tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27559829.post114770034876584432..comments2023-04-03T19:49:42.055-05:00Comments on Civics Blog: Analysis: What impact do you think the May 1, 2006 immigration rallies and May 15, 2006 presidential speech will have on U.S. immigration policy?Mr. Bretzmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04907368716316376079noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27559829.post-1153173321013113462006-07-17T16:55:00.000-05:002006-07-17T16:55:00.000-05:00I think that the rallies and the speech will have ...I think that the rallies and the speech will have little to no impact on the U.S. immigration policy, at least not in the near future. Although the policies may not change as quickly as many would like, I do feel that the rallies and speech will raise awareness of this issue. I think our country will eventually adopt a guest worker program or something similar for some of the immigrants looking for better paying jobs. I think the policy reforms will not come about because of the rallies. I think reforms will come when Congress can tell the reforms are backed by a majority of their constituents that are both Democrats and Republican. I don’t think pressure from President Bush will open the eyes of Congress to the problem. I also think that the U.S. will give some sort of “amnesty” to illegal immigrants who are already in the country. We already basically, let citizens get away with breaking laws by only giving very mild punishments. Additionally, I think that the issue of “amnesty” will arise when people bring up the fact that we already have a huge budget deficit and deporting thousands of people back to their home country would be very expensive.Megan Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16002095272956580061noreply@blogger.com