...Alien is a 1979 science-fiction film directed by Ridley Scott, and starring Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton, John Hurt, Ian Holm and Yaphet Kotto. The film's title refers to a highly aggressive extraterrestrial creature that stalks and kills the crew of a spaceship. Dan O'Bannon wrote the screenplay from a story he wrote with Ronald Shusett, drawing influence from previous works of science fiction and horror. The film was produced through Brandywine Productions and distributed by 20th Century Fox, with producers David Giler and Walter Hill making significant revisions and additions to the script. The titular Alien and its accompanying elements were designed by Swiss surrealist artist H. R. Giger, while concept artists Ron Cobb and Chris Foss designed the human aspects of the film. Alien garnered both critical acclaim and box office success, receiving an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects,[5][6] Saturn Awards for Best Science Fiction Film, Best Direction for Scott, and Best Supporting Actress for Cartwright,[7] and a Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, along with numerous other award nominations.[8] It has remained highly praised in subsequent decades, being inducted into the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress in 2002 for historical preservation as a film which is "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".[8][9][10] In 2008, it was ranked as the seventh-best film in the science fiction genre by the...
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...illegal immigration. Take Arizona for instance, their law gives them the right to suspend or terminate business licenses to those people hiring illegals and even illegal to simply apply for a job inside the United States. The bill will make it illegal to provide transportation to someone whom you know is residing illegally. It will also require all immigrants to carry registration papers with them at all times. Illegal aliens make up over 25% of federal prisons populations. In certain areas of the nation illegals are responsible for 12% of the felonies, 25% of burglaries and 34% of thefts. With this being said there are 22 other states that are deliberating on instituting legislations similar to that of Arizona’s in an attempt to stop illegal immigration. Crimes are not the sole problem we face with the immigrants; the US holds a vast market for Mexico’s narcotic’s trade. One of the biggest debates that come with Arizona’s new law is racial profiling. This law allows law enforcement officers to detain suspects under reasonable suspicion of being an illegal alien and transfer custody to the ICE. This bill also allows for officers to check people’s immigration status if they are stopped for any other reason. The debates begin with it is not possible by simply looking at someone to tell whether or not they are an illegal and racial profiling is being aimed at the Hispanics. Yet what many people do not realize is that many Hispanics actually support the immigration bill passed in...
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...to find jobs that will fit their lifestyles. What many people like to point out is the fact that illegal immigrants take the menial lower waged jobs that most legal Americans wouldn’t. This is very true partly because non-skilled subordinate pay jobs do not require illegals to show proof of citizenship; therefore, they have a way to get money to support themselves. This is obviously better for the employers financially, because then they don’t have to pay their employees as much, and they get to make more revenue as a company. In this case, many middle-class Americans are struggling, because most low-wage jobs do not provide the money lawful citizens need to survive. “According to the laws of supply and demand if the 4.3 million illegal aliens working in low wage workplaces were removed, then many businesses would be forced to pay their employees more.” If this were to happen then many legal citizens could work more of the unskilled jobs and earn the amount of money that they are suited for. Not only would more jobs open up but also many prices...
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...Colton Dahlem Professor Jordan English 110/1522 December 5, 2012 Rough Draft Legal is the New Illegal What do you think of when you read ‘Immigration’? My thought of the definition of immigration is that people of other countries wanting a better life for themselves and/or their family and they think they can find that certain life in the United States. All they have to do is fill out paper work and pay fees that they can later pay off because they will have jobs because they became a US citizen. Some immigrants do not quite understand that concept and that is where we get the problem of illegal immigration. It is great that they want better lives but when they do it illegally is where they literally cross the line. Illegal immigration comes with certain causes, problems, and solutions. It is not easy to determine that causes of illegal immigration but according to the article “Illegal Immigration”, there are two main factors that make immigrants have the desire to join the United States. The first major factor is the “push” factor, which involves the pressures encouraging emigration in countries of origin. There are also four sub-factors that give those immigrants the actual push. The first is the professional factor that deals with jobs, money, and certain opportunities that the United States offer that their home does not. Second is the political factor, which is their opinion on our government vs. their government. The security factor is the third, which involves...
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...EXISTENCE OF ALIENS PROVED!!! Friday, August 24, 2012 Most people in Rajiv Gandhi stadium, Hyderabad yesterday thought that they were in some kind of Spielberg’s movie. A space shuttle landed in the middle of the ground during the lunch break of day 2 of India-New Zealand cricket match. Luckily no people were injured or hurt by this incident. Two alien creatures got out of the shuttle took a bag of soil from the ground and flew away. This entire incident was completely recorded by Star cricket and is telecasted live all over the world. Existence of Aliens: This incident created a panic all over the world. It proved the existence of aliens in the universe. People in Hyderabad were in complete shock and stayed in their houses for the rest of the day. Those who were in the ground including the players were being checked for any radioactive effect due to this sudden appearance of aliens. NASA and all space research organizations were informed immediately and they reached the cricket ground overnight to conduct research on the area where the shuttle landed. No telecom services worked around the radius of 3 kms around the place where the aliens landed for the next three hours. This incident answered the long asked question about the existence of aliens. Attack on earth: Since the aliens took soil from earth, scientists believe that they might come back soon to earth. They strongly believe that the technologies that aliens use were advanced by about 100 years to mankind...
