy.According to supporters, illegal immigrants work for cheaper labor and are often hardworking people because they are saving money to bring back to their families. With more than enough labor force, businesses can increase production and reach their targeted sales. If businesses are booming, it is also good for the economy.

2. Undocumented aliens are willing to take all kinds of jobs.With the goal of making it in the land of milk and honey, an undocumented alien can work at jobs the average American will not be willing to take. This way, goods and services will be delivered on time. When it comes to doing household chores, cleaning, feeding the pets and taking care of an adult in need of care and attention, an illegal immigrant can take on these types of jobs. And knowing how busy working Americans are, it helps to get support from someone. This is also applicable to meet the needs of an impaired adult.

3. Illegal immigrants who work also pay taxes.Some illegal aliens who have managed to get jobs in home care, restaurants and automobile shops pay revenue to the agency. But doing so, having them stay illegally somehow allows them to compensate the government, one way of the other. Also they have to open back accounts and buy necessities like automobiles. The money and taxes they pay help the U.S. economy.

4. Undocumented aliens contribute to a richer culture and biodiversity.For some, having mixed cultures in a country is a good thing. This is why they are in favor of illegal immigration because these immigrants bring in their culture and skills to the nation.

5. Deporting these illegal immigrants can cost the government so it is better to let the stay.There are supporters who claim that if all the people who are overstaying in America will be deported, it will cause a lot and it is never that easy. This expense is not the kind of money the United States can afford. Besides, there are other issues that America needs to focus on other than illegal aliens.

1. The threat of terrorism and crimes.Opponents of illegal immigration argue that America is faced with national issues such as threats of terrorism. Although not all are terrorists and bad people, there are some who come to the U.S. to havoc fear and commit crimes like drug-trafficking and illegal activities. There have also been reports of more than a hundred cases of crimes related to illegal immigrants.

2. Illegal immigrants take jobs away from Americans.Critics of illegal immigration are rallying over the policies of the government regarding this controversy. They say that because of the influx of illegal workers, more and more Americans remain unemployed because employers sometimes favor illegal immigrants over legal residents because of cheap labor and longer working hours.

3. Illegal immigration costs money.Opponents contend that taxpayers money is spent in paying for border patrol and deportation. This is one of the complaints of groups against illegal immigration. They also raise that poor illegal immigrants medical expenses are paid for by the government and this money come for taxpayers as well. Unauthorized aliens who get sick or give birth on American soil have to be given medical attention even without insurance and money to cover for hospital bills at the expense of the American taxpayers. Moreover, children of illegal immigrants waiting to be deported need to be taken care and this requires money.

4. Undocumented aliens add to the population.Those who are not happy with illegal immigration complain that with the increasing number of illegal immigrants and some with children, more people add to overcrowding buses and trains as well as students granted with scholarships which should be given to legal immigrants, these situations are not favorable to most of the people.

5. Illegal immigration is a law violation.Some critics are fuelled with the fact that amnesty is granted to illegal aliens. They say that this is an act that should not be tolerated. These people came illegally and should not be allowed to stay longer. They are in violation of the law because letting them stay will only encourage them to do other illegal doings.

The debatable issue on illegal immigration is not about to end with the developments taking place as time passes on. Contentions from two opposing groups will still be present as policies are ever changing and immigrants keep on coming from different parts of the world. Government leaders and different sectors who are affected with the issue should take these things in consideration to come up with clear-cut solutions to illegal immigration.

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The Biden policy may prevent assimilation, increase crime, and create demographic imbalance.

