Amnesty Discriminates Based on Origin



As can be seen from the first chart below, most potential U.S. immigrants are Asian, they outnumber the rest of the world combined. However as the second chart shows, most foreigners illegally present in the U.S. are from Latin America. Thus legalization of illegal aliens would discriminate based on origin. In fact illegal immigration benefits 30 Latin Americans for every non-Latin American beneficiary.
Thus any type of amnesty for illegal aliens would be the opposite of what President John Kennedy advocated in 1963, when he asked Congress to eliminate discrimination created by the then existing National Origins Quota Immigration policy by saying the following:


"Elimination of Discrimination Based on National Origins ....
The use of a national origins system is without basis in either logic or reason. .....
such a system is an anachronism, for it discriminates among applicants for
admission into the United States on the basis of accident of birth."














President Kennedy also said:


"natives of no one country should receive over 10 percent of the total quota
numbers authorized in any one year. This will insure that the pattern of
immigration is not distorted by excessive demand from any one country."


Yet although President Kennedy's legislation was enacted into law, immigration discrimination has not ended, only the countries involved have changed. For example due to past amnesties for illegal aliens and intentional misuse of the 14th amendment, Mexico has recently contributed 35% of US immigrants/legalized illegal aliens; future amnesties being proposed could raise this to 50% or more.

Thus any type of amnesty for illegal aliens would increase the current discrimination against legal immigrants. "Earned legalization" does not send illegal aliens to the back of the immigration line. "Earned legalization" would instead add the $4400 Earned Income Credit and in-state college tuition to the benefits illegal aliens already receive ahead of legal immigrants.

Sources:

1. http://www.geohive.com/global/pop_w_reg.php 2. http://pewhispanic.org/files/reports/61.pdf

http://immigrantrightsfoundation.org/aboutamnesty.html