Nowaday is important to know, why in USA doesn't have an inmigration reform? Well, we need to analyse at least two perspectives, the first is the economic, and the second is the political.
Basically, diferent companies, specially, farmers, don't think an inmigration reform results good for them bussines. Because wether millions of workers have an legal status, they would have labour rights. How you can maintain the level of production and the volume of profits, if you need to increase the salary and pay more taxes? That is like to shoot in the foot, you require a cheap workforce and without rights, because in that way, you can increase the level of production and the utilities. For other hand, recently Donald Trump in his address to Congress the past Tuesday, Febreuary 28th, he said that USA needs high-qualified workers in order that to allow income to this country. But in the farm, the northamericans companies have the best high-qualified workers, considering most of them were farmworkers, actually, the majority people who inmigrate worked in the field, but they have to leave their towns, because they don't have infraestructure and they can't compete with the big companies, and North American Free Trade created a inequal competition in the market. The mexican government didn't do anything to support the small producers and the farmers.
But in others jobs, for example, housekeepers, builders, cleaning and services companies, happen the same, the contractors prefer undocumented workers by reason of they could dismiss without justification, they can pay low salaries and employed more people counter to if they hire USA citizens.
The other reason, is a political issue. Many conservatives politians think if they support an inmigration reform would lost votes, on the other hand, some are racists, xenophobics and they believe USA is invaded by people who don't trust in them values, and the most important don't speak english and they're not whites. Such is the case of Trump, Bannon, Sessions and many members of the cabinet of the actual president of the USA. But contrary to appear, many Republicans are in favor a complete inmigration reform, such is George W. Bush, who supported an proposed one. That reform could read in USA Inmigration Reform, where not only we have a squeme to find the pathway to legalize millions of undocuments migrants, but also, how to maintain a "secure" border, with founding to boders patrols, expand the rack in the border with Mexico, and deport people who have commited a felony. Is important to read that proposal, because we can see, that propose is really conservative, but could relieve the legal situation of many inmigrants.
But, why with the president Bush not was succesful? Because, happened the 9/11, and the government of USA entered the war against terrorism and many islamic nations. In that moment, Mexico had a Foreign Secretary, who wanted that reform and he called "la enchilada completa", Jorge G. Castañeda.
Although he was a great connoisseur of the foreign affairs between Mexico and USA, he failed. And the main reason is because for many politicians is not a priority to give a legal situation for many migrants, not, the domestic policy is most important than the relationship with his southern neighbour. That proposal was archived and the preference was the war against terrorism.
With the president Obama happened something diferent, the republicans opposed to everything he wanted to proposed. They was resentful with the ObamaCare and they declare a war against the president. Today, the president Donal Trump talked about an inmigration reform, the last tuesday, but many people, including members of the Republican Party, don't believe Trump was talking seriously. And that is true, because if we check his speech is completely anti-inmigrant, and the only proposal comes out the oval office, particularly, of Bannon. And he thinks is necesary to counteract the islamic and the mexican culture, and "make america white again", he believes if the government of USA create a caotic and stressful situation for inmigrants they comeback to their countries and many inmigrant would not want to cross the border. That is the actual policy, and an inmigration reform or "la enchilada completa" is a complete delusion.
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