The DREAM Act means Development‚ Relief‚ and Education for Alien Minors‚ which an undocumented immigrant in the United Stated that would be granted a conditional residency if the person meets the qualifications to be in the College Universities. Around 700‚000 young illegal immigrants are enrolled in the high schools‚ according to an estimate by the Pew Hispanic Center‚ and around 70% of these populations are from Mexico. The DREAM act is supported by 91% of Latinos. According with the White House
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The Sarbanes-Oxley Act The Sarbanes-Oxley act was enacted in 2002 following corporate financial scandals like those involving Enron and WorldCom. The act was created in order to combat corporate accounting fraud and enhance the quality of corporate financial disclosures. To accomplish this‚ the act created the "Public Company Accounting Oversight Board"‚ or PCAOB to oversee audits and compliance. History of the Act The Sarbanes-Oxley act arose as a result of several corporate accounting scandals
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Act Name : THE FOREIGNERS ACT‚ 1946 Act title : ACT NO. 31 OF 1946* Enactment date : [23rd November‚ 1946.] THE FOREIGNERS ACT‚ 1946 ACT NO. 31 OF 1946* [23rd November‚ 1946.] An Act to confer upon the Central Government certain powers In respect of foreigners. WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for the exercise by the Central Government of certain powers in respect of the entry of foreigners into 1[India]‚ their presence therein and their departure therefrom; 1. Short title and extent. (1) This
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The Affordable Care Act It has been asked if healthcare is a right or privilege‚ with the Affordable Care Act‚ coming into play it would appear to be no choice in the matter. Everyone will have to have some type of insurance coverage or pay a penalty. Congress is having a hard time trying to decide how to fund on this bill. Will the bill help or hurt America? Some issues I see are how will it hurt the small business owner‚ will some Americans lose full time job status so that the business owner
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2013 The Indian Removal Act of 1830 and its Consequences Native American’s existed in the New World long before the Europeans “discovered” it. But a few decades after they arrived‚ they began to remove Native Americans from their rightful homeland. In the year of 1830‚ Andrew Jackson embarked on a policy of Native American removal. Due to Andrew Jackson’s Native American policy‚ the Indian Removal Act was put into action‚ causing much hardship for the Natives. This act would have lasting consequences
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REPUBLIC ACT No. 3844 AN ACT TO ORDAIN THE AGRICULTURAL LAND REFORM CODE AND TO INSTITUTE LAND REFORMS IN THE PHILIPPINES‚ INCLUDING THE ABOLITION OF TENANCY AND THE CHANNELING OF CAPITAL INTO INDUSTRY‚ PROVIDE FOR THE NECESSARY IMPLEMENTING AGENCIES‚ APPROPRIATE FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES PRELIMINARY CHAPTER TITLE DECLARATION OF POLICY AND COMPOSITION OF CODE Section 1. Title - This Act shall be known as the Agricultural Land Reform Code. Section 2. Declaration of Policy - It is
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The Townshend Acts were a series of acts that the Parliament passed on June 29th‚ 1767‚ shortly after the Stamp Act was repealed. Charles Townshend sponsored and proposed this act‚ which is why it was named after him. One of these acts taxed or put import duties on various goods such as glass‚ paper‚ tea‚ paint‚ and lead. The other acts gave writs of assistance or search warrants to British soldiers which allowed them to search others’ property. Since the Stamp Act had failed‚ the Parliament needed
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British. But there were two laws that stood out the most. The Stamp Act was a law passed by Parliament and was established on March 22‚ 1765. The Quartering Act was 2 British laws passed by the Parliament of Great Britain in 1765 and 1774; it was also part of the Intolerable Acts. The Stamp Act and Quartering Act were the two most important events that contributed to colonists getting involved in the American Revolution. Those two acts were crucial to the cause of
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enforced the Sugar Act‚ this act raised the tax on molasses. Colonists started to smuggle in goods from other countries in an attempt to avoid paying high priced taxes‚ but the British Empire felt that they should be the only suppliers of the colonists and enforced their authority. The British Empire forced colonists to “buy a revenue stamp” (OpenStax‚ Chp. 5 pg. 131) for any piece of paper that was a legal document by creating the Stamp Act in 1765. Along with this act the Quartering Act went into place
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In response to September 11‚ congress passed the USA Patriot Act which‚ by creating new laws‚ increased the goverments’ power of surveillance‚ in the hope to aid in the prevention of future terrorist attacks. The ACLU believes that the USA Patriot Act challenges the law when it come to the protection of privacy for Americans‚ however‚ the USA Patriot Act instead‚ ensures the safety of the American people; and although it was one of the quickest pieces of legislation to be passed‚ it was an effort
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