1. Following 9/11‚ the United States increased border security measures at primary ports of entry. Describe the strengths and issues related to current border security measures. Recommend alternative strategies to minimize these issues. Arguably the event that transpired on the 9th of September 2001 transformed the lives of Americans completely. The days when Americans flew in planes without any threat of terrorism on US soil are long gone. In fact‚ terrorism has become a common vocabulary that most
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Ashley Lyon Communication Arts Giving Back In America we are very fortunate‚ the majority of the population is blessed with food to eat and a roof over their heads and the comforting promise of freedom and protection. Our country is solely based on the income and output of families and large corporations; the wealth of our nation allows most of the population to live comfortably. Being raised in a home where past generation family traditions and values are present; coming together to eat dinner
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Conclusions The history of the formation of the Mexico-US border is full of tensions and gaps. Although it is true that part of the territory was snatched to Mexico in a pursuit of our northern neighbor by expanding; such a conservative country like ours was at that time had no choice but to give in and keep their traditions‚ even at that price. Even today‚ Americans still seeing Latinos in a way not very favorable; and some citizens have believed these stereotypes in the long run. The language
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burden of guilt weighing down on him even more than before. Yet‚ he resolutely pushed it away and rushed headlong into the crowd. The little girl was a bedraggled sight in the midst of the well-heeled shoppers. Her stringy hair hung limply down her back‚ which was barely covered by the rags she wore. Yet what stared insolently from the pallor of her face was a pair of intense eyes framed by dark circles of fatigue. Where her entire being looked lifeless and worn‚ her eyes remained focussed and
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to a completely new culture and learn the English language. During this journey‚ the individuals’ cultural identities might fade away as well as losing their efficient fluency on their native language. In Amy Tan’s‚ “Mother Tongue” and Richard Rodriguez “Aria: A Memoir of A Bilingual Childhood”‚ both authors experience the difficulties of language barrier and adjusting to a different lifestyle in order to develop as an individual in the United States. Having a cultural identity can cause the public
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“The Border Patrol State” is an article written by Leslie Marmon Silko‚ a Native American writer‚ who also has written another book titled Almanac of the Dead. This article originally appeared “In the Nation” on October 17‚ 2014. Silko claims that the border patrol agents where racially profiling any white person traveling with a person of color‚ nuns‚ women with very long or short hair‚ and also white men with beards and long hair. I believe her intent of writing this article was to bring awareness
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Richard Rodriguez was born on July 31‚ 1944‚ in San Francisco‚ California‚ to Mexican immigrants Leopoldo and Victoria Moran Rodriguez‚ the third of their four children. When Rodriguez was still a young child‚ the family moved to Sacramento‚ California‚ to a small house in a comfortable white neighborhood. "Optimism and ambition led them to a house (our home) many blocks from the Mexican side of town.… It never occurred to my parents that they couldn’t live wherever they chose‚" writes Rodriguez in Hunger
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To Hell and Back On the surface‚ Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Pit and the Pendulum” relates the story of a man tortured by the Spanish Inquisition. The man‚ remains nameless throughout the story‚ is condemned to death for an unknown crime and loses consciousness. He awakens in complete darkness and is frightened that he has been locked in a tomb but shortly realizes that he is probably in a dungeon. After exploring the enclosement‚ the prisoner collapses and falls asleep. He wakes up to an offering of
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A. Definition of Back-Formation In etymology‚ back-formation is the process of creating a new lexeme‚ usually by removing actual or supposed affixes. The resulting neologism is called a back-formation‚ a term coined by James Murray in 1889. Back-formation is different from clipping – back-formation may change the part of speech or the word ’s meaning‚ whereas clipping creates shortened words from longer words‚ but does not change the part of speech or the meaning of the word. For example‚ the
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Back to School: Education is very important. It determines what you can do in life. It concludes who you will become. President Barack Obama believes that education is vital and his domestic policy is still focused on education. Why does Barack Obama believe that education is so important to the United States? Why does Obama think education will make the U.S. more competitive? President Barack Obama addresses the target audience directly. The target audience is the students from kindergarten
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