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Instructions

The issue of Immigration Reform has been simmering for many of the past presidential administrations. As we have seen during this past election cycle, the politics that drive this debate are both passionate and diverse. For this week's assignment read the three attached articles and give your opinion whether your agree or disagree with Douglas Massey's argument that "enforcement without legalization won't work"  Your second post should be a response to your group members opinion

Read:

1.Fine - Galbraith Final Paper 2.Massey: Backfire at the Border 3.Meissner: U.S. Temporary Worker Programs-Lessons Learned

Forum: Give your opinion whether your agree or disagree with Douglas Massey's argument that "enforcement without legalization won't work"  Your second post should be a response to your group members opinion. Question 1: Explain why a border policy that relies solely on enforcement is bound to fail. Question 2: What is the weakness in a blockade strategy? FIRST POST (50 points)   Explain why a border policy that relies solely on enforcement is bound to fail [25 points]  

Explain why a border policy that relies solely on enforcement is bound to fail	20
Use and cite external sources	5

   

· What is the weakness in a blockade strategy [25 points]

 

Objective	Possible Points	Total Points
What is the weakness in a blockade strategy?	15
Explain why	5
Discuss the contributing factors	5

        SECOND POST (50 points)  

Objective	Possible Points	Total Points
Identifying your reaction (agreement, disagreement, etc.)	10
Focusing on a group member or members or the group as a whole	10
Providing a substantive response	10
Providing evidence or anecdotal evidence	10
Quality of the writing	10

 

Reply：1. A policy solely based on enforcement is bound to fail for a simple reason, as long as America exists (and is better in terms of opportunity than other lands) people are bound to keep trying to come. No matter what enforcement you use people will always try to find ways around it and succeed. It is impossible to police every inch of our physical border and keep track of everyone who enters legally and overstays their visas. Another thing is the majority of Americans do not want to do the hard manual labor the immigrants do for us as said in Fine Galbraith Paper: "that U.S. organized labor persistently opposed to immigration until a sharp break in the late twentieth century." Since the twentieth century, we have been reliant on people who are not in the country legally to do a lot of hard labor because no American is really willing to do it. So an enforcement policy is bound to fail because its impossible to police everything, and our economy, as well as way of life, depends on it.   2.A weakness in the blockade strategy is we fundamentally need these people for our labor force and economy. Without them there would be no one working on  farms, in factories, etc which our way of life and economy depends on to work.