...Illegal immigration has had very historic roots, going back to the 1800s when this country was first growing as an independent power. There are many various reasons why people leave their home country and enter the United States illegally, and despite the understandable causes for illegal immigration, such as poor home country conditions, bad government, or the unconceivable opportunity the United States may provide, it is still necessary that illegal immigration is taken to a more serious manner, and dealt with more appropriately given the issues it has caused over the past decades. At first, illegal immigration was not seen as a huge deal going back to the 20s. In fact, it wasn’t until 1924 where an immigration law was passed that made...
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...Immigration By: Landry Evans 11/25/2014 Composition I Immigration By: Landry Evans Thesis: One problem that is becoming a major issue in and around this country is immigration. I. What is immigration and what are some possible solutions? * Define Immigration. * Discuss things such as border control, and monitoring who is coming into this country. * One problem is when people come it is to easy for them to start to fit in, people must make it hard for theses people to discourage this immigration. II. Discuss how upgraded the strength of the border, and who border control can stop people. * The strength of the American border is a major problem. * The border patrol needs to guard the rural areas harder. III. Should children born to illegal immigrants inside the United States be U.S. citizens? * This is where the problem lies. * This gives illegal immigrants a foothold into this country because of their children. Immigration By: Landry Evans There are many things within this country that is beginning to become hot topic issues. There are issues such as: abortion, deforestation, bullying, and terrorism. One thing that is becoming an important issue and that there can be many solutions to is illegal immigration. Immigration at its simplest form is the movement of non-native people into a country in order to settle there (Dictionary). It is leaving one country in order to go to another country, where the person is not a...
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...It is common to classify “Hispanics/Latinos” into a single category; however, these people come from a variety of countries, have their own cultures, and can even speak a variety of languages. It is important to remember that these people are human beings like any other group of people and they have their own unique lives and stories. These stories are rather important as they tell us the harsh reality of immigration through personal narratives, and many Hispanic immigrants like sharing their stories to inform others and give themselves a voice. Personal narratives tell us that Hispanic immigration to the United States needs to be reformed promptly. These narratives tell us that immigration will never end despite the current US government’s...
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...Immigration Bailout Melissa Leal ENG/215 April 06, 2015 Charlotte Babb Immigration Bailout Immigration reform, are you informed to what is going on? I’m going to explain how neither parties are taking into consideration how this will affect our nation, how the current immigration reform is putting a strain on our country, how all this is just a political struggle to gain the most influence, and options on how to solve the issues at hand. Let me start by explaining how this personally affects me. My husband is a border patrol agent. The information that I have gathered is strictly information that I have heard from either the media or things spoken indirectly. By no means did I get my information from my husband. The reason this affects many families of homeland security is, the constant back and forth between both parties trying to come to some agreement about a budget, this has been a long-standing issue. The government shutdown happened last year; this affected many federal employees. The difference being is that homeland security workers were still required to go out and do their job without pay. They had to put their lives on the line just as American soldiers did. What I think is the people do not realize that both parties fail to solve the issue and they just put a Band-Aid on it. Then the public is informed that there has been some type of resolution. In hindsight, I was one of those people. I failed to realize the truth until it actually directly affected me....
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...Abstract Immigration is the subject of much debate in the United States. Throughout that debate many differing topics are discussed including politics, national security, financial burden and over population. The topic that many would expect to see here is race but it is not part of the current discussion on immigration. Immigration Immigration has been a controversial subject throughout the history of the United States. In the past much of the conversation about immigration had to do with race and racism. Today the conversation has shifted to topics such as politics, security, financial drain on society, and overpopulation. Race is no longer the driving factor in the current debate over immigration in the United States. Politics If you were to look in the newspaper or online for the topic of immigration most of what you will find is about President Obama’s immigration reform. In November of 2014 Obama enacted an executive order to protect up to five million illegal immigrants from deportation. Since then Obama has been sued by a coalition of 25 states. A Texas court issued an injunction to stop Obama’s executive order from being implemented (Hill, 2015). This injunction was then upheld by a federal court and the Justice Department now plans to appeal that decision (Hill, 2015). Immigration has become a very political issue that both Republicans and Democrats feel requires change. Unfortunately the two parties have yet to come to any sort of agreement as to what those changes...
