Chapter 17-The West: Exploiting an Empire Time Period: 1850-1900 1. Beyond the Frontier -line of white settlement at MO timber country by 1840s What’s in the West? What land? -“The Great Plains”/Prairie Plains: rich soil and good rainfall (Wisconsin down to Texas) -High Plains: rough‚ semiarid (Montana down to NMex.) -Rockies: formidable barrier (Alaska to NMex.) -Western Basin: home to many NA‚ desert‚ held in by the Cascades and Sierra Nevada‚ MOST travelers here (Idaho and Utah)
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framing it as about “immigration” has shaped its politics‚ defining what count as “problems” and constraining the debate to a narrow set of issues. The language is telling. The linguistic framing is remarkable: frames for illegal immigrant‚ illegal alien‚ illegals‚ undocumented workers‚ undocumented immigrants‚ guest workers‚ temporary workers‚ amnesty‚ and border security. These linguistic expressions are anything but neutral. Each framing defines the problem in its own way‚ and the hence constrains
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Apprehension You’re Name You’re University Absconder Apprehension In January 2002‚ The Absconder Apprehension Initiative was announced as a tool with the daunting task of locating‚ apprehending‚ talking with and deporting roughly 314‚000 alien law breakers of immigration law. This initiative was not specifically for one group or race of immigrants but it soon became a means to target many people solely based on sex‚ national origin and the numerical statistic of the presence of terrorists
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In a galaxy far‚ far away‚ there’s a colony of blue‚ short‚ chubby aliens called the Boovians. The Boovians are a peaceful colony that farm and trade goods to survive. Sadly‚ they are being threatened by a wizard alien named Fuldrik‚ who was banned from his previous planet because of his magic. Fuldrik found a way to “improve” his previous colony with a dark spell called‚ Brackish. This spell could give you the strength of ten men but would turn your skin green and bumpy. Your hands and feet would
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The Heroes Journey Outline 1. The Ordinary World Agent Kay identifies the only alien from the line of illegals. This shows this is an ordinary day for Kay. Also when we say Jay and an NYPD officer doing his job. 2. The Call to Adventure Kay’s partner retires‚ he needs a new one. He meets Jay after an encounter with an illegal alien. He then deletes his memory and assigns him for testing. 3. Refusal to the Call Jay is confused and doesn’t believe what he is hearing. He says to Kay ‘show
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Arizona Immigration Law One of the biggest and most controversial immigration laws that has been passed ever is the brand new Arizona Immigration Law SB1070. It is the new law makes it “a state crime — a misdemeanor — to not carry immigration papers” (NYTimes). It also makes it legal for police to ask citizens for their papers if they reasonably suspect that they may be illegal immigrants. If the person does not have any paperwork and is illegal they will get deported but if they are legal then
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1) What are the legal and ethical issues in this case? The legal issues in this case are: there is anywhere from twelve to twenty million illegal immigrants residing in the United States illegally. As far as the ethical issues in this case‚ well there are so many issues I wouldn’t even know where to begin. The fact that any business would intentionally make their working environment and so poor knowing that only illegal immigrants would tolerate working there without reporting it to any agency or
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11.5 million-12.0 million undocumented illegal aliens without a green card in this country”(1). United States should not allow illegal immigration because some illegal immigrants are criminals‚ it pulls welfare from u.s citizens and ‚causes increased drug smuggling. Some illegal immigrants are in criminal for example‚ in the article ¨Considerations for immigrant Ex-Offenders Facing Deportation¨ the author‚ Maria Gomez‚ explains that¨ Illegal aliens are involved in one-third of the Rapes and murder
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fact very confused by the way Atwood describes the condition of the earth to the outsider (or alien). Because when you start to explain something to someone‚ you assume that both of you must first know and agree with something together. This feeling started from Atwoods description of a funeral: When a person has achieved death a kind of PICNIC is held‚ I thought the word PICNIC quite hilarious‚ as if an alien would know what a picnic is in the first place. And then I recall having seen a movie about
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feel; every time you here the word illegal. Today‚ I will be talking about how The Library of Congress will no longer use the term “illegal” or “alien” to describe an undocumented immigrant. To begin with‚ a petition was done in order to change the subheading of “illegal alien” to “non-citizen”
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