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    New Immigration Policy

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    The New Immigration Policy Obama‚who is the president of the United States‚ announced the new immigration policy on June 15‚2012. The new immigration policy would stop deporting and issue work permits to up to 800‚000 young undocumented immigrants who came to the United States as children and had never committed a crime. This was not an amnesty. When some people were being excited and optimistic‚ Alulema who arrived in the United States when she was 14 said that she had been weary of the administration’s

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    Immigration a National Concern In history class the United States of America was commonly referred to as a “Melting Pot” of cultural and racial backgrounds. The open–immigration policy that was maintained until the late nineteenth century helped to populate the United States. From 1800 thru 1890‚ the United States population grew from 5.3 million to 62.6 million (Brunner 392). Immigration had a huge impact on how the United States grew socially and economically. It was a new world that offered

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    From the 1840s to the 1880s and again from the 1890s to the 1920s‚ immigrants poured into the United States for many different reasons. Immigrants were faced with challenges such as saving and spending money‚ blending with others and the Potato Famine in Ireland. Immigrants were treated differently on their appearances‚ the way they speak and customs they had. The potato famine in Ireland drove the Irish from their homeland to America. Some immigrants‚ English was a primary language‚ for others learning

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    Immigration Story

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    My grandmother Kamala‚ is a woman of true respect. She grew up in the Kirthabra moutains‚ bordering Karachi and proclaiming it the most beautiful place in the world that “overlooked the heavens”. She grew as people would call “blue blooded”‚ ridiculously rich but far from conceited. Her family consisted complete vegetarians- never eating meat or eggs as if to preserve what bodies are given. She had five brothers and she was the eldest child. My grandfather Bhagwan was similar‚ yet completely different

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    Immigration Reform

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    Norma Ramirez Fuller-4th pd Adv. Eng. IIII 4-10-13 The Dream Act Major Points: * Undocumented immigrants are not able to fulfill their dream * The nation is wasting helpful youth * Dream Act is also beneficial for citizens or legal residents who don’t meet state residency requirements Summary The article “Dream Act Students apply for college aid” by Jill Tucker tells about how the California Dream Act has become a dream-saver for hundreds of students residing in California

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    Dbq for Immigration

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    Dear Ana‚ Hello‚ my name is ______. I am now finally an American Citizen. I am from Greece. I met your sister Maria on the boat and she told me she would not have time to write and asked me to tell you what America was like. I think American is more gilded than golden. Gilded is when something is gold on the outside and (for example) iron on the inside. America seemed like an ideal place to come. At least till I got here… On the long trip to America people were discussing that if they were

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    Immigration Research

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    (http://www.monticello.org/site/plantation-and-slavery/thomas-jefferson-and-sally-hemings-brief-account) Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings: A Brief Account The claim that Thomas Jefferson fathered children with Sally Hemings‚ a slave at Monticello‚ entered the public arena during Jefferson’s first term as president‚ and it has remained a subject of discussion and disagreement for two centuries. Based on documentary‚ scientific‚ statistical‚ and oral history evidence‚ the Thomas Jefferson Foundation

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    Immigration in France

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    Commentary of «Que faire du progrès » After twenty-three years in the political wilderness‚ a left wing party came to power‚ Le Parti Socialiste and was spearheaded by François Mitterrand‚ who became the first President of the Fifth Republic on the 10th of May 1981. The manifesto of the Socialist party outlines the party’s beliefs and what can be learnt from the past. In the extract «Que faire du progrès » Mitterrand does not directly view the right wing government in a negative light‚ however

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    Immigration Story

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    April 1‚ 1875 (Olivie) Farms are hard work. Even if you just have pigs and chickens. We‚ as in my family‚ have three pigs‚ and three chickens. We used to have 5 pigs‚ but we killed three of them yesterday to eat‚ and sell some at the market. We also killed a couple chickens. We need the money. We can barely survive with what we got‚ and that isn’t much. Mostly because we have six people in our family. Plus‚ my dad doesn’t work much‚ and my mother and I don’t work at all. And‚ my older brother works

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    Immigration: An Opportunity Abused Immigration. It has been an area of serious dispute lately‚ and many people are questioning the thoughts and decisions of leaders both past and present. Many politicians‚ including our current president‚ Barack Obama‚ believe that more immigrants can only bring more prosperity to America. However‚ that is not the case. Not only are they at least partially incorrect in their reasoning‚ but they also disregard enormous dangers to the country as a whole‚ in the

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