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...Illegal Immigration Introduction The relationship between illegal immigration and crime is an extremely controversial and politically fueled issue. Both immigrations and crime are perceived as threats to public safety and illegal immigrants are easy targets for blame by society. This holds true in he City of Costa Mesa and in Orange County as a whole. Specifically, the Costa Mesa Police Department and the Orange County Sheriff Office has implemented policy to check the immigration status of individuals arrested for serious crimes. This policy has an affect, most notably, on the large Hispanic community living in Costa Mesa and the greater Orange County area. Many community social services agencies are caught in the middle of this politically sensitive issue, as they provide services to residents, many illegal immigrants. This social welfare policy has created a great divide between many within the community and society as a whole. Immigration has become a major issue in both national and local politics with many political officials taking both sides of the issues. Republicans and democrats are split on this issue, which has become embedded in the fight for terrorism. A effort to protect this country from future attacks from terrorist has translated to a local level of enforcing immigration laws. In an effort to decrease criminal activity in local communities, Costa Mesa and Orange County officials has taken on the issue of illegal immigration in their communities...
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...“Protecting Our America” After researching on America’s problems with border control and illegal immigration, I first have realized that two of the most important aspects of this highly controversial topic, relate to America’s economy and culture. Certain people, such as Anna Quidlen, author of essay “Immigration: Newcomers by Numbers”, believe that America relies on both legal and illegal immigrants to boost our economy and help our nation become more universal. My research presents the other side of this argument, by showing how illegal immigration has actually threatened our nation’s economy and culture more so than anything else. I originally agreed with Anna Quindlen, after reading her essay; all of her points describing the economic benefits America receives by employing undocumented workers seemed reasonable and accurate. Her plea states that they are just regular people in search of work, trying to make a better life for themselves and their families. I’m sure this is true in a lot of cases but unfortunately, there are more repercussions for allowing illegal immigrants to stay in our country than what meets the eye. Yes, it is true that these Mexican workers will take jobs that Americans turn down and yes, they will do them for cheaper. So in that sense, yes, illegal workers do benefit our economy, “but what is good for corporate America is not necessarily what is good for Middle America (Buchanan 49).” Simply paying taxes and filling lower income jobs such as farmhands...
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...On February 4, 1789 George Washington become the first president of the United States. Over 200 hundred years later after taking the same oath I stand before you as the first female president to be elected. In this time America has faced numerous adversities and accomplished great feats. We have fought through the depression and survived numerous wars. Women have earned to right to vote and men have been sent into space. However, we must face that fact that new problems have arisen and it is up to us to face them and determine our future. Over the course of presidential terms many famous quotes have been said, but I quote one today that is not so well remembered. Over a hundred years ago our 23rd president Benjamin Harrison said “Not all of...
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...Karina Castillo Literature Comp II Professor Oujo the purpose of this essay is to explore several harmful but also positive effects that immigration has the economy of the U.S The Cold war had become a massive dominant influence on different aspects of the American society for much of the 20th century. This had many effects on society, both today and in the past. It expanded due to antagonist values between the United States, it represented capitalism and democracy. The Cold War was different from most wars in that it was as much of a promotion war as a war with military engagements. The Korean and Vietnam Wars are two examples of military intervention by the Americans in the name of stopping communist expansionism. However, these wars did not have the extra-long impact that the Cold War have on American domestic and foreign policy that the cultural, economic and political battles of the Cold War had. Now this leads into the cultural battles between the superpowers had as much, or more. This left more of an impact on the everyday lives of most American civilians. Not being an American civilian or citizen wasn’t an issue either. So is immigration a positive effect in North America? Without immigration, The United States would not be nearly as diverse as it is today. But illegal immigration is a tremendous drain on the resources of The United States. But we must find a way to humanely treat illegal immigrants today without allowing or encouraging a further disadvantage...
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...Immigration has been a major issue in the United States, especially illegal immigration. Immigration can be defined as the act of immigrating, which means to move to another country where you were not born in, or which you are not a native of, and use this new country as a permanent residence. Those who immigrate from another country have many reasons for why they want to migrate to our country . Religious freedom would be one main reason someone from another country would want to migrate here. Another main reason someone would want to immigrate to our country is all of the job opportunities that are giving for anyone to apply for. There are many jobs people in the United States will not do, usually theses jobs end up being hard labor, are field work....
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...Do you think preventing the flow of undocumented illegal immigrants can help the social and financial future of the United States? Illegal immigration can cause a myriad of different issues, often more than most people expect. The population of legal citizens of the United States is being overcrowded by people leaving their countries for various reasons, and entering ours illegally. Illegal immigration is hurting the job market for tax paying workers, and those same taxpayers are being forced to watch more of their hard earned money than ever before be taken by the state only to be directed towards the welfare of people who are here illegally. Immigration often can be an increasingly controversial topic, however, there are a lot of reasons...
