Immigration reform

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The mid-term elections of 2014 are coming up, and the major parties are all vying for the votes of the electorate. On the timeline to the elections, several issues have come up for discussion. These issues are vital in the attempts of the parties to influence the votes of the electorate. The paper seeks to explore four of the issues, which include, the healthcare reform, the minimum wage, reforms in immigration laws, as well as allegations of voter suppression. These issues will in large part influence the party that the voters will elect in the mid-term elections.
President Obama proposed the health care law in 2009; it seeks to give better medical services to those unable to afford it. The law was proposed to the floor of the house of congress as the affordable care bill. On the mid-term elections this year, Republicans have made their opposition to the healthcare law known. They have always shown aversion to the healthcare law since its inception. In the elections, the Republicans have launched a concerted campaign to paint the affordable care act as a failure. Republicans seek to use the issue to rally supporters to their side. The Democratic Party, on the other hand, fully supports the act and champions it as bringing affordable healthcare to the poor people who deserve it.
The Democrats in congress have proposed an amnesty bill that seeks to give undocumented and illegal aliens the right to acquire citizenship. The bill has been unable to progress and has stalled on the floor of congress. On the issue, the Democrats seek to push an amnesty bill, which would give illegal aliens the right to citizenship. Republicans are against giving illegal aliens citizenship. Eric Cantor, the Senate majority leader claims in his campaign that this move ignores the laws of the country and seems to reward the aliens for their illegal behavior. The republicans seek to block the immigration reforms proposed by the democrats. The Democrats support this bill on the view that aliens have a right to acquire citizenship if the fulfill certain conditions.
The minimum wage is a divisive issue in the mid-term elections and both major parties seek to use the issue in driving their campaign for votes. The Democratic Party has prioritized raising the minimum wage. The party seeks to raise the federal minimum wage from the earlier level of $7.25 to $10.10 an hour. This proposal has however met resistance from the Republican Party with the measure being blocked on the Senate. The Republicans claim t...