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...themselves in order to achieve legal status, or is mass deportation of the estimated 10 million illegal aliens living in the U.S. the solution? A well laid-out, simplified, yet fair and enforceable amnesty plan could solve the multi-billion dollar battle of amnesty, deportation and illegal immigration. The cost of illegal immigration to the United States is estimated in the billions by numerous news avenues but what are the actual numbers and their impact on the United States? “More than 10 million illegal immigrants live in the United States, and 1,400 more arrive every day” (Katel, 2005). This number seems very high and somewhat scary to people but the truth is that “illegal immigrants only make up about 5 percent of the U.S. work force” (Ketel, 2005). Nonetheless, strong actions have been taken by the government to try to put a stop to illegal immigration. Over the past decade or so, billions of dollars have been spent on border-control measures such as walls, fences, and increasing border patrol personnel. From 1993 to 2004, the federal government quintupled border enforcement spending to $3.8 billion and tripled the Border Patrol to more than 11,000 officers (Cornelius, 2004). Seeing these totals without drastic results makes amnesty supporters wonder if this money could be better spent elsewhere. Currently the law is if a person is suspected of being an illegal alien, they will go through a long process of deportation. Deportation is a scary...
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...Illegal immigrants receiving social services To most Americans, those immigrants who enter the USA territories without the required documents are viewed as more of law breakers than ordinary people seeking refuge from given hardships they were experiencing at their native countries. This notion has led to the denial of most of the social services the general populations do receive from the government. However, there is need to know that among the undocumented immigrants, there are genuine cases of people seeking refuge while others are people running away from conviction due to breaching of the laws of their native states. The problem arises in differentiating the two categories. There is need to extend social services to the undocumented immigrants as they are people just like the ordinary citizens. These people need these services because: it is unethical to deny them, they are productive to the economy, it is healthy and it is a boost to sound international relations. Being an illegal immigrant should not deter one from accessing education facilities. Education equips the learners with skills to contribute positively to the labor market. Failure to do this will eventually lead to the increase in poverty and crime rates. In other cases, these people may be denied the right to access public facilities including the means of transport, which is both unethical and or impractical (Immigration.procon.org). In such a scenario, it becomes easy for a legal migrant to suffer the...
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...GEK2003 Politics and Governance in Singapore Name: Toh Zhi Qi Matrix no: A0111368 L Tutorial Group: E2 ESSAY QUESTION Q2: Of the many issues facing Singapore’s politics, which, in your view, is the most fatal for the PAP and if unresolved, could severely affect the PAP in the coming general elections? During the 2011 General elections, the PAP lost a GRC for the first time and the election was described as a watershed election by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. In the past 7 years, Singaporeans are getting increasingly unhappy with the ruling party despite enjoying relative peace and prosperity amid the gloomy global economic conditions. These issues ranges from foreigners influx, housing prices, transportation bottleneck, widening income gap, rising demands of citizens to the PAP governing style. Among these issues, the problem of foreigner influx is the most fatal as it is the root to many problems. The foreigner influx issue is indeed very challenging and if not tackled properly, can potentially affect the PAP adversely in the coming general elections. Firstly, the foreigners influx issue, the core of the problems. To tackle the persistent low birth rate, Singapore have experienced an overwhelming influx of foreigners especially from China and India. According to the latest statistics, our population swell to 5.39m; foreigners comprising of 1.55m, and citizens accounted for 3.31m. Singapore has loosened its immigration policy to boost her economy and maintain...
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...immigrants to become bright and talented youth, we will make a new academic strength in the United States of higher educated people. The Dream Act would cut $1.4 billion in the U.S. deficit and increase government revenue by $ 2.3 billion dollars over the next ten years. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said that passing the DREAM Act would allow “these young people to live up to their fullest potential and contribute to the economic growth of our country.” A lot of illegal immigrants want to go to college and can not because of their status. Illegal immigrants under the DREAM Act would have to pay out of state tuitions which draw in more money to stimulate the American economy. Additionally, giving the younger generation of illegal alien status an opportunity to enrich their education and pursue a good paying job would contribute to the economy. Illegal immigrants make up approximately one third of the United States population, and by making them legal we could tax immigrants. The average student under the act would benefit the local economy and provide much needed tax dollars by making up to $1 million more over his or her lifetime by obtaining legal status. The Dream Act encourages them to invest more in their own education, open bank...
