Immigration officer sought cash, sex to halt deportations, feds say by Tim Darragh

      Arnaldo Echevarria was an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer. He was letting immigrants stay in the United States with a legal working permit. He was bribed by seven  illegal immigrants and was paid $78,000. He as allowed some of the women to bribe him with sex. On of the women that had sex with him became pregnant and she did not want to abort the baby, even though he wants her to. He had made a salon for her to work in, he paid people in cash. He was taking advantage of his authority and was let people bribe him. He is in jail for 15 years and a $250,000 fine. 

This kind of thing should not happen because it can affect people. Even though he helped, he did it in a bad way. He had sex with women and got paid from people. He took advantage that illegal immigrants are desperate and scared of being deported. He used his authority to “help” those people. If he wanted to help them, he would have done something legally. He now affected the people’s life because they were illegally given aid to stay in the U.S. There should be help for illegal immigrants, but it should be legally done so that it doesn’t affect someone negatively during the process.

Article: http://www.nj.com/somerset/index.ssf/2016/02/ice_officer_sought_cash_sex_to_protect_unauthorize.html

ICE Agents Lure Undocumented Immigrant Out Of A Church Using Fake Text Messages BY JACK JENKINS & ESTHER YU-HSI LEE

             Reynold Garcia, an undocumented Mexican immigrant was arrested by ICE. It was early morning in January and he was at church while he  was being tricked by ICE. He was receiving text messages from his cousin's phone number saying that he had gotten in a car accident. He was called by a policeman to confirm that the accident was real. He then had to go outside because he was going to be driven by a policeman to the car accident. As he got inside the police car he realized that it was an ICE car. He was tricked by ICE into deportation. The day before his family had also been arrested.

“The very last moment, you know, is when we realized what was happening,” Gutierrez told WBEZ. “I go, ‘No, no no… this is not police. This is ICE.’ But it was too late, because he was already inside the car.”

           I personally believe that it was not right that he was tricked into being arrested. ICE pretended to be his cousin and that is wrong. They should have respected that he was in church. There were many people that were able to witness what had happened. This led to many people living in fear. Many Latino students were afraid to go to school and people were afraid to go outside. Things like these bring fear to people. There should be more moral ways to take people instead of lying to them.

“Of course this is a callous violation of that now broken promise [to not encroach on sensitive locations]. Immigrants are used to broken promises.”

People are getting used to broken promises. Things like these and fear should not be happening in a country that is made up of immigrants.

article: http://thinkprogress.org/immigration/2016/02/17/3750332/immigrant-lured-out-of-church-with-fake-texts/

Lawsuits Claim Disney Colluded to Replace U.S. Workers With Immigrants By JULIA PRESTON

There are American people that are losing their jobs at Disney because of immigrant workers. H-1B workers are taking over the jobs of US citizens and they are upset that their jobs are being taken away. The citizens want their jobs back because the have families to support. Companies like Disney are hiring immigrants because they can easily be used for cheap labor. It is cheaper for them to hire an immigrant to work for them. Ms. Moore was released from her job at Disney World and it is hard for her to find another job. She said that she had applied to 150 jobs at Disney and she was not hired for any of them. There are American workers that are filing a lawsuit because they are losing their jobs t immigrants. I believe that companies like Disney are using immigrants because they are cheaper to hire. They are used as cheap labor and companies want to take the easy way out. There should be a fair chance for both Americans and immigrants to be hired by companies like Disney. They should not take advantage of immigrants because they are in need of a job. There should be a fair chance for everyone so that there are no disagreements and misunderstanding.

Article: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/26/us/lawsuit-claims-disney-colluded-to-replace-us-workers-with-immigrants.html

How Immigrants Fit Into America's Economy, Now and 100 Years Ago by GILLIAN B. WHITE

Immigrants have been coming to America for a long time looking for jobs and a better lifestyle. The article says that it has become harder for people to immigrate to America because of the high immigration policy. The immigration policy has become very strict. The article explains how there are different categories that immigrants fall into. They are either well educated and can work in high paying jobs or they are not educated and it takes them longer to establish themselves in America.

“Positive selection happens when immigrants entering the U.S. from a particular country are generally those with high levels of skill and education. They leave because they are in high-demand in America, and can easily find jobs and earn a good wage. Negative selection happens when immigrants with low-skill levels are the primary groups leaving a country.” (Article)

I believe that people should be allowed to come to America and get educated so that they can work in a better job. If they are hired for a job it is because they worked hard to be where they are. They worked hard to be in that position. If someone else thinks that immigrants are taking their jobs, then they should work harder to receive what they deserve. Working hard and getting where you want to be should not be looked down upon.

“As far as the deleterious impacts on wages and the U.S. economy that immigration critics are so afraid of, there’s little evidence to support the theory that overall, immigration is harmful to U.S. workers.” (article).

There are people that are moving from where they live because they believe that their jobs are being taken away. I personally believe that if you work hard, you will get to where you want to be.

Link: http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/01/the-economics-of-immigration-past-and-present/426693/