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Illegal Alien Pros And Cons

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I have always despised the use of derogatory terms. No matter whom the term may refer to, these terms sole purpose is to belittle, dehumanize and shame people for who they are. Although society has already recognized most derogatory terms intolerable; one particular term remains widely used in the United States despite its disparaging qualities. This term, ‘illegal alien(s)’, is widely used to refer to noncitizens/residents by Republicans and Conservatives of the United States. Survey these so called ‘illegal aliens’ and without a doubt they will tell you the term is degrading and inappropriate.
I vividly remember the first time I came across the term “illegal alien.” I was about nine years old when I saw the term boldly and largely printed …show more content…

I immigrated with my parents as an infant and did not consciously make the choice to come to this country. It was not even until middle school when I found out I was not a citizen or even a legal resident. As early as the age of three months I carried the label “illegal alien.” Although it is true I might not have had legal authorization to travel to the United States how does that make me ‘illegal’? Following this logic, every prisoner in the United States should be classified as illegal nevertheless they are not. To be an ‘illegal alien’ implies that an individual is against the law, but no human can ever be considered against the law can …show more content…

Many individuals use the term to insult people who seem to be foreign. I myself have witnessed people on social media attempt to humiliate people because of their family background. Plenty of times the term “illegal alien” followed by other derogatory terms have been thrown around in arguments. “Illegal alien” is now the equivalent to the plenty of other words the United States government has labeled people then gone on to acknowledge their offensiveness. Words like “negro” or “oriental.” This has been made especially clear now that the Library of Congress has recognized the word as offensive and will therefore no longer utilize it as a bibliographical term. Similarly, a multitude of organizations such as the Los Angeles Times have also refrained from using the

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I strongly agree that by not filling out the proper paperwork needed to become a citizen of the United States that one then does become a lawbreaker. However, I disagree with the idea of labeling undocumented people with a harsh term such as lawbreakers. Those immigrants who intentionally disobey the law, are crossing the border to better their life for themselves and their families. Jose also explains that in addition to being called a “lawbreaker” legal citizens will always see undocumented people in a certain view “The illegal newcomer will be stigmatized as a criminal and doomed to live “amid the shadows”’(xxi). Throughout the book, the audience is constantly reminded of how such vocabulary as, lawbreakers, undocumented and criminal affects the undocumented population, but more specifically the author himself.

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The Mexican–American War, also known as the Mexican War, was an armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States from 1846 to 1848. The Mexican War between the United States and Mexico started from the annexation of Texas in 1845. The war resulted in the United States’ acquisition of more than 500,000 square miles of Mexican territory extending westward from the Rio Grande to the Pacific Ocean America’s dedication of War on Mexico. There were many pros and conflicts following this war, which will be the main focus of this paper.

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In 2010, Arizona S.B. 1070 was an anti-illegal immigration law that was passed to focus on identifying, prosecuting, and deporting undocumented immigrants. Arizona’s law enforcement officials could detain anyone who was suspected of living in the country illegally. The law also made it a state misdemeanor crime to for an alien to not carry registration papers and people in the country illegally to solicit work. But, Arizona S.B. 1070 was charged with violating the federal Supremacy Clause by enacting its own immigration enforcement laws instead of following federal regulations; violating the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment by denying minorities their equal protection of the laws; violating the 1st Amendment by scrutinizing minorities

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Over/under-defined terms are indeterminate in extensional (factual) meaning until they can be specified extensionally through hard data. " To reiterate the above, what we perceive to be logic is undeniable truth. Nevertheless, that which is not understood is "filled in" with concepts of facts which give the idea a logical basis. In order to tie Levinson concept of terms with the article which is analyzed in this paper; this article illustrates the perception that a group of undergraduate students has towards the body of people labeled "illegal aliens" contrasted with "undocumented worker,” the results are surprisingly alarming. "The terms "illegal aliens" an "undocumented workers" activate differential prejudice is due to the fact that these two terms elicit different levels of

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I actually believed that the term “Chicano” presented a derogatory meaning towards the Mexican race. I grew up during the rise of Latin gangs in Los Angeles, I would frequently see headlines and news reporters affiliate the term “Chicana/o”

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Brute. All of these are the very offensive terms used to reference African-Americans during the Jim Crow era. These names demonstrated how hard life was for African-Americans in the South during Jim Crow. To be regarded as someone you’re not and to be made fun of I believe is one of the most hurtful things someone can do to another human being. Internally that is.

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The term “illegal alien” and “illegal immigrants” are commonly used for immigrants, and it gives them a low standard & it can be used as racial profiling, social targets, and hate crimes. It is racially harmful to many people because of the terms it is used on. Many Jewish people have been cruelly named many things, but most were just known as “jew” in a way that set them apart from everyone else. “Hungarian police had entered the ghetto and were yelling in the street

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We sometimes doubt if the U.S Constitution stands for what it says. It states that “All men are created equal” which means that everyone has the same rights, regardless of what sex, religion, race, or appearance. In our society, we have equal rights, case no one man has more than the other. In Arizona there was a legislative bill passed for Arizona Immigration Law otherwise known as SB 1070. The Arizona SB 1070 legislation is unethical because the “probable cause” stipulated in the law both protects and encourages racial profiling, and violates citizen’s rights and dignity.

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In the time of slavery, the word was looked at as a common and harmless (except in the African Americans minds) word that was used by white Americans to describe an African American slave. In today’s day and age, the N-word is looked at as a common word that is also very offensive word that can harm anyone. The view of the N-word in general has changed into being an effective word that can hurt someone of any race, which changes the mind set to thinking that the word is bad and should not be used. The N-word in today’s educational system has brought about a questionable topic.

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In the dictionary nigger is defined as a contemptuous term for a black or dark-skinned person. During slavery it was used as a way for white people to oppress slaves, and after slavery was ended it was still used to oppress and demean black people. This is why the word nigger is such a loaded word. After the civil rights movement, the black community reclaimed the n-word.

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Illegal immigrants should be allowed to stay in the U.S.A. and become citizens because they are heavy workers, want a better life and most importantly they contribute to the U.S. economy. Immigrants simply want to obtain an opportunity to live and work in this great country. With all this in mind it is clear that they deserve a path to citizenship. Countless people say illegal immigrants are damaging the U.S. economy; however, they are contributing immensely by paying their taxes.

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Scott and Kevin Johnson, as they do not agree or disagree with a definite side of the argument. According to Scott, in his article “The American Alien: Immigrants, Expatriates and Extraterrestrials in Twentieth-Century U.S. Fiction”, he believes that only a certain group of people in the United states are considered “aliens”, which are generally those who are of Latinx origins. Scott believes this, because while there might be fear of foreigners who are of different ethnicities or nations, they do not receive the same level of scrutiny as the Latinx community, because they would not typically be called “aliens” (Scott 19). Ultimately, this relates the question of whether or not xenophobia is comparable to the fear of extraterrestrial life, because according to Scott, this is not the case unless the race being discriminated against is explicitly referred to as an

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In a world without law peace and justice would be hard to maintain. The law is created to help protect the people’s rights and keep them safe. Throughout time laws have been changed either creating new laws or restructuring old laws or just removing old laws. There is a thin line between right and wrong and that is why people have been struggling throughout the ages to come up with the perfect set of laws to follow. With this uncertainty set in place the question of whether if it is ever justified to break the law comes up.

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Nowhere in the definition does it state the words ‘illegal’, ‘alien’ or ‘fence hoppers’. Yet the media portrays and associates them with these

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