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    Immigration is the action of coming to live permanently in a foreign country. “Immigrants make up 13.9 percent of the U.S. population”. Immigrants come from all over the world they come to get away from poverty‚ horrible living condition‚ civil wars‚ economic‚ political‚ and social issues. As a class‚ we watched documentaries and interviewed an immigrant. The documentaries we watched we Salam neighbor‚ God Grew Tired of Us and Living on One Dollar. My group’s interviewee name was Mrs. Fricke she

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    The Controversial Issues of Latinas Each year Latinos make the big journey to the United States. They usually settle for the first low paying jobs‚ which are offered to them resulting in not moving up the corporate ladder. This consequently results in a pattern of never seeking mobility. The second generations that are born here‚ either follow their parent’s footsteps or seek for better opportunities through education in order to get their families out of the poverty. Most Latino families today

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    Benefits of Immigration Benefits of Immigration By By Marwa Amamra Assignment (2) 18/11/2012 Marwa Amamra Assignment (2) 18/11/2012 TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction 2# the benefits of immigration (1) 3# the benefits of immigration (2) 4# conclusion 5# References 6# What is Immigration? Is the process of coming to live permanently in a country that is not your own. Who are Immigrants? A person who leaves one country to settle permanently in another. Introduction|ONE

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    Abortion is a very serious and important topic in the United States. In over 40 states late-term abortion is illegal. Some where in the world a woman dies every seven minutes due to an unsafe abortion. That is over 2 billion women per year. Abortion‚ especially late-term is wrong‚ and dangerous‚ and should be illegal everywhere. "Physicians For Life reports that RU486‚ also known as the abortion pill and mifepristone‚ has shown a significant amount of deaths as a result of bleeding and infection

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    Current Event Controversies in Government Ms. Elshakhs - U.S. Government   Objective: Examine controversial governmental issues from more than one perspective Project Explanation (100 points):  Each group will research a current controversy and teach a full class period on that issue. Presentations must be balanced‚ rather than biased. Students must give equal time to opposing views on the issue. Students will give a 20-minute PowerPoint presentation describing the controversy in detail‚ and then

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    Immigration and the Economy Immigration plays a part in the United States economy‚ whether the citizens realize it or not. There are many economic effects due to immigration. Some of those effects are negative‚ but the majority of the effects are positive. Immigration has a positive effect on the economy in the long run by increasing demand‚ and creating competition in the labor force. The United States is home to the largest immigrant population in the world. Immigration averaged around 1 million

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    Brazil and the United States: so different and so alike. Brazil can be compared to the United States in several aspects. Both countries have a lot of things in common; however‚ we can point some differences too. The first thing we’re going to discuss is the way people act in both countries. Brazil prefers collectivism‚ whereas the United States prefers individualism. This means that‚ in Brazil‚ they support group interaction and think it’s really important. The United States differs from

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    I was at my desk at Moneague College in St. Ann‚ the home of Marcus Garvey‚ when my mother called with the news our immigrant Visa to the United States were ready. After waiting ten years‚ I was still very skeptic that America would become my new reality. Three weeks later‚ it was my first night in America‚ and I realized my life has changed forever. After the four and a half hour flight‚ the drive from John F. Kennedy International Airport‚ and the delicious welcome dinner at my grandmother’s high-rise

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    HOW THE SLAVERY WAS IN THE UNITED STATES FROM 1776 TO 1865 In the United States‚ racism had been for several hundred years; it’s aslo been a controversial subject for people for a long period of time. Whenever we talk about this subject‚ it always reminds me about the book called “Race and Manifest Destiny” by Reginald Horsman. This book is one of the greatest books about the racism in the United States from 1776 to 1865. During the early years of America’s history‚ society was categorized by

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    Everyone thinks that illegal immigrants are doing no harm to society. Little do they know they are making American citizens lose jobs and money. Building a wall on our southern border will create more jobs and more profits for Americans. First‚ Mexico should pay for the wall because it is their fault for not being able to control what is going in and out of the country. Second‚ to many Mexicans are getting into the country illegally. First‚ Mexico should pay for the wall because it is their fault

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