Should Immigration be allowed? Background: The United States as the great "melting pot" has become a myth. [Explain what melting pot means: It means that this is a place where all sorts of people (race‚ ethnicity‚ religion‚ sexuality‚ etc.) can live] The reality is that there is a continued geographic concentration of minority groups in certain regions and in specific metropolitan areas. This holds true especially for Hispanics and Asians‚ who tend to enter the US through "gateway cities"
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The Ontological Argument: An explanation and critical assessment Phil 361 Lec 01 Professor: Reid Buchanan Ryley Braun‚ 10013764 April 16‚ 2010 The ontological argument is an attempt to refute skepticism of God and prove His existence through reason alone. The philosopher‚ Saint Anselm‚ presented his work on the ontological argument‚ or argument from reason‚ in his text the Proslogium. The argument‚ on the surface‚ is very logically convincing and attempts to allure even the skeptic of
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constantly battling to come up with or refine policies and regulations that will‚ they hope‚ improve or sustain our current lifestyle. While the amount of polices is vast‚ the one in particular that I will be focusing on will be immigration‚ more specifically‚ the immigration policy that allows for case-by-case decision making in regards to immigrant deportation. I chose this case because it seems highly controversial and raises many questions‚ considering there are so many “gray areas” to take into
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Illegal Immigration Immigration is a subject matter that should be becoming a concern in the United States. There are three major issues concerning immigration‚ those illegal immigrants that come here illegally‚ those that cannot speak the language‚ and those who display their nation ’s flag‚ but take residency in the United States. In approaching these topics there is a sensitivity that should be shown to those coming to this country. The reason being is that this country was founded by those
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6/25/12 Paper One Vietnamese Immigration Supposedly‚ the history of Vietnamese immigration to the United States is “relatively recent.” (Povell) Prior to 1975‚ most Vietnamese residing in the US were wives and children to American servicemen in Vietnam. In 1975‚ the ‘Fall of the Saigon’ marked the end of the Vietnam War‚ which prompted the first of two main waves of Vietnamese emigration towards the US. The first wave included Vietnamese who had helped the US in the war and “feared reprisals
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Ontological Argument One of the most fascinating arguments for the existence of an all-perfect God is the ontological argument. Ontological arguments are arguments to prove the existence of God based on pure reason alone. They attempt to show that we can deduce God’s existence from‚ so to speak‚ the very definition of God. St. Anselm of Canterbury proposed the first and most well known ontological argument in 1078 in his Proslogion‚ but it was actually Immanuel Kant‚ an 18th century German philosopher
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Teleology is an argument of God’s existence following the evidence of order defined as the design of nature. Teleological arguments also known as arguments from design‚ explain the order in the universe to the existence of God. The universe is believed to be ordered towards some end or a certain purpose. It is more reasonable to suggest that the universe was created by an intelligent being to accomplish a purpose rather than it being there by chance (McGrath‚ 2010). The teleological argument has been used
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Immigration Law and Reform The current immigration situation of the U.S. is bleak and has been for sometime‚ post 9/11 has brought forth a paranoia that is very debilitating to the immigrant community and its aftershocks are still being felt to this day. The obstacles emplaced on the hopeful citizen or resident to our country are high‚ and almost impossible to overcome and the controversy remains to get more tangled in complicated rhetoric and patriotic zealots who are NOT thinking of alternatives
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which‚ at the same time‚ raises the higher possibility of diverse conflicts between the immigrants and the natives (ibid‚ 2013). The term‚ immigration‚ has been applied to situations where a person moves to a different country for the purpose of permanent stay (Anon.‚ 2012).Considering aforementioned facts‚ it can be easily recognized that the issue of immigration is not something only for particular countries but for a wider range of countries that needs to be dealt with
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Teleological Argument Examine the key ideas and strengths of the design argument for the existence of God? The design argument is also known as the teleological argument. The word teleological has its root in the Greek word telos‚ meaning purpose or order .It attempts to prove Gods existence by using the posteriori argument‚ based on observations or an experiences. “What could be more clear or obvious when we look up to the sky and contemplate the heavens‚ than there is some divinity or
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