FILL OUT YOUR CENSUS

My classmate wrote an original editorial about the census and it's turn out rate thus far. I completely agree with what she says and the questions that she is wondering about why there are so many people who haven't filled out the forms. I do believe that there are many places that could benefit if the census was just filled out and turned in. So many people are too wrapped up in their lives to realize how much the lack of information could hurt our community, city, state etc. I think that the idea of sending out the census a second time and having census workers going door- to- door is a very pushy but good idea to try to reinstate the importance. I completely support this!

Immigration in Texas

The issue of immigration and illegal immigrants coming into Texas' boundaries has been an on-going concern for some time now. According to the Texas Tribune, the Migration Policy Institute has reported that over 1 million illegal immigrants and their children reside in Texas at this time. Texans are just plain tired of this costly nonsense. Tax payers are paying for the illegal aliens to live with money that could be very beneficial in other areas of our agenda. Because the federal government has talked and talked and put no action into this problem, Texans believe that the state should step in and do something about it. The issue seems now with getting anti-immigration laws to pass, as many bills have come along and have not passed.

Immigrant advocates have been working against the anti-immigration laws as they argue that the illegal immigrants are crucial to our economy as they fill jobs such as construction and some service industry jobs. Their main concern is that some businesses will fail as a result of the laws.

Seeing both sides of the issue, my support lies with the anti-immigration crew. I agree businesses should be penalized if they are caught with employees that they are aware are illegal. It just seems fair.