It seems that history is going to repeat itself. It was November 1986 when the US Representative, Mr. Dan Lungren congratulated the President Ronald Reagan after he approved a bipartisan immigration bill. It was the first bill in the history of US to legalize the largest number of illegal immigrants or unauthorized workers. But what happened after the approval? Did it become possible for the officials to restrict the entry of illegal workers in US? No, the subsequent three decades proved to be failure for the implementation of immigration laws. It allowed many illegal immigrants to soar in Massachusetts. A Republican “Lungren” said, “There was no enforcement and I mean literally, no enforcement”.
So, passing a new immigration bill will not bring any pivotal and concluding solution but strong measures for implementation will prove to be the key for success. Congress is again planning for a new roller coaster immigration discussion. A “gang of eight” is busy in drafting new set of rules for the solution of immigration problem. There are four Republicans and four Democrats with a plan to introduce their bill on coming Tuesday. There is huge struggle and hard work behind this draft and the group of eight has negotiated for months to finalize this bipartisan immigration bill. President Barack Obama is hoping for the advancement of one of his top priorities of 2013 in Congress.
The major milestones for this bill emphasize on the opening of official doors to eleven million people who are living illegitimately in the United States of America. It is quite obvious and expected that the bill will get acceptance from Congress but the most difficult part will start after approval. An Iowa Republican, Senator Charles Grassley said that he has warned his colleagues that enforcement must come first. He was the one who voted for the act of 1986 to legalize the illegal immigrants and put a lock on the doors for illegal workers. However, it could not become possible and the illegal immigrants who accounted for 5000 in 1990 increased to 75000 in 2010 as reported by Pew Hispanic Center. Moreover, Grassley said, “I want immigration reform, but the point is that the advocates for immigration reform are the ones that want to make everything real easy; Well, it ain’t gonna be easy.”
But on the other side, supporters of this forth coming immigration law argument that they only have one way to make it possible and that is to offer legal citizenship to illegal workers residing in the country. They are supporting to legalize eleven million immigrants that are four times bigger than the illegal immigrants legalized through 1986 law. Rocio Saenz (SEIU Local 615 President) said, “We understand this is going to be difficult, but this is the time to find a solution, now, once and for all, not piecemeal.”
At last, it will not be wrong to say that Democrats are going to enjoy win-win situation whether Republicans choose to pass these new laws or put all this down. According to Morrison, “The Republicans need this”. According to him, if Republicans fail to pass this law then Democrats will get a chance to blame them in the coming elections of 2014 and 2016.
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