The topic for my group is
immigration. My stakeholder that I have chosen is the legislators. Now, I chose
them, because they have a major stake in this topic. Immigration is a national
function. It may be a problem to some, but to others it is a way of escaping
their old live or assimilating into a new culture. Again, the legislators have
many views on the subject and now all of them have the same opinion about
specific resolutions or ideas towards immigration. The legislators have made
their stances clear in the bills and representative states that they are from
generally accept these immigration bills.
From a
research analysis and data collection of up to 2012, I have discovered that
many states do not generally accept immigrants. This is due to the legislators
passing bills which are carried over into their states. For instance, in 35
states, as according to The NCSL, bills were passed to penalize businesses that
employ unauthorized immigrants or they would require electronic employment
verification to ensure that their employees were legal.
The
analysis continues to address many points and topics of immigrants and their
condition, but another high point is that of health and healthcare. Again, the
NCSL stated that 25 states accepted bills that would require identification or
verification of citizenship to be enrolled in health programs or even be
admitted into a hospital. This is highly valuable, because if there are people
being denied healthcare or even hospitalization, what are we to even do about
it? How would this affect the hospitals, the families of the ill, and
especially the immigrants needing assistance?
The analysis
continues to talk about voting, public benefits, and a broad spectrum of life
that Americans generally overlook because they are natives.
Reference:
National Conference of State Legislatures. 2012
Immigration-Related Laws, Bills, and Resolutions in the States: Jan. 1-March 31, 2012. NCSL, 2012.
Web. 7 Feb. 2014.
