as the DREAM Act was introduced by Barack Obama in 2015 but rescinded by Donald Trump in 2017. This proposal gave hope to undocumented minors in the United States. This hope‚ however‚ is being stripped away without taking into consideration the catastrophe it will cause in the lives of many people that call America‚ home. Living in the United States undocumented can be a terrifying experience since Immigrants are forced to find unsafe‚ laborious jobs that can lead to abuse just to make a living.
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Immigrants from all over the world make the journey to America for many different reasons but with one goal in common‚ a better life‚ and they have been doing so for centuries. What makes America what it is today is it’s diversity‚ a “melting pot” of cultures and traditions coming together as one. But this is not how the White Anglo Saxon Protestants from the 19th century (WASPs) viewed it. WASPs did everything in their power to keep immigrant groups like the “dirty Chinese” and “violent Irish Catholics”
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experiences of danger while crossing the United States and Mexican border and they have poor public reception and policies to help them cross. Before reading this article‚ I thought I had a decent amount of knowledge about transnational migration and people crossing the border between Mexico and the United States. I knew that thousands of people attempted to cross the border every year‚ but only a few achieved their dream of making it to the United States. There were many different reasons for individuals
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they are responsible enough to own one because owning a driver ’s license is a privilege‚ not a right. Unfortunately‚ illegal immigrants feel that obtaining a driver ’s license should be their right for working in the United States illegally and that each member of their family should own a car as well. There are already 8.7 to 12 million illegal immigrants living in the United States and more keep arriving each year (Tanton par. 8). Many problems will develop if this idea is legalized: cities will
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The Syrian Refugee Crisis A constant debate of whether or not the United States should be admitting more Syrian refugees into the country has been circulating. Syrian refugee lives are just as important as American citizens lives and for this reason‚ the United States has a responsibility to help. The U.S. is one of the wealthiest countries in the world and can fulfill their responsibility of helping Syrian refugees by providing financial and humanitarian aid. While it may be easier to flee to Lebanon
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Immigrants have the existing ability to enter the U.S with certain risks and restrictions. There are complications about motives and the legality as well as the consequences for these if they are caught. There is a difference between immigration and being an illegal alien. Most people who travel to this country have good reason to continue to stay‚ whether that reason be for family‚ work‚ war or otherwise. The real danger that concerns the border should come from the harmful contraband that is imported
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produce. Furthermore Debate.com also states‚ “it is a waste of government resources¨. This wall is a tool for controlling immigration and it would be an awful. On the contrary‚ someone might want to argue that it prevents people from Mexico from coming to the border or United States‚ but this counter-argument is flawed because it will waste billions of money and it will be useless in the interest of people still immigrating and trafficking into the United States. Also‚ those trafficking will find alternate
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factors that contribute to the migration of persons to the Unites States some of which includes economic incentives‚ better education opportunities and family. Economic incentives is one of the top reason for persons to migrate to the United States of America‚ as they are able earn more money there than what they would earn in their native country. Mexico with 6‚720‚000in 2012 has the largest population of immigrants in the United States Table 3 (Baker and Rytina‚ 2013)‚ this is because these persons
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Poverty in the United States is getting in inferior quality every day and nothing is being done about it. Many people who want to help the poor‚ but no one knows exactly how to help them. A primary reason for people not taking action is because of lack of information that is provided about issues on poverty. Poverty is defined as the state of one who lacks a usual or socially acceptable amount of money or material possessions. According to the U.S. Census Bureau data released Tuesday September 13th
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Mexican-consulate ID. She also goes on to talk about stopping the hate-talk because it just gives individuals‚ like the ones in Georgia‚ a license to kill and others to ignore those killings. Hernandez goes on to say that even if you are against illegal immigration no one should stand for senseless murder‚ especially to those that are helpless as it is. She says we should be outraged. We must demand justice. Or else the real criminals here will win. When I first read the article‚ I was shocked. Even though
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