With great difficulty, President Donald Trump was dissuaded by his aides from revoking the citizenship of millions of Americans born of illegal immigrant parents on American soil. Before he could move legislation to insert an exception to the Fourteenth Amendment to thwart children of illegal aliens from acquiring citizenship only because they were born in America, President Trump caught the coronavirus. On release from hospital, he got busy with his reelection campaign and shelved his immigration agenda for the time being. In November 2020, to the great relief of millions of such prospective Americans and 11 million more undocumented immigrants, most of whom were from Latin America, Donald Trump lost his reelection bid.Joseph R. Biden. Jr. of Delaware, who replaced Donald Trump as Americas 46th President, started undoing the immigration policies of his predecessor in fulfillment of a campaign promise. His liberal immigration agenda, product of more than 50 years of the Democratic Partys thinking on both immigration and immigrants, aimed at removing all obstacles to the acquisition of American citizenship by both illegal aliens and refugees till then kept out by successive Administrations. In fact, such illegal immigrants were not aliens anymore. They were to be referred to as noncitizens: a humane treatment of non-Americans who had entered America illegally but regarded American citizenship as a matter of right.Accordingly, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and the Department of Homeland Security, to which it reports, have been instructed by the Biden Administration to refer to illegal aliens as undocumented noncitizens. As a matching instruction, Americans have been asked not to expect immigrants to assimilate, but to integrate them into American society. There are two things here. Even if immigrants dont assimilate, mainstream Americans were not going to insist on their assimilation but accept them as they were and treat them with respect. More importantly, the fact that the federal government intended to treat illegal immigrants with respect meant that the Administration had long-term plans regarding their future, the grant of American citizenship being the minimum respect that the US government could afford them.President Bidens reinstatement of DACA (Deferred Action on Childhood Arrivals), instituted by President Barack Obama in 2012 through executive order, was cancelled by a federal court in July last year. The expansion and further extension of DACA, which protects illegal aliens, brought to America as children, from deportation by allowing them to apply for work permits, was rescinded by President Trump. Presently, despite the federal courts ruling banning new applications to DACA, already-enrolled recipients are allowed to retain both their status and their benefits. Though Bidens campaign promise in this regard remains to be fulfilled, he can always tell supporters that he tried.Biden again came across as Americas biggest guarantor against deportation of illegal immigrants as he limited the dreaded United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)s deportation practices to only those guilty of violent crimes and perceived as threats to national security; illegal aliens charged with nonviolent and /or petty crimes were to be left untouched (by extension, that would leave out burglars and sexual offenders as well). Clipping the wings of ICE would definitely make illegal immigration a major source of crime in America.The day he became President, Joe Biden revoked Executive Order 13780, popularly known as the Trump travel ban and perceived by immigration advocates as highly discriminatory toward citizens of certain countries as if it was their natural right to enter America. The urgency with which the travel ban was lifted testifies to its enormity to the ultra-liberal wing of the Democratic Party whom Biden wants to appease, if not empower.A similar urgency was witnessed with regard to the construction of the Mexican border wall. In another order passed on the day he took office, Biden instructed that all work on the wall be stopped forthwith. Biden had always agreed with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi that the construction was unnecessary and a huge wastage of federal funds. Curiously, the border wall became a battleground of partisan interests as Republican Greg Abbott, Governor of Texas, resumed construction of the wall along 13 miles of the border of his state with Mexico in October last year, in total disregard of the Biden revocation.By insisting that immigrants need not assimilate into American society but be accepted as they were by Americans, Biden is calling for culture wars on American soil. By stopping the deportation of illegal immigrants with criminal backgrounds, crime is set to rise in America. Lifting the Trump travel ban may make America vulnerable to terrorist acts. All these, apart from the great demographic and cultural imbalance that unbridled grant of citizenship to millions of undocumented noncitizens may entail. If Lyndon Baines Johnson was credited with opening the doors of America to the world, Joe Biden can pride himself on dismantling the door altogether.Dr Saumyajit Ray is Assistant Professor in United States Studies at School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.

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For the next 18 months, Ukrainians already in the United States will be allowed to remain in the country and work without fear of deportation.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Thursday designated Ukraine for Temporary Protected Status (TPS),a program that protects foreign nationals from deportation to countries that have undergone natural or human-made disasters.

Russias premeditated and unprovoked attack on Ukraine has resulted in an ongoing war, senseless violence, and Ukrainians forced to seek refuge in other countries, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro MayorkasAlejandro MayorkasDHS grants temporary immigration status to all Ukrainians in the US ICE pauses deportations to Russia, Ukraine amid invasion Live coverage - Ukraine, Russia agree to safe corridors for aid, evacuees MORE said.

In these extraordinary times, we will continue to offer our support and protection to Ukrainian nationals in the United States, he added.

The Biden administration had earlier vowed not to deport people to Ukraine, Russia and seven other European countries in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

The TPS designation comes after significant political pressure from top Democrats and some Republicans, who had called on President BidenJoe BidenFire breaks out at major nuclear plant in Ukraine amid fighting Russia inflames political war over gas prices, oil drilling On The Money Push to block Russian imports hits wall MORE to include Ukraine in the humanitarian program.

After a week of Vladimir PutinVladimir Vladimirovich PutinKennedy Center lights up in blue and yellow to show support for Ukraine Russian opera star ditches Met performances to avoid Putin rebuke DHS grants temporary immigration status to all Ukrainians in the US MOREs illegal and ruthless war against the people of Ukraine, I am heartened that Biden administration is heeding our calls to designate Ukraine for Temporary Protected Status," said Sen. Bob Menndez (D-N.J.), the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

"As a result of todays decision, President Biden is once again making clear the United States will not relent in its support for the people of Ukraine in this dark moment in history," Menndez added.

Earlier this week, Menndez, along with Senate Majority Whip Dick DurbinDick DurbinDHS grants temporary immigration status to all Ukrainians in the US Collins to meet with Biden's Supreme Court nominee Tuesday Supreme Court pick launches a cross-aisle charm offensive MORE (D-Ill.) and Sen. Rob PortmanRobert (Rob) Jones PortmanDHS grants temporary immigration status to all Ukrainians in the US DOJ officials criticize Senate-passed cyber bill Scott reiterates his plan could change after McConnell rebuke MORE (R-Ohio), led 39 senators in a letter calling on Biden to designate Ukraine for TPS.

