AP Capstone
The Politics behind Consequences and Concern of the United States Border Closing
There is much controversy on whether or not to close the borders, but would the benefits outweigh the consequences? People close down borders to try to push the negative forces out for safety. To push out attacks and illegal transactions of drugs and people, closing the borders does seem like a good idea. However, while the act of closing borders means to isolate ourselves from the influence of others, it also means to cut ties with countries around the globe. History shows that it took many wars to create these treaties and good relationships with the oriental, eastern and western countries. In a political standpoint, it can be seen that by closing …show more content…
When one has allies the more power and influence they are able to take. With treaties, countries have a web of alliances that creates a situation where if one is bothered, all the other countries are too. History has its ways with political diplomatic treaties with other nations that helped support nations. On September 12, 2001, the day after the 9/11 bombing, the 19 ambassadors of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization all agreed that by attacking the United States, it meant it was attacking all of its other member nations (History.com). Not only did they give pressure to those attacking any member of the NATO treaty to help America, they also sent military support of 5 airplanes to watch American airspace further helping the border and security in general. Coming back to more recent times in Obama’s immigration announcement, he stresses the efforts to keep the U.S. borders safe and in 2014, nearly 20,000 U.S PDF (Border Patrol agents) now operate on the Southwestern borders (Renwick). The Secure Our Borders First Act also adds strictness to the DHS (Department of Homeland Security) by penalizing senior officials that fail to successfully intercept a certain number of crossings (Renwick). With the pressures from international countries and Homeland Security’s defenses, there is already hardly any chance of an invasion of any sort. After 9/11, the government acted to create a safer …show more content…
Not only family based visas stock up to 480,000 people, but there are also refugees. In 2013, by accepting 12,000 immigrants from Africa, 17,000 from East Asia, 2,000 from Europe and Central Asia, 5,000 from Latin America/Caribbean, 31,000 from Near East/South Asia , and 3,000 Unallocated reserves, it ceils up to 70,000 for that year.(“How the United States”) Those are not the only immigration visas, employment visas also comes in either temporary or permanent which the permanent visas is set to be 140,000 per year. The Immigration Innovation Act, introduced in January 2015 by the U.S. government also happen to boosts the number of temporary high-skilled workers allowed in the U.S. (“Council on Foreign Relations”) The Start Up act that followed up didn’t help either as it eliminating per country caps for business immigration visas. (“Council on Foreign Relations”) Other visas come in forms of TPS (Temporary Protected Status), DED (Deferred Enforced Departure) and others.(“How the United States”) The immigrants also don’t stay as immigrants as they can end up applying for
The Politics behind Consequences and Concern of the United States Border Closing
There is much controversy on whether or not to close the borders, but would the benefits outweigh the consequences? People close down borders to try to push the negative forces out for safety. To push out attacks and illegal transactions of drugs and people, closing the borders does seem like a good idea. However, while the act of closing borders means to isolate ourselves from the influence of others, it also means to cut ties with countries around the globe. History shows that it took many wars to create these treaties and good relationships with the oriental, eastern and western countries. In a political standpoint, it can be seen that by closing …show more content…
When one has allies the more power and influence they are able to take. With treaties, countries have a web of alliances that creates a situation where if one is bothered, all the other countries are too. History has its ways with political diplomatic treaties with other nations that helped support nations. On September 12, 2001, the day after the 9/11 bombing, the 19 ambassadors of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization all agreed that by attacking the United States, it meant it was attacking all of its other member nations (History.com). Not only did they give pressure to those attacking any member of the NATO treaty to help America, they also sent military support of 5 airplanes to watch American airspace further helping the border and security in general. Coming back to more recent times in Obama’s immigration announcement, he stresses the efforts to keep the U.S. borders safe and in 2014, nearly 20,000 U.S PDF (Border Patrol agents) now operate on the Southwestern borders (Renwick). The Secure Our Borders First Act also adds strictness to the DHS (Department of Homeland Security) by penalizing senior officials that fail to successfully intercept a certain number of crossings (Renwick). With the pressures from international countries and Homeland Security’s defenses, there is already hardly any chance of an invasion of any sort. After 9/11, the government acted to create a safer …show more content…
Not only family based visas stock up to 480,000 people, but there are also refugees. In 2013, by accepting 12,000 immigrants from Africa, 17,000 from East Asia, 2,000 from Europe and Central Asia, 5,000 from Latin America/Caribbean, 31,000 from Near East/South Asia , and 3,000 Unallocated reserves, it ceils up to 70,000 for that year.(“How the United States”) Those are not the only immigration visas, employment visas also comes in either temporary or permanent which the permanent visas is set to be 140,000 per year. The Immigration Innovation Act, introduced in January 2015 by the U.S. government also happen to boosts the number of temporary high-skilled workers allowed in the U.S. (“Council on Foreign Relations”) The Start Up act that followed up didn’t help either as it eliminating per country caps for business immigration visas. (“Council on Foreign Relations”) Other visas come in forms of TPS (Temporary Protected Status), DED (Deferred Enforced Departure) and others.(“How the United States”) The immigrants also don’t stay as immigrants as they can end up applying for