Should illegal immigrants be allowed to get driver's licenses?

Research Paper: OUTLINE

Topic of the research paper

The context of this thesis rests on the understanding that driver's license is an instrument for safety and not for implementing immigration laws. Safety of a person driving on the road is rather important then illegal immigration. Providing the illegal immigrants with driving license will make it easier for the government authorities to keep track of these aliens and their activities as well. Licensing provides enhanced information about a person; it'll help keep bad drivers off the roads. However, since illegal immigrants cannot be tested and verified for their ability to perform in American society in any way, it would be a risk to the lives and safety of other Americans on the roads. The research will be conducted by making use of extensive primary and secondary study.

Introduction

There are a total of 11.6 million undocumented immigrants in the United States, with a large population living in the state of California.

The next leading region of origin is Asia with an estimated of 1.2 million immigrants, followed by about 850,000 immigrants from South America.

Mexico has become the leading source of unauthorized immigration to the United States with an increase from 4.7 million in 2000 to 7.0 million in 2008.

According to Rivera-Batiz, Latinos, specifically Mexicans, continue to migrate to the United States in large numbers and it is projected that by the year 2030, Latinos will total more than 73 million.

Allowing illegal Mexican immigrants to obtain driver's licenses would make it easier for them to drive their children to school as well as arrive at their jobs.

Issuance of driver's license to illegal immigrants in the United States is one of the most discussed topics in recent years.

Thesis Statement

Illegal immigrants should not be allowed to obtain driver's licenses because they have not been verified for their adequacy for American society. Hence it is a major risk to grant illegal immigrants driving licenses.

Research method

Secondary research will be used as research technique for this research.

The internet publications, studies on similar subjects and article have all been considered for this research.

The final conclusions would be drawn from the analysis of secondary data available on the internet and other secondary sources.

Since this research is based on a broad subject, secondary research methodology is the best methodology available which can be used for such research subject.

Discussion

The context of this discussion rests on the understanding that driver's license is an instrument for safety and not for implementing immigration laws.

Safety of a person driving on the road is rather important then illegal immigration.

Providing the illegal immigrants with driving license will make it easier for the government authorities to keep track of these aliens and their activities as well.

However, since illegal immigrants cannot be tested and verified for their ability to perform in American society in any way, it would be a risk to the lives and safety of other Americans on the roads.

Happenings

The states of Washington, New Mexico and Utah were the only ones where ...