Democrats are increasingly bullish about TPS designations, which have allowed hundreds of thousands of immigrants to work in the United States, albeit under a temporary status that does not allow an easy transition to permanent residence.

California Democrats Sen. Alex PadillaAlex PadillaDHS grants temporary immigration status to all Ukrainians in the US Overnight Health Care Presented by Alexion Battle lines drawn over COVID-19 funding Senate GOP passes resolution to nix COVID-19 emergency MORE and Rep. Zoe LofgrenZoe Ellen LofgrenDHS grants temporary immigration status to all Ukrainians in the US Numbers don't lie: America's most resilient jobs are venture-backed Congressional stock trading ban must include spouses, lawmakers say MORE, chairs of the immigration subcommittees in their respective chambers of Congress, jointly celebrated Mayorkas's announcement.

Were grateful to see the Biden Administration heed our calls and take swift, just action to grant Ukrainian nationals in the United States with protection from deportation to a country currently under a brutal, unprovoked assault by Vladimir Putin. Our prayers are with the people of Ukraine and we continue to stand firmly behind them as they defend their home and their democracy, they wrote.

More than 300,000 foreign nationals are currently in the country under TPS; the Ukrainian designation could add up to 30,000 people to that number.

This is great news even if it is long overdue. It is necessary but still not sufficient. We hope President Biden takes additional action, and more swiftly, to assist the millions of Ukrainian refugees fleeing for their lives," said Doris Landaverde, the national spokesperson for the National TPS Alliance.

"The days ahead will be the measure of President Bidens presidency," added Landaverde, a TPS beneficiary.

The Biden administration has also granted new TPS designations to Venezuela and Sudan, and it added a new designation over Haiti's preexisting TPS status that greatly expanded the number of Haitians eligible for protections.

Still, the Biden administration has resisted issuing new designations for a handful of countries for which former President TrumpDonald TrumpMcCarthy-backed Republican wins contested Texas House primary DHS grants temporary immigration status to all Ukrainians in the US Senate GOP shrugs off latest Trump revelation MORE tried to end TPS.

The original designation for Haiti, as well as those of El Salvador, Honduras, Nepal and Nicaragua, are currently only active because of a court injunction invalidating Trump's order to repeal them.

Nicole Melaku, the executive director of the National Partnership for New Americans commended the Ukrainian designation, but called for expansions of the program to protect nationals of certain African countries.

"We also call for DHS to create and expand TPS protections for Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua, and El Salvador, countries that were devastated by environmental disasters. The decisions to grant TPS should not perpetuate long standing racial inequities in immigration enforcement and benefits," Melaku said.

Prominent Democrats joined the call to include more African and Asian countries in the program, particularly war-torn nations that receive less media attention than Ukraine.

"The Biden Admin should also designate TPS for non-white war-stricken countries like Ethiopia, Cameroon, Mauritania, Afghanistan, Mali and others," tweeted Rep. Ral Grijalva (D-Ariz.), the chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee.

Menndez also called on Biden to expand TPS.

"I will continue to urge the Administration utilize this statute to protect more populations who are unable to return home, including nationals from Cameroon, Ethiopia, and Afghanistan," he said.

"Today, as the Biden administration renews its commitment to protect refugees and asylum seekers in the post-Trump era and works to fulfill its promise to welcome migrants fleeing danger at our own borders, I join in commending this important TPS designation and look forward to seeing our economy and communities strengthened by it, he added.

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Parents should check this out

Re: Pre-K enrollment rebounds Numbers for free program plunged during pandemic; but turnaround underway, Monday news story.

Thank you so much for the front-page story on pre-kindergarten enrollment in Dallas ISD, and for highlighting the exciting and positive work that Bachman Lake Together is doing for the community in that area. Its goal is to prepare all children in the area for kindergarten, since research has shown the value of early education. The earlier a child is exposed to education, the better his or her chances for success in school.

But not only is the organization focusing on the children. It is also empowering the parents to advocate for their children in all areas of education. Parental leadership and equity are an integral part of its programs. Its board includes two parent leaders and they have parents in other leadership positions.

If you are not familiar with the work of Bachman Lake Together, may I suggest that you look them up and pay them a visit? You will be impressed and may even want to volunteer there, as I do.

Elena C. Hines, Far North Dallas

So now is the time for the U.S. and all of Western Europe to immediately deploy our best weapons and troops to rally to the defense of Ukraine. Why isnt this a situation similar to the early stages of World War II?

