Immigration Rising in Texas

On Monday, September 23, 2013 The Texas Tribune published an article titled "Study: Undocumented Immigration May Be Rising in Texas". The article goes on to discuss that in several states the number of undocumented immigrants has decreased, while the number of undocumented immigrants in Texas has remained the same and possibly even increased. Furthermore, this article goes on to say that out of the 6 states(California, Florida, Illinois, New Jersey, New York, and Texas) with the largest numbers of immigrants, Texas was the only one that did not witness a fall in immigration population that took place a few years ago.

I feel that this article is worth reading because it makes you brew up a bunch of questions, such as "Why is it that other states are seeing a decrease in immigration population, but not Texas?" and "how is the increase of immigration population going to affect Texas in the long run?". Texas is becoming a very populated state and with the increase of immigration population, one can only imagine if Texas will become the largest populated state in this country in a course of time. Additionally, the article goes on to say that the study's data on population growth could come into play since Congress is continuing to debate immigration reform.

Furthermore, the border security is one of the main sticking points between both parties(Republicans and Democrats). Republicans are arguing that the border must be secured to prevent a future flow of immigration, while the Democrats are arguing that the border is more secured now, than it ever has been and are using customs and Border Protection data to back up their claims. Immigration reform is one of those topics that truly never has a conclusion since many debates arise from many sides. Whether you favor Immigration reform or not, in time we will see why immigration population is not decreasing in Texas and the effects that come with that later on.