On July 4, 1852, Frederick Douglass was invited to celebrate Independence Day in Rochester, New York and was to give a speech. His intended audience was the general public in which he believed needed to hear his opinion. Frederick Douglass was a former slave who had escaped his torment in his early twenties. In his speech, Douglass argues to the American people that they have a pretentious attitude toward slaves' freedom. Douglass states his thesis when he says "America is false to the past, false to the present, and solemnly binds herself to be false in the future."
The money spent on protecting our country has went up greatly of the years since 9-11.(Green, 2014, para. 7) 9-11 made people to question if our country is really secure. This caused the government to make a lot of polices to help make our country safe for the people living there. These polices focused on security, immigration, defense and etc. One main focus of the government was security.
An increase in troops along the border will result in a decrease in illegal aliens getting into the country. Another way to make the border more secure is to deport the illegal immigrants that are caught and have harsher
I do not think that we should increase border patrol because people that need to get out of another country because of say war, or poverty. For them to be safe, they can come to the United States and start a brand new life and not have to worry about their home being destroyed from bombings. I believe that we are too harsh about security in the first place. There is no need to build a wall or a fence because there are less expensive and intrusive ways to restrict access such methods as virtual walls using sophisticated monitoring or employment restrictions. There are many good things that come from not increasing border security.
Facts are: illegal immigrants pay billions in taxes. Out of the 15 million unemployed Americans a lot of them aren 't very competitive, even if new jobs open up a lot of them would not keep them. Illegal Immigrants are not eligible for any state and or federal benefits. Technically, anyone who is born in the US is an American and they deserve to be treated as such.
People rather have their safety and security taken away in order to keep their freedom. For instance, many Mexican immigrants try so hard to reach the American Dream, so they are willing to risk their lives to obtain that freedom and opportunity for education. They walk through the burning hot deserts, go through dehydration for many days, and even more hardships in order to leave their problems in Mexico and get a fresh new start at life. Even when in America, illegal Mexican immigrants face every day worrying whether they will be deported and lose their chance at having the American Dream. They sacrifice themselves and all their possessions back at Mexico just to come to America in order to obtain the freedom that citizens get.
For this paper, my research 's main focus will be on Immigration Policies, like ICE raids. I will investigate and analyze how ICE raids affected and still affect Latinx/Chicanx communities. On top of the negative impacts it causes, I will be looking into the history of how ICE was formed and how it is an oppressive system that is known to target mainly undocumented Latinxs. Although ICE was “founded” in 2003, I will be including history of alternative methods the country used before ICE was established. The most deportations occurred under Obama 's presidential term and given the new administration, that is upfront and clear about being anti-immigrant and anti-Mexican, communities have no idea what to expect.
We are all human so there should be no discrimination and we should all have the right to go where we please. Many immigrants come to U.S. for better job opportunities and education for their children and wanted a better life for their family. But undocumented immigrants not only live with the status or tag of "undocumentedness" but they also have to face different challenges in their day to day life. One of today’s most popular and powerful quotes is credited to Elie Wiesel, the writer, Nobel Peace Prize winner and
Immigration has always been a major part of American history. Each year, hundreds of thousands of people travel to the United States in search of a better life. Of the 1.49 million immigrants who traveled to the United States in 2016, 150,400 immigrants were from Mexico. There have also been many people from Mexico who have immigrated illegally to America, with 5.6 million Mexican unauthorized immigrants living in the U.S. in 2015 and 2016. The large scale of immigration, both legal and illegal, has brought up issues such as national security and the U.S. economy.
“The seed must grow regardless of the fact that it’s planted in stone” Tupac Shakur. What this quote signifies is that many illegal immigrants come from a country full of poverty and violence. Whatever situation these immigrants are in, they must prosper because they still have hungry mouths to feed. According to the source ‘Wiley online library’( november 18,08)
Many Immigrants come to America for a better life ,or to achieve their dream in the land of opportunities. America is a diverse country filled with a variety of culture that creates a hellenic culture within America , and many immigrants come from all around the world to America ,but many of them are labelled as Immigrants or slang words that are used like “wetback”,”slave”, and etc .However, most Americans and Immigrants share the same desire that everyone has and that is to achieve their goals in life by either making a better life for themselves ,or to be happy in life because they achieve their life goals that they strived for. The American dream is a desire or goals that everyone wants to achieve because it would improve their lives
There is a problem that is very important to me and millions of illegal Immigrants across the country. The issue is the length and the expense it takes for an illegal immigrant to fix their legal statuses. There is a certain type of Visa which is called the U-Visa which is a type of Visa only people who have either been physically or mentally hurt by someone in the United States. This is important because if you detain an immigrant it cost money to keep him/her incarcerated, also if they can work legally then they can pay taxes making more money for the government. There are many families that have been separated because of deportation, in September of 2014 there were 5,100 children in foster care and it is predicted to rise by 15,000 in the
A human rights issue that is in my novel is immigration. And this issue relates to real life issues because this still affects people lives today who want to leave their home for a chance to a better life. Many people dislike immigrants because they take their jobs and are willing to get paid less. This affects people within the U.S and other countries because people want to go places where there are better opportunities, but their choice could ruin a country economy because they can 't support them. Those people don 't have rights like we do because they are not here legally and if they tried to come legally it would take too long and they would have done it already if they had the finances.
The topic of Immigration has become an issue met with much trepidation due to bias media propaganda. However, local economies stand to gain dividends as a number of immigrants increase over the next ten years. The rise of immigrant workers has caused the natives to become doubtful of future job opportunities. Meanwhile, city officials, as well as business owners, see the positive impact an immigrant workforce can have on a region, specifically metropolitan regions. “Midwestern metropolitan areas have experienced a decline in native workers by 3.3 percent” (Brunswick, 2014) however, the influx of immigrant workers have tripled in the last decade.
Personal Statement Describe several personal and professional goals you would like to achieve in the next five years, including why these goals are important to you. Goals are what keep us motivated to keep going and doing better than the day before. It is our goals that help us to keep pushing forward and be the best version of ourselves everyday. I have many professional and personal goals for myself.
