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Immigration Reform

Introduction: Immigration reform can go either way; it can help immigrants and asylum-seekers, or it can help place further restrictions on their lives by creating more punitive laws to discourage them from moving to the United States. There are divisions even among Democrats on the issue of immigration reform. Business lobbies are pushing for change harder than ever. Meanwhile, the Mexican government and other interested parties monitor this issue carefully. Mexico's President would have much to gain politically if immigration reform were to advance in the United States.

Almost all debates on immigration reform concentrate on their economic impact. Those who support reforms argue that immigration reform will help the U.S. economy to overcome a labor shortage. Those who oppose immigration reform claim that new immigrants will displace low-paid Americans and further depress wages. The problem with this traditional approach to debating the issues surrounding immigration reform is that potential voters have heard it all before.

I recommend the following strategy for "Americans for a Secure Democracy. Discuss the economic impact of immigration reform because that is what people expect but also discuss other important issues which for reasons of political correctness are often left out of a discussion including the social, legal, environmental, and political impact of immigration reform using these points:

1. Immigration increases poverty in the United States. New immigrants add to the pool of poor Americans. Americans for a Secure Democracy should remind American citizens who are potential voters that immigration reform would also add to poverty in America indirectly by driving down the income and employment rates of poorer Americans through economic competition.

2. Americans for a Secure Democracy should focus on another

fundamental American value in arguing against immigration refo...

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