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Executive Order On Immigration

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The U.S. has always being considered the land of opportunities. Back in my home country opportunities were very scarce, which led to my family immigrating to the U.S. for a better future. Having had firsthand experience in the immigration transition system, it has been captivating to hear in the news about the Executive Order Obama issued on November 20, 2014. Seeing families getting separated, violence raising in the Mexican border, and the increasing Latin population in the U.S. signaled the need for this Executive Order in immigrant communities. Even though the Constitution states that Congress has the duty of writing our Nation’s laws, President Obama declared an Executive Order on Immigration. It is believed to be a political boom for …show more content…

The executive Order was passed by President Obama and he being part of the Democratic Party, will benefit them when voting time comes. According to estimates from the 2013 ACS, it states that, “the U.S. immigrant population stood at more than 41.3 million, or 13 percent, of the total U.S. population of 316.1 million.” Latino voters make up 8% of the nation’s voters according to exit polls. 25 million are eligible voters and their support will mainly lean towards Democrats. Latinos have played an important role in helping President Obama win the presidency in both of his races. The center’s 2014 National Survey of Latinos suggest that, “Two-thirds (66%) of Latino registered voters say passing new immigration legislation soon is extremely or very important”. To conclude, Obama’s strategy to win over the substantial Latino vote will serve to the Democratic advantage in future …show more content…

Caroline Chambers, deputy director of the Open Society Policy Center comments that “We have enormous faith in the groups with which we have had longstanding relationships, and we wanted to give them resources to pursue the best possible legislative fix for the problems in our immigration system”. This gives us clarification on the importance of resources given to groups, by supporting and believing that the immigration system needs a change. In 2013, Ford gave $2.3 million to United We Stand for a national effort to help young immigrants sign up for the reprieves. Major donations from nation’s wealthiest liberal foundations, including the Carnegie Corporation of New York, the Open Society Foundations of the financier George Soros, and the Atlantic Philanthropies have added up to an investment of more than $300 million dollars in immigration organizations. With the donations from organizations that seek immigrant rights, the funds going to the dreamers programs are not coming from the federal funds and won’t cost tax payers a single

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