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...Refugees around the world can be used as scapegoats for a country's problems and discriminated against because they don't follow a country's culture and are badly misjudged. In Ten Borders by Nicholas Schmidle chronicles the journey of Ghaith, a law student who is trying to escape war torn Syria and immigrate to Sweden and start a new life for his Family, but over the course of the story many different people of different backgrounds treat him differently both as welcoming and with disdain and contempt. Multiple people on Ghaith’s journey from Syria to Sweden were nice and helpful to him, and did not treat him like an alien because he was from another country. When Ghaith is on the greek island of cyprus and he is trying to get to an immigration...
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...states. Many people have done that when they feel that their country is in danger. So now that they have gone through a lot to get here, what have they done? Found a job to provide for a family. Why send them back to something they are trying so badly to get away from? If you don’t want them to be a drain in society, let them find a job somewhere and pays taxes. The United States helps every country on the planet to fight their wars, but a few people that come across the border is a problem? This topic is relevant to today’s society because thousands of illegal immigrants are getting deported back daily. Not only will it take some time, it will also use a huge amount of money just to send the large amounts of immigrants back. Everything, including...
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...Founding attorney at Puget Sound legal, an immigration firm serving families and growing businesses. This article is distilled from a forthcoming book to be published by the American Bar of Association Family law provides a brief introduction to the immigration law context, wherein the form is used and describes the scope of the financial obligations it imposes then describes the United States. Citizenship is one of the most wishes for immigrants in the United States and the U.S government can bestow and the most important immigration benefits that USCIS can grant. As a U.S citizen you have the right to vote, travel with a U.S passport, work as a federal employee and much more but some jobs will be limited to U.S citizens for security reasons and most people become U.S citizens by birth, either within the territory of the United States or to U.S citizen parents or by naturalization. The U.S citizenship and Immigration services is the agency which grants application for green cards, U.S citizenship and application for extensions and change of temporary visa status. The USCIS have a website that provides thousands of pages of information regarding how to obtain immigration benefits. However, the website is so complex that it is sometimes difficult to find the information that you are looking for. The USCIS allows immigrants check their status of case online, download or mail all immigration forms without charge, determine the filing fees of immigration petitions and applications...
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...Voyage to America Have you ever wanted to move to another country? Well, it may seem like an easy and fun adventure, but it could be a struggle. A common misfortune of transporting to the United States is the housing crisis. Many citizens spend up to $40,000-70,000 on an average house. Which this may not seem like a lot to someone who is employed, but for someone who is unemployed and trying to better themselves, it’s a lot. Also more problems is the length to adjust, cost of travels, and reason for travel. Have you ever thought about how long it would take to adjust to a new culture? Well, in recent studies shows that some people can adjust easily and others take a long time to sometimes never. Normal things like giving someone a thumb up...
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...Government: Immigration Policy Immigration is made up at the federal level; the guidelines are recognized with the route of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) in 1952. The Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) of 1986 was ratified to restraint illegal immigration, rejecting welfare assistance to undocumented immigrants and solidification consents against employers who hire them. While the White House has the control of enforcing immigration laws, the United States Congress has all the control over all immigration linked regulations. It is in the control of the Federal governments over immigrations laws that constantly being maintained by the U.S. Supreme Court, which have intimidated challenges by state legislature to single out immigrants. The Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution is understood by the federal laws that surpass state laws, excluding for convinced matters constitutionally left to the states. The Immigration policy is accountable for all levels of government and is shared between all areas of government. States have selected legislation that limits undocumented immigrants access to community assistances, directs state and local police to check the legal residence status of arrestees and other orders that distress immigrants. However, our government must take in some evaluations with shared government and local law enforcement. A major problem is when the law enforcement gathers immigrants to detained it is a money issue and has reflected negatively...
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...Legal immigration has been and will continue to be one of the United States’ most fundamental values. Unfortunately, as the United States of America has grown, so have the threats to our nation’s security, society, and ideals. One of these threats is illegal immigration. The United States has the largest illegal-immigrant population of any nation. As a result of illegal immigration, our country’s need for strong and safe borders is at an all time high. Recently, Senator John McCain introduced the bill, cosponsored by Arizona Senator Jeff Flake, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Terrorism and Homeland Security, S.750 - Arizona Borderlands Protection and Preservation Act, where it passed the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. This memo presents two options, to vote in favor of this bill, resulting in increased border security in Arizona, or to vote against this bill and maintain the statues quo. Additionally, this memo recommends Option 1, to vote in favor of this bill, because it will most effectively prevent illegal immigration across the Arizona-Mexico border. Problem Statement In 2014, there were 11.3 million illegal immigrants in the United States of America, making up 3.5% of the national population and 5.1% of the work force. Background Since the creation of the Department of Homeland Security in 2003, border security has improved, as there has been an increase in funding for the U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Currently, the United...
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