Crackdown on Immigration

As immigration becomes a heated topic of debate during the upcoming presdiential election, it is important to examine current events surrounding the issue. For example, Xandre in Cuentame Los Angeles posted some information on a recent massive sweep in Los Angeles that has deported hundreds. "The US Immigration and Customs Enforcement is on the warpath with 1300 arrests in the last two weeks at homes, workplaces and jails; 600 have already been deported, and ICE says there is more to come. Most of those picked up either have criminal records or failed to abide by orders for deportation. Immigrants' rights groups say there's a climate of fear—even among citizens and legal residents—with risk to the economy. Anti-immigrant groups say it's about time. We hear from all three."

These arrests are of economic and social importance, because of the jobs that will now go unfilled by those who have left the country. As other recent news articles have discussed, something needs to be done about illegal immigration and the sooner the better.