America, the home of the free, was founded upon the desperation and hard work of immigrants from foreign lands who escaped persecution for a better life. Today, these same desperate people are facing the same hardships as those that came before them. Illegal immigrants, 11 million of them, endure the threat of deportation on a daily basis (Sinclair). There is a presidential candidate who believes this threat can be subsided and a path to citizenship created. However, there is another candidate who believes all of these immigrants should be sent back home to a land that could not provide for them as well as the United States can. Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are the two front runners for the 2016 presidential election, both Mrs.Clinton and
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Immigrants come to this country for freedom and endless opportunity, and if they are treated badly, the reputation of the United States could be dimmed ("Why does the US need"). Hillary, also has supported the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act in 2006 and 2007; along with the DREAM Act which grants undocumented students who grew up in the U.S. a chance to contribute to the nation’s growth (“Immigration Reform”). Immigration is vital to the economy; it creates businesses, helps workers by increasing worker productivity, creates more jobs, improves wages, and reduces deficit ("Immigration and the Economy"). This is counter to Donald Trump 's plan of deportation, in which the economy would suffer. Hillary also backs President Obama’s DACA and DAPA executive actions which provide relief from deportation for parents of Americans and lawful residents (“Immigration …show more content…
Clinton is also fighting to protect immigrant families; she plans to “put in place a simple, straightforward, accessible system for parents of DREAMers and others with a history of service and contribution to their communities.” (Immigration Reform). Contrastingly to Hillary’s plan to grant citizenship to immigrants with clear backgrounds, Donald Trump makes assumptions and believes that immigrants are “rapists” and “killers” who have “lots of problems” (Moreno). He creates an immigrant xenophobia by generalizing a whole ethnicity based on the actions of a few people which leads to harsh discrimination and hatred. Hillary Clinton plans to end the 3- and 10-year bars which “prohibit applicants from returning to the United States if they were previously in the U.S. illegally”. This immigration process must be stopped because it not only creates dilemmas in which families are separated for prolonged periods of time, but also enables these immigrants to be exposed to violence and danger since most waivers are filed in Ciudad Juarez which is a city filled by drug violence and has even by issued by the the Department of State as an area to avoid. Mrs.Clinton has plans to promote naturalization which is helping immigrants complete the process to citizenship by expanding waivers. Expanding waivers will enable more people the chance to “get a break on costs, increase access to robust language programs to help people boost their English proficiency, and enhance outreach and
Immigrants come to this country for freedom and endless opportunity, and if they are treated badly, the reputation of the United States could be dimmed ("Why does the US need"). Hillary, also has supported the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act in 2006 and 2007; along with the DREAM Act which grants undocumented students who grew up in the U.S. a chance to contribute to the nation’s growth (“Immigration Reform”). Immigration is vital to the economy; it creates businesses, helps workers by increasing worker productivity, creates more jobs, improves wages, and reduces deficit ("Immigration and the Economy"). This is counter to Donald Trump 's plan of deportation, in which the economy would suffer. Hillary also backs President Obama’s DACA and DAPA executive actions which provide relief from deportation for parents of Americans and lawful residents (“Immigration …show more content…
Clinton is also fighting to protect immigrant families; she plans to “put in place a simple, straightforward, accessible system for parents of DREAMers and others with a history of service and contribution to their communities.” (Immigration Reform). Contrastingly to Hillary’s plan to grant citizenship to immigrants with clear backgrounds, Donald Trump makes assumptions and believes that immigrants are “rapists” and “killers” who have “lots of problems” (Moreno). He creates an immigrant xenophobia by generalizing a whole ethnicity based on the actions of a few people which leads to harsh discrimination and hatred. Hillary Clinton plans to end the 3- and 10-year bars which “prohibit applicants from returning to the United States if they were previously in the U.S. illegally”. This immigration process must be stopped because it not only creates dilemmas in which families are separated for prolonged periods of time, but also enables these immigrants to be exposed to violence and danger since most waivers are filed in Ciudad Juarez which is a city filled by drug violence and has even by issued by the the Department of State as an area to avoid. Mrs.Clinton has plans to promote naturalization which is helping immigrants complete the process to citizenship by expanding waivers. Expanding waivers will enable more people the chance to “get a break on costs, increase access to robust language programs to help people boost their English proficiency, and enhance outreach and