Both Parties Push Immigration Crackdown

As the election year heats up, both political parties, Democrats and Republicans are pushing for a crackdown on illegal immigration. Although the proposals are impractical and mostly symbolic, they play well with voters in an election year. With unemployment numbers going up and the fears of a looming recession, illegal immigrants make a convenient scapegoat for the nation's economic woes. Therefore, Congress is proposing to increase fines on aliens caught crossing the border illegally, putting more money into the border fence with Mexico, and threatening to withhold federal funds to Police Departments in cities that don't question immigrants legal status.