Ukraine has shown the world the courage to stand up for freedom. We owe them our support. We should take the battle to Russia. They are very vulnerable. Havent we for years wanted a neutral Russia? Now is the time to do it. We can counter the nuclear threat if it arises. Can you imagine a world with Russia becoming an ally, economically and militarily? The opportunity is now. Lets do it.

Jack Carroll, Irving/Las Colinas

The Republican leaders of Texas constantly create new issues to distract us from their neglect of the critical issues in our state. The latest distractions are Gov. Greg Abbotts ordering of a state probe into treatment of transgender children and Lt. Gov. Dan Patricks proposed ending of tenure in Texas universities. Neither issue rises to the level that should gain our leaders time and attention, given our other problems.

Texas lags most states regarding health insurance coverage. In a first, I had to take my 92-year-old disabled mother to the polls and watch her stand in the cold Friday to vote because her absentee ballot didnt arrive.

I wait hours at the Department of Motor Vehicles whenever I have to do business with that agency. In Texas, foster children sleep in Child Protective Services offices, and the system is under court oversight because of state mismanagement.

Maybe instead of electing leaders who distract and divide, we should elect leaders who will fix these problems and improve the quality of life for all of us.

Brian R. Smith, Colleyville

Re: GOP quietly moves $480M to pay to keep National Guard at border Targeted agencies signed letters saying their departments, programs wont be negatively affected because of lost funds, Saturday news story.

Thank you, Gov. Greg Abbott, for pointing out that Texans are overtaxed. Three state law enforcement agencies say they can give up nearly a half-billion dollars without negatively affecting their departments and programs. How many other state agencies are that bloated with unnecessary tax dollars? So much for Republican fiscal responsibility.

Fergal and Ann Purcell, Dallas/Lake Highlands

Re: Target reasons for migration, by Karen M. Hopkins, Saturday Letters.

If only it were that simple. The writer correctly identifies the push factors involved in the arrivals of unauthorized migrants to our borders. However, decades of illegal immigration combined with the intelligence gathered from aspiring migrants, some of whom I personally interviewed, have shown that pouring American tax dollars into these often-corrupt governments does little to prevent the disregard for our immigration laws or deter the journey north.

It continues to be the pull factors that perpetuate illegal migration to our nation. I have opined on these pull factors with your paper on several occasions, but they deserve repeating: remove the job magnet with effective employer sanctions; eliminate free health care and free education benefits to those illegally in the country; eliminate U.S. citizenship to children born to unauthorized migrants; and stop waving the carrot of amnesty.

Granted, these are tough measures, which is likely why you have not seen the political will within this current administration. Until the pull factors of illegal migration are addressed, no wall in the world will deter migrants. Who can blame them?

Bob Wallis, Dallas/Turtle Creek

If the second-largest city in Ukraine can keep their buses running while a war is raging all around them, youd think DART buses could keep running here in winter weather.

Shirley Patterson, Lucas

Re: Why Dallas eateries are now adding service fees Diners seeing higher prices at bottom of receipts can thank prolonged pandemic, Feb. 24 news story.

Our legislators need to outlaw this practice of obscure added fees. These seem designed to misrepresent the actual price. There are resort fees added after a quoted room rate is prepaid; music license fees for Sirius radio, even if you only listen to Howard Stern; and mechanic shop towel fees.

Laser printers make updates of menus very easy. QR codes even more so. I will pay the fee but reduce my tip accordingly. So sad. I have been trying to support our restaurants more than ever.

Tim Bob, Plano

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An illegal immigrant was looking after a large North East cannabis farm with days of arriving in the UK on a small boat.

Trung Phan arrived at Dover on May 28 last year and was taken to an immigration centre then moved to Home Office accommodation in London.

But with the help of underworld contacts, he managed to travel to Newcastle that same day and by June 12 he was living in a cannabis farm on Cowpen Road, in Blyth, Northumberland.

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Despite being surrounded by 325 plants, worth up to 129,000, he "ludicrously" claimed he didn't realise he was living in the midst of a drugs factory.

A jury found the 39-year-old guilty of being concerned in the production of cannabis and he has now been jailed for 18 months.

Newcastle Crown Court heard it was a sophisticated set up, which had been established before Phan's involvement.

There were four different growing areas and the electricity supply had been bypassed.

When police raided it, Phan was there alone and tried to escape and hide mobile phones and a list of contact numbers.

Sentencing him, Judge Paul Sloan QC said: "You claimed you had been ignorant of the fact you had been living in the middle of a cannabis farm and that you had done nothing to assist the production.

"The jury rejected that account, which was plainly ludicrous, and convicted you."

The judge added: "You were not threatened or forced to become involved.

"You clearly had links to organised crime long before you arrived in this jurisdiction and you quickly made contact with gang members once you were in London.

"That said, you played a small part in this particular enterprise."

Peter Schofield, defending, said he had "traversed Europe from his home" and played a limited role in the cannabis farm.

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