I found an article on Austin American Statesman that interested me, it was by Tim Eaton “Immigration bills dwindle at Texas legislature”, it talks about how a few years back there were many bills filed that was concerned with illegal immigration, and this year that number dropped. It gives a few reasons why that number may have dropped, one of the reasons is: many republicans were shocked to see the outcome of the election of 2012, because there was a high percentage of Latino voters, which Mitt Romney only got around 27%. Republicans have a bad reputation within the Latino community, which has made many republican rethink their strategy and try to attract more Latino voters, or they could be losing their positions to democrats. The topic of immigration has been on the rise since the dream act was passed; also many other states are passing bills that are beneficial to immigrants, for example a bill that was passed in Illinois that will allow for illegal immigrants to obtain a license. I think this article is very interesting because many illegal immigrants have hope that Obama will pass an immigration reform soon.
In my opinion, when I was reading this article it made me feel like if republicans have so much hatred towards immigrants. Let’s state the fact that Native Americans were here before any other race was here in America, so we are all immigrants here. What I don’t understand why the lash against immigrants? They are human beings like any other one of us, and I think they deserve a chance to a better life, like many Europeans had when they migrated to America fleeing the desperation they were facing in Europe.
Immigration Bills Dwindle at Texas Legislature
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