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Social, Ethical and Economic Reasons for Addressing Immigration Policy Reforms

Countries like the US have reaped great social benefits from immigration despite its continued inability to structure proper immigration laws. However, illegal immigration has done tremendous damage to some states in the US, affecting social services and burdening public education (Segal, 2019). Other adversities such as security risks, strained inter-country relationships, and weakened labor rights have been linked to illegal immigration hence the need to modify the immigration policy. A need to change immigration laws is evident. For instance, a law to attract skilled immigrants would do better than harm any country. Arrangements such as allowing more students to advance their degrees in the country would create a diversified social and cultural impact. Lifting immigration restrictions improves a country's image, and hence the likeliness of security-related risks such as terror attacks is significantly reduced (Segal, 2019).

The recurring ethical reason to address immigration policy is its conjunction with providing services such as judicial and health services. Most current immigration policies either provide explicitly or restrict immigrants to healthcare services. Some policies are to the extreme of banning immigrants even from primary healthcare and emergency health services. It is compelling enough to loosen these restrictions because even when healthcare services are available for immigrants, they are hesitant to seek them, mostly due to fear of deportation (Gurola & Ayon, 2018). Even though some countries have entitled undocumented immigrants to healthcare services, the bureaucracy and administrative procedures of accessing these services scare them off. The immigration policies should be such that they expose the immigrants the least to profiling and discrimination as a result of immigration officers and personnel enforcing these restrictions (Gurola & Ayon, 2018).

The economic contribution of immigrants to the US is massive. Immigrants work at high-rate jobs in farming, fishing, construction, and textile industries, among others. The immigration influx supplements the employers' need for low-skilled labor (Kancs & Lecca, 2018). Additionally, the US's aging population and comparatively low birth rate need support from immigrants who would help improve the ratio of workers to retirees. Similarly, immigrants tend to push native-born Americans to higher-paying jobs. Their children strive for better and get college degrees which their parents didn't. This is essential in raising the overall innovation and productivity rate (Kancs & Lecca, 2018). Therefore, policies such as the 'Public Charge' rule rationale, which undermines this contribution, should be scrutinized. The rule restricts lawful entry to the US and makes it hard for immigrants to enjoy healthcare benefits such as Medicaid and SNAP (Kancs & Lecca, 2018).

 

References

Gurrola, M.A., Ayón, C. Immigration Policies and Social Determinants of Health: Is Immigrants’ Health at Risk?. Race Soc Probl 10, 209–220 (2018).       https://doi.org/10.1007/s12552-018-9239-z 

Kancs D & Lecca P. (2018). Long-term social, economic and fiscal effects of immigration into the EU: The role of the integration policy. The World Economy.

             https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/twec.12637

Segal U. A. (2019). Globalization, migration, and ethnicity. Science Direct.

         https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2019.04.011

 

Student Name: Jose Angel Ortega Suarez

Date: 06/20/2022

           Immigration refers to the international movement of people from their country of origin to other countries for whom they are not citizens. Still, they have any intention of becoming permanent citizens and residents of those countries (Saadi et al., 2020). People migrate because of opportunities, while others migrate because of circumstances such as war. Social, ethical and economic reasons motivate immigration and should be considered for immigration policy reforms.

            Social issues that should be included in immigration reform policy have access to education for immigrants without limiting the access to natives (Dustman et al.2007). Where there is immigration, there is competition for resources, and if there are no policies to regulate the accessibility of education and other social amenities, the resources will be scarce. Other social amenities include access to healthcare, housing, and water. There is a need to have policy reforms because when there is a strain in accessing the resources, there happens to be tension among the natives and citizens.

            The threats that come with failing to attend to the social needs include a threat to the security of the people and peaceful co-existence among the people (Dustman et al.2007). Suppose there are no policies to ensure the basic needs of people are met in the society, inclusive of immigrants. In that case, the consequence is an increase in crime rates which threatens the security of the people. The crime rates increase because the immigrants strive to find means of survival in a foreign country in which they have not yet acquired citizenship and employment.

            Ethical reasons include unequal power relations and violence (Sager., 2020). All immigration reforms policy should consider regulating the conduct of immigrants and natives. Conflicts often happen between immigrants and natives while competing for resources, and sometimes conflict happens because natives often consider themselves superior to immigrants. Policy reforms should purpose to ensure that there is a balance of co-existence among natives and immigrants.

            Economic reasons to consider include employment opportunities for the immigrants that will help fight poverty (Sager., 2002). Immigration often is caused by people seeking greener pastures, and sometimes immigrants are allowed into a country to provide labor. Regarding this, policy reforms should ensure that they only allow for the needed number of immigrants for labor or only allow a number that the country can sustain. Sometimes immigrants come in as refugees because of war in their countries, and in such circumstances, the policy should dictate that only a number the host country can sustain should be taken in. Social, ethical and economic reasons are always intertwined and should be considered as a whole while constructing policy reforms.

 

                                                         References

Dustmann, C., & Preston, I. P. (2007). Racial and economic factors in attitudes to immigration. The BE Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 7(1).

Saadi, A., Young, M. E. D. T., Patler, C., Estrada, J. L., & Venters, H. (2020). Understanding US immigration detention: reaffirming rights and addressing social-structural determinants of health. Health and Human Rights, 22(1), 187.

Sager, A. (2020). Against borders: Why the world needs the free movement of people. Rowman & Littlefield Pub