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...Immigration Citizens Children The Effects of Immigration on Children and Families Introduction Illegal immigration is a very controversial issue within our society. There are families within our society that are made up of parents that are here illegally but have children who are born here and are citizens. But it is these citizens that are what I am referring to as the incomplete citizens. Who are these incomplete citizens and why are they being impacted by our society? Are there different stipulations for these children that are born to these undocumented families? Do they really receive the same rights as those born to U.S. citizens? Our societies including our politicians have different opinions about illegal immigration. Immigration reform negatively affects those children that are born to undocumented parents. They find themselves facing adversities that had the situation been different would never have to face. Working in an elementary school I have seen first hand how those children are affected as a result of their parent’s legal status. My purpose in this research is to show the emotional, educational, and financial effects that are inflicted on the undocumented families. This is a problem that is not going to be resolved overnight but rather this is a problem that is going to need help from the various disciplines. With this research more information will be found to present how children are affected through the different disciplines and how these disciplines...
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...the debated immigration reform legislation, which has been projected in the U.S. Senate, and well as the U.S. House of Representatives. This article tells the story of Irma Palacios’ story of her family and their legal status. It is not uncommon for legal immigrants to have family that have diverse statuses for legality. In Irma’s family she has members that are legal through birth, permanent residents, naturalized citizens, and some, like her brother-in-law Raymundo, undocumented immigrants. Raymundo, among others, are burdened with the stress of living a life unseen. He cannot achieve his full potential because he is stuck doing the work that citizens of the United States do not want to do, such a working in the fields and hard labored factory working. With the status of being undocumented, if he was to lose his job he does not get unemployment, and when he has a job his wages a lower than they should be. Raymundo stresses about is immigration status to a point where he will get a rash on his body. He has a wife and a child who are citizens of the United States, and if he gets caught, he will be sent back to Mexico away from his family. “Field of Tears,” is another article that discusses the Journey to El Norte, or the promise land up North. Teresa Vega had to watch her first son die, due to her and her husband, Marco, not having any money to take him to the doctor. When Teresa discovered she was pregnant again she decided that once the child was born she was going to migrate...
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...article today, I am going to write about immigration, affirmative action, and multiculturalism, all of which are current social issues. I will review and discuss the future of these three social issues. The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines immigration as “The process of becoming established in a country of which one is not a native of.” According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, affirmative action is an active effort to improve the employment and educational opportunities of members of a minority or other disadvantaged groups while it defines multiculturalism as the acceptance and promotion of different cultures, races and cultures as well as cultural awareness. Immigration has become one of the hot button issues by U.S lawmakers, with the senate reaching a deal on border security as part of the immigration deal this week. It is the oldest and the newest story of the American experience. People are drawn to American by the same dreams of opportunity and freedom that galvanized people to cross the oceans hundreds of years ago. Immigration has been a vital ingredient in America’s success, enabled America’s growth and prosperity and helped shape it as the dynamic country that it is today. It has been proven that immigration increases economic growth, with the U.S undergoing transformative economic growth with previous successive large-scale immigration. With the new immigration policy yet to go for a vote in the senate and the house, the future of immigration policy is yet to be...
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...Pros of Immigration Irineo JR Nunez BCOMM/275 02/19/2015 Wesley Page Pros of Immigration “With over 11 million immigrants in the United States illegally (as of 2012), the issue of illegal immigration continues to divide Americans,” (What Are the Solutions to Illegal Immigration in America?, 2014). I feel this statement should be corrected and instead of the word “divide” it should be “unite”. Reason being is for decades and centuries immigrants around the world have traveled to different countries for the same common goal. To better ourselves and with hard work we will persue to our personal growth. Here in United States, people say that with illegal immigration in our states will have the benift to increase our US economy through additional tax revenue, the increase of money circulation, and low-cost labor. Many Americans despite immigration because immigrants come to United States soil with motivation and replace those who wont perform specific job duties. Illegal immigration can benefit us in numerous ways and according to the website apecsec.org, it states, “Illegal migrants who own real estate properties will be obliged to pay taxes and this will benefit the country where they go. Real estate agents including the brokers will get commission coming from the real estate transactions made between them and the immigrants. Financial & auto insurance loans will make the country’s income even higher,” (Illegal Immigration Pros and Cons, 2014). Also, giving Immigrants...
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