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‘it is easier to go to Mars
than it is to regulate the bonier”
said Nestor Rodriguez, associate
professor of sociology and co
director of the Center for
Immigration Research at the
University of Houston.
Rodriguez was one of three
scholars on a panel concerning
immigration policies in the
United States. The event was
held at Texas A&M Thursday
night as part of the Wiley
Lecture Series.
The event was mediated by
Rep. Joe Nixon, R-Texas and
former A&M student. Maria
Gordon, president of a law firm
that represents individuals and
businesses in immigration mat
ters. The experts gave their opin
ions and look questions from the
audience on topics that per
tained to immigration.
‘‘In the history of human
kind, immigration has played a
major role in the creative force
in human development,"
Rodriguez said. “Human kind
has not stopped walking and the
creativity created by immigra
tion defines our species. But it is
all changed now. National secu
rity will take on an increased
priority and regulate who comes
into the United States due to
undocumented immigration.
America is headed towards a
federation with Canada and
middle-American countries sim
ilar to the European community.
Eventually we will truly become
the United States of America —
not America the country but
America the continent.”
The Immigration and
Naturalization Service (INS)
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recently has been criticized by
many Americans and the media
who want different immigration
policies.
Congress recently passed
anti-terrorism legislation that
increases the government’s abil
ity to deal with suspected terror
ists. As a result, more than 1,(XX)
foreigners have been detained,
largely because of immigration
violations like overstaying their
visas. However, Rodriguez and
Gordon argued that the problem
is much more difficult than it
appears.
Rodriguez said. “It’s always
a big challenge to regulate
immigration laws. INS is the
fastest-growing bureaucracy in
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not a perfect system.”
Rodriguez suggested a total
examination of the entire immi
gration system in order to
accomplish the goals that are
being set by INS, and that
Americans must recognize the
tremendous task ahead.
Rodriguez also warned
about criticizing the INS for its
inefficiencies.
“INS has two contradicto
ry functions: to keep people
out and to assimilate foreign
ers into American society,”
Rodriguez said.
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