Immigration reform refers to official changes enacted by a country’s government in regards to its immigration policy. The Federation for American Immigration Reform, founded in 1979, is the nation’s oldest anti-immigration organization. The Immigration Reform is primarily focusing on the number of immigrants, both legal and illegal currently in the United States. Immigration Reform is an Economic Imperative. Many Republicans and border state legislator stress securing the U.S. border with Mexico as the critical first step toward reform. The DREAM Act in the United States is an example of such legislative changes. Immigration Reform Strengthen U.S. Security and Economy.
Arizona immigration law orders immigrants to carry their alien registration documents at all times and needs police to question people if there's reason to suspect they're in the United States illegally. It also targets those who appoint illegal immigrant laborers or knowingly transport them. Arizona's hot-button immigration law is on hold, pending court appeals, but its effects are rippling across the country as state legislatures rearrange by the November elections begin their new sessions. The disputed Arizona law would allow law enforcement officers to demand proof of legal immigration status from whom they enquired.
The public broadly supports a new Arizona immigration law aimed at dealing with illegal immigration and the law’s provisions giving police increased powers to stop and delay people who are suspected of being in the country illegally. Arizona, which in recent years has seen the nation's greatest inflow of illegal immigrants, argued that the federal government had failed to police borders and needed new forms of state assistance, despite record levels of discharge under President Obama.
After Arizona passed its controversial law last year to crack down on illegal immigration, Rick Scott and many other political candidates in Florida rushed to jump on the bandwagon. The Arizona Immigration Law, also known as SB1070, is designed to help local law enforcement officers to enforce federal laws about illegal immigrants. It is not unconstitutional, nor does it conflict with US laws. Using this Arizona law, immigration and law officers can arrest people whom they suspect of being illegal.
Arizona, which in recent years has seen the nation's greatest inflow of illegal immigrants, argued that the federal government had failed to police borders and needed new forms of state assistance, despite record levels of expulsions under President Obama. The legislature finds that there is a compelling interest in the cooperative enforcement of federal immigration laws throughout all of Arizona. The legislature declares that the intent of this act is to make wearing down through enforcement the public policy of all state and local government agencies in Arizona. The provisions of this act are intended to work together to discourage and prevent the unlawful entry and presence of aliens and economic activity by persons unlawfully present in the United States.
On May 26, the United States Supreme Court upheld a 2007 Arizona law that allows the state of Arizona to close down businesses found to knowingly disregard the Federal prohibition against hiring undocumented workers. On April 23rd 2010, Arizona Governor Jan Brewer signed the state’s immigration bill. The bill is considered to be the strictest immigration measure in state government. The bill’s design is to crackdown on the illegal immigrants that have been living in the United States, and punish the people who knowingly employ illegal immigrants or who transport them.