Research proposal on immigration essay

Research proposal on immigration

IMPROVED IMMIGRATION LAWS FOR THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: THE PROBLEM WITH UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS

 IMPROVED IMMIGRATION LAWS FOR THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: THE PROBLEM WITH UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS

Introduction

The United States of America has been a leader in global opportunities over decades, a move that has attracted massive immigrants who opt for greener pasture us considered a favorable destination to pursue ‘the American dream’. Immigration has since become a key thing as the nation faces the challenges of an ever increasing number of undocumented and illegal immigrants.
The research to unravel the dynamics behind the ever increasing immigrant population and the ultimate goal of establishing a lasting remedy to address the issue in a neutral manner will be my goal. Immigration is the movement of people to another country where they are not considered native. Undocumented immigration is illegal as the immigrants lack in the government databases and is not recognized by the state.

Background

The long struggle by the government of the United States of America to remedy the immigration issue in a neutral non partisan way has borne no fruits even in the highly anticipated Obama administration. The senate bill of June 17 2013 in my opinion fails to create a systematic solution to the 9 million immigrants in the United States of America. It therefore brings to attention of an anticipated implementation deemed to fail in an ever dynamic political environment. The world economy is fast growing, therefore the United States of America economy continues to attract more immigrants most illegally and therefore a worse situation should be of greater consideration than the present.

      While many of human rights activists have tried hard to fight for the rights of the immigrants the government has maintained a divided opinion between the republicans and the democrats as there has been a no neutral effective solution reached. Immigrants have been accused of increasing government spending, creation of job scarcity,  theft, drug trafficking and terrorism in the wake of 9/11 as was the case, however they contribute to a massive labor force, their shortcomings however outweigh the benefits and therefore a neutral judgment has to be reached to solve the issue.

Problem statement

The us immigration system is a body that has assumed inoperative roles that fail to address the present and future trends in immigration by failing to address the issue in a logical way. The rules enacted by the immigration body are only geared to address the millions of immigrants who are already in the country  and fails preventing further immigration and rather fails in a measure to protect the interests of the American, it therefore becomes evident that the procedures to enter us legally is bureaucratic and financially unfeasible.

Research questions

·         Why is the United States of America immigration system problematic?

·         Is it constitutionally right to legalize millions of undocumented immigrants in the United States of America?

·         Is it economically beneficial to legalize millions of immigrants in the United States of America?

·         Do the political dynamics influence immigration policies in the United States of America?

·         Does amending immigration laws out rightly lead to a better solution?

Hypothesis

High immigration rate leads to more economic problems.

Objectives

·         Establish the key factors behind the increasing immigration

·         To identify the measures required to bring the immigrant related problems to a minimum

·         Examine the factors that lead to divided political opinion on immigrant laws

·         To establish the relationship between the strictness of acts in the constitution and the magnitude of immigrant associated problems

·         To find from citizens and the government why they think illegal immigration is an economic threat to the U.S.A.

Significance of the study

The significance of this research is to:

·         To improve the immigration laws

·         To provide a basis for public understanding of challenges associated with excess immigration

·         To influence political orientations of politicians to a common view

·         To obtain qualitative and quantitative data that is highly objective to solve immigration problems.

·         To complete partial fulfillment in the award of…………

Literature review

The government of United States of America has been on the run to eradicate illegal immigration through enacting constitutional acts and the use of technology to keep up with the ever changing criminal tactics. Illegal migration and the influx of undocumented immigrants have been opposed by government owing to numerous challenges with it;

·         The illegal immigrants cost the us economy 100 billion dollars annually (report by federation of American immigration reform) that is transferred to the American tax payer. Illegal immigrants don’t pay tax as they are never included in the government payroll while they enjoy government services like education and comprehensive healthcare.

·         The federation of American immigration reform the year2004 conducted a research in California to reveal a 1.4 billion dollar cost by illegal immigrants in unpaid healthcare and 3.08 billion in education costs.

·         Illegal immigration has since 2000 seen the formulation of 2006, 2007 and 2008 bills to counter these challenges. An an estimated 10.6 million immigrants infiltrate the us lead.

·         Before 200 the major infiltration border was the Mexico northern border gateway that saw the neighboring states worst hit by the issue.

·         The government of the United States lacks the power of the federal government to award citizenship or to enforce immigration provisions through deportation. they have the right to enact legislation on  immigration within the guidelines set by the federal government under the 287(g) program to outlaw human trafficking, and to increase sanctions on employers who hire illegal workers

Methodology

In this section I present an overview of the methods used in the study, qualitative methodology has been used at large.

·         Research design

This research will involve evaluating the opinions of the individual citizens and establishing the public opinion and accessing the impacts of potential remedy in a sample economy. The research will lastly be designed to achieve the objectives of the researcher.

·         The population

The state of California will be taken as the reference point as it has diverse populations of illegal immigrants and the federal government is easily accessible to me. The target group will be the legal citizens, illegal immigrants and the government officials.

·         Sampling and sampling technique

From the sample and the nature of the questions a questionnaire would be most appropriate; I will make a short questionnaire that people fill opinions with some questions with ticking boxes. I will ask these questions:

To Legal citizens	To Illegal immigrants	To Government officials
Do the immigrants take your jobs?	Do you enjoy equal rights with Americans?	Why is undocumented immigration illegal?
Should illegal immigration be allowed to continue?	How would you wish the immigrant issue addressed?	Do you grant immigrant citizenship?
Does the government fail to implement good laws that are prohibitive to illegal immigration	Do you think you are a liability in American economy?	What has the economy suffered under illegal immigration?
How would you wish the immigrant issue addressed?	What made you leave your country for America?	Is the situation under control?
What effects has the illegal immigration caused to you and the economy at large?	Would you wish to acquire citizenship in America?	Does increased immigration lead to increased crime rate?
What will be the implications if an amnesty is passed?	How do you feel treated in America?	How would you wish the immigrant issue addressed?
	In case of deportation to your country, how would you like it done?	What will be the implications if an amnesty is passed?

I would use a sample of 300 citizens, 300 immigrants and 100 government officials

·         Data collection

I will use an online survey for my audience and partly manual to get a varied idea. This will result in reduced cost and an apparent reduction in travelling. The instrument of data collection will primarily be a questionnaire.

·         Data analysis

The collected data will be expressed in percentages and a statistical package for service solution (SPSS) will be used to analyze the data.

Time schedule

Week	Activity
1	Literature review and Designing questionnaires
2	Data collection
3	Finalizing data collection
4	Analyzing primary and secondary data and an in-depth evaluation
5	Final report writing and  presentation

Limitations

The researcher is limited to one state of the nation.

References

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