Abstract This past‚ present and future paper will reflect on my personal and professional growth during the time frame that I was a student at the University of Phoenix. One of the themes that are explored in this paper is that education is a lifetime pursuit. Another theme is what I am taking away from the institution now that I have completed my course of study. Finally the paper sets future career and personal goals to continue my lifetime of learning. Past Present and Future Past I
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Aware of the free education provided by the United States government to any school age children‚ immigrants both legal and illegal continue to be attracted to the United States‚ migrating in an attempt to provide better opportunities for their families and themselves. As the number of illegal immigrants living in the United states continues to rise and the percentage of illegal immigrant households which consist of children also continues to rise‚ it is important for the American government to examine
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rajbhandari Issues related to immigrants in US Immigration is the process of foreigners settling into another country permanently for the purpose of employment‚ education‚ or any other purpose. Immigration has been an issue to United States for decades. The question whether Immigration in US is harmful to the country or not has been debated since ages and will be a subject of debate in future too. We have seen that being immigrant in US has helped many of the immigrants whereas on the other side it
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without legal authorization is referred to as an illegal immigrant. An illegal immigrant fails to recognize the legal procedures that are necessary to occupy the country they plan to enter. In some cases‚ immigrants that are permitted to enter a country are given clearance to reside in that country for an allotted window of time. This is referred to as a “visa”. An issue sometimes occurring with those who hold visas‚ is when that immigrant remains in the country long after the visa has expired. At
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Immigrants For many decades‚ the influx of newcomers has created a controversial debate on whether immigrants are an advantage or a disadvantage to the United States. Johnny Angel Wendell and Gordon H. Hanson argue that immigrants create new ideas‚ increase productivity in the economy and labor work. Michael Cutler‚ Eric A. Ruark‚ and Robert Rector oppose the opinions of Wendell‚ and Hanson. They argue that immigrants hurt native-born Americans in many ways‚ and immigrants collect above average
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They say that America is the melting pot of the world. Certainly‚ many different people from many different countries‚ and with very different worldviews came to America and made it their home. But perhaps some of those people‚ and indeed‚ some of their cultures‚ melted easier than others. Almost all immigrants struggled with assimilation‚ but the promises of a new life‚ and the cruel reality of their old one‚ made immigration worth it for many. America offered practically free land in the Louisiana
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Nevertheless‚ as we kept talking I could only listen in fascination‚ our lives seemed so similar to each others. Our conversations were long‚ and laughter filled. We talked about our family and personal lives. We both became pretty close over the short amount of time that we had been talking. When it came to a more in depth conversation about of family‚ we both fell silent. “I used to have a father and mother‚ but they aren’t in the picture now” she explained as her eyes slowly teared up. After
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Immigrant children did not live an easy life in the nineteenth century. Most children were never educated. Italian children immigrants were rarely put through schooling. However‚ Eastern European Jewish immigrants looked at public schooling as their best way to help their children enhance their potential in life. Chicago‚ Detroit‚ and New York City had large populations of Jewish and Italian immigrants. The conditions of the children in all three cities were similar yet different with cities in which
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"otherness." Being an immigrant in Europe and the United States is closely tied with oppression by an institutionalized system of marginalization that is nearly hard to break away from. Regardless of where immigrants are employed and what region of the world they come from or go to‚ their essence has been tied with a negative social construct that emphasizes their otherness and makes nearly impossible to evolved in their new environments. All over the world most immigrants work in the areas of agriculture
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doors exist: a front door for immigrants‚ a side door for temporary visitors‚ and a back door for the unauthorized.” (Martin) This quote begins to show the many different ways of entry into the United States‚ whether legal or illegal. For many different reasons immigrants want to come to the United States‚ possibly for a chance to start over or a chance at their own “American Dream”. However‚ many immigrants take advantage of this system. Background checks on immigrants could prevent the assault of
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