pollution‚ deforestation‚ overpopulation‚ and so on‚ endlessly. We wonder what brought the world and the humankind into this deplorable condition. This prompted me to write this paper on one of the crucial environmental problem that we are facing: illegal logging. Forests in the tropics have a rich biodiversity. More than fifty percent of all the plants and animals in the world are to be found in the rainforests. More than 3500 species of plants and animals! The constantly high temperatures and the
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Immigration has been an issue in Texas and across the nation for many years. Illegal immigrants have been flooding into the United States by the thousands every year and it seems like nothing has slowed them down. What can we do as a state? What can we do as a nation? Do we need to have stricter laws that will place these illegal immigrant in prison? Do we need to install a fence above and below the ground? No one seems to be coming up with the correct solutions. If we were to go out and do a survey
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www.wwf.org.uk Illegal Wildlife Trade By: Elianny Rodriguez Hypothesis ▪ The illegal wildlife trade is decreasing biodiversity in ecosystems and pushing rare species toward extinction. www.usatoday.com Wildlife trade http://worldwildlife.o rg/ A study released in 2013 found that illegal trade in wildlife is the forth largest illegal trade and was valued at over $19 billion per year. ▪ It is known that the trade is used to finance drug and arms trade as well. ▪ In 2011 23 metric tons of
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writing to you concerning the recent legislation regarding allowing illegal immigrants to be given amnesty and allowed to apply for work permits and‚ after two years‚ being granted citizenship. This troubles me greatly‚ especially with our unemployment rate being as high as it currently is. This would make it much more difficult for those searching for employment as there would be much more competition. Secondly‚ if an illegal immigrant is allowed to become a U.S. citizen that easily‚ this would
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There are a lot of legal and illegal immigrants from all over the world in the united states of America. But the question is: should we allow illegal people to stay? First of all I’d like to discuss how people enter the USA. It’s easy to cross the USA’s border legally. Some people come to visit with tourist visas‚ student visas‚ some of them with work and study visas‚ but majority of them decide to overstay their visas and they become illegal immigrants. The drawbacks are:
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Employment of Illegal Immigrants Employment of illegal immigrants in the United States‚ as well as other countries has been a highly controversial subject for many years now. There are many people living in various countries around the world that are unhappy with the way they are living‚ and want something more out of life than what their country can offer. Due to their unhappiness‚ they decide to immigrate to another country‚ and this is usually done illegally. Once they are in their preferred
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the students I asked “if you had the power to make an act that is now illegal into a legal act what would that act be?” and the versa “what legal act would you make illegal?” All their answers revolved either around drugs or subjects like the death penalty‚ abortion. In this paper I will further discuss my finding on the responses I received from both questions. When I had students first address the question of “which illegal act would they make legal?” Almost all of them wanted to legalize the
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or not‚ there are still about 1.2 million abortions each year. There are 20 to 30 million legal abortions‚ and 10 to 20 million illegal abortions each year. Illegal abortions are very dangerous‚ and cause 13 percent of total deaths to women each year. Abortions happen mainly in teenagers and women over 40 years old. Abortion is a controversial
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Illegal immigration is a huge topic of contention in the United States today. Many people fearing for their lives tend to cross into our borders without legal documentation. They are willing to take their chances. Most of them come over from Mexico into Arizona‚ Texas‚ New Mexico and California. Immigrants from South and Central America use Mexico as their way into the U.S. Their biggest problem is what happens after they cross the border. The current event chosen is an article written about an
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Illegal immigrants entering the United States from other countries has played a major impact on the quality of life of our society. The majority of Americans believe there are no benefits to United States citizens by having illegal immigrants remain in this country. Much of the funding that would typically go to tax paying citizens is now being directed to programs for illegal immigrants‚ which do not make enough money to financially support themselves and their families. To date‚ the largest costs
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