No human is illegal

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No human is illegal

• By Andrew, Conor, Priscilla, Sara

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Ethical Questions

• How do we decide who gets to enter the United
  States and experience the opportunities for a
  better life?
• How do we create a system in which immigrants and
  migrant laborers human rights are protected
  while maintaining the rights of American
  citizens?
• How do we establish structures that balance the
  need for United States national security with
  the need and right of people to immigrate?

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Goals for our presentation

• To gain a better understanding of the
  immigration/ migrant worker situation
• To see how the Cycles of Poverty, Despair, and
  Violence and immigration are all connected
• To appreciate the rights we have as US citizens
• To work for the equal treatment of immigrants and
  migrant farm workers

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Past U.S. Immigration laws

• Chinese Exclusion Act (1882)

• Alien Land Laws (1913, 1920, 1923)
• Immigration Act (1924)

• Tydings McDuffie Act (1934)
• Amendments to Immigration and Nationality Act
  (1965)
• Immigration Reform and Control Act (1986)

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Current Immigration Laws

• Immigration Act (1996)- Strengthened border
  patrols, set greater penalties for the smuggling
  of immigrants
• In 1997, resident "aliens" with felony
  convictions may be deported.

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The Current Debate In the Senate about
Immigration
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Immigration Facts

• Nearly 900,000 persons are being legally admitted
  into the US annually
• Another 300,000 undocumented migrants come into
  the US annually
• 43 of undocumented migrants reside in California
• Undocumented persons in the US add at least 22
  billion
• The US is debating building a 700 mile wall at
  the Mexican border to stop migration

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Guest Worker Program

• Proposed by President Bush a temporary worker
  program to match willing foreign workers with
  U.S. employers when no Americans can be found to
  fill the jobs
• Open to foreigner workers and undocumented
  workers already in US
• Workers need to pay a one-time fee to register in
  the program

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Minutemen

• Volunteers who patrol the border
• Believe that the federal government has neglected
  its enforcement of immigration policies

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Opposing Viewpoints

• Pro- Immigration
• Provides for a gain in economic welfare
• Increases diversity
• Improves living standards for immigrants
• Gives foreigners a chance to attain the American
  Dream

• Anti- Immigration
• Takes away jobs from American citizens

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Catholic Social Teaching
Participation Every human has the right and duty
to participate in society. This principle teaches
us that the basic rights of workers must be
respected and protected. All workers have the
right to decent and fair wages and to organize
into unions.

• Human EqualityAll humans documented or
  undocumented should be treated fairly. The
  equality of all people comes from their inherent
  dignity. All humans have dignity and in reality
  the undocumented immigrants are really no
  different from our parents and grandparents that
  came here to make a better life for us.

Option for the Poor This principle teaches us to
put the needs of the poor and vulnerable first.
It is the duty of the more fortunate to help the
poor.
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Immigration and Cycles of Poverty, Despair, and
Violence

• Cycle of Poverty the undocumented immigrants
  want to come to the U.S. because they are poor in
  their native countries
• Cycle of Despair the undocumented immigrants
  feel despair and lose hope to make money in their
  native land, so they risk everything they have to
  cross the border with coyotes
• Cycle of Violence when in America, undocumented
  immigrants face violence from fellow laborers and
  bosses

Poverty
Violence
Despair
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What justice need does immigration fulfill in
society?

• Everyone, no matter where he/she is from should
  have the opportunity to achieve the life they
  want
• Everyone should have the opportunity to achieve
  the American Dream

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Call to Action

• The Senate Judiciary Committee passed the
  Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2006
  (CIRA) on Monday, March 27 to reform our broken
  immigration system.
• Many senators are deciding how to vote on this
  issue
• Senators are looking for your opinion this is a
  quick and easy way to voice your thoughts on this
  Hot Topic.
• Visit http//capwiz.com/jesuit/issues/alert/?aler
  tid8645056

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Ethical Questions

• How do we decide who gets to enter the United
  States and experience the opportunities for a
  better life?
• How do we create a system in which immigrants and
  migrant laborers human rights are protected
  while maintaining the rights of American
  citizens?
• How do we establish structures that balance the
  need for United States National Security with the
  need and right of people to immigrate?

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The End
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