Immigration reform has been a highly contested political issue in the U.S. for years. As a result, leaders in support of an immigration reform have been gathering with immigration system to discuss a possible change. However, in many ways, it has been brought to the forefront of Republican politics this election cycle thanks to the presumptive nominee, Donald Trump, whose announcement speech was highly critical of immigrants from Mexico. The following paper will talk about the Utilitarianism theory in the United States’ immigration reform system and look at Donald Trump’s view of immigrants as a template, regarding virtue ethics, and contrast it with two other ethical theories, namely relativism and deontology. The creation of the Department
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It seems quite satisfying to say that a country that respects human rights has the right to grant citizenship to immigrants that also respect human rights such as in a relativism theory. It also seems satisfying to say that a state has the ability dissociate with immigrants that potentially do not value human rights as well as appropriately deal with citizens that fail to respect human rights, in order to protect all citizens, natural and potential. Most importantly, however, is the fact that this deontological approach to immigration is the only one that actually provides a clear path to citizenship for immigrants already in the U.S. However, in both parties the United States and the immigrants if they work together to a fair and equal reform it will be more comfortable such as the Department of Homeland Security just concentrated in find a criminals and the national security and the hard working immigrants could have their legal documents to work and the chance to be a U.S. citizen. As the Utilitariam theory suggest the fair and equal for a comprehensive immigration reform, it is impossible due to the national security of the country even though it had been gathered together imperative leaders to debate a support and fair immigration policy. Therefore, it is clear that a deontological maxim similar to what was present above should be adopted to institute the sort of immigration reform the U.S. so desperately
It seems quite satisfying to say that a country that respects human rights has the right to grant citizenship to immigrants that also respect human rights such as in a relativism theory. It also seems satisfying to say that a state has the ability dissociate with immigrants that potentially do not value human rights as well as appropriately deal with citizens that fail to respect human rights, in order to protect all citizens, natural and potential. Most importantly, however, is the fact that this deontological approach to immigration is the only one that actually provides a clear path to citizenship for immigrants already in the U.S. However, in both parties the United States and the immigrants if they work together to a fair and equal reform it will be more comfortable such as the Department of Homeland Security just concentrated in find a criminals and the national security and the hard working immigrants could have their legal documents to work and the chance to be a U.S. citizen. As the Utilitariam theory suggest the fair and equal for a comprehensive immigration reform, it is impossible due to the national security of the country even though it had been gathered together imperative leaders to debate a support and fair immigration policy. Therefore, it is clear that a deontological maxim similar to what was present above should be adopted to institute the sort of immigration reform the U.S. so desperately