Obama’s Immigration Policy, Secure Borders

Immigration is an important issue in Law Enforcement today. What is President Obama’s immigration policy and stance on securing the borders? If you plan on working in the criminal justice system or attend criminal justice courses, online or off, you will be faced with many policy related challenges and questions.

Here is the viewpoint of the current presidential office:

For too long, politicians in Washington have exploited the immigration issue to divide the nation rather than find real solutions. Our broken immigration system can only be fixed by putting politics aside and offering a complete solution that secures our border, enforces our laws, and reaffirms our heritage as a nation of immigrants.

Create Secure Borders

Protect the integrity of our borders. Support additional personnel, infrastructure and technology on the border and at our ports of entry.

Improve Our Immigration System

Fix the dysfunctional immigration bureaucracy and increase the number of legal immigrants to keep families together and meet the demand for jobs that employers cannot fill.

Remove Incentives to Enter Illegally

Remove incentives to enter the country illegally by cracking down on employers who hire undocumented immigrants.

Bring People Out of the Shadows

Support a system that allows undocumented immigrants who are in good standing to pay a fine, learn English, and go to the back of the line for the opportunity to become citizens.

Work with Mexico

Promote economic development in Mexico to decrease illegal immigration.

Other White House initiatives related to the Criminal Justice System

• Homeland Security
  • Defeat Terrorism Worldwide
  • Prevent Nuclear Terrorism
  • Strengthen American Biosecurity
  • Protect Our Information Networks
  • Improve Intelligence Capacity and Protect Civil Liberties
  • Protect Americans from Terrorist Attacks and Natural Disasters
  • Protect Critical Infrastructure
  • Modernize America’s Aging Infrastructure

• Urban Policy – Crime & Law Enforcement

• Foreign Policy
  • Afghanistan & Pakistan
  • Iran
  • Israel
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • Energy Security

• Civil Rights

These policies and agendas will be presented throughout this month.

You might also like:

• Obama’s Homeland Security Agenda
• Obama’s Civil Rights Agenda & The Criminal Justice System
• Obama’s Urban Policy on Crime and Law Enforcement
• President Obama’s Plan to Defeat Terrorism Worldwide
• Obama’s Initiative to Prevent Nuclear Terrorism
• Broken Windows, Crime Prevention, and Community Policing
• Terrorism: International Consensus on Definition of Terrorism