Escaping Injustice You are on a deserted island with no escape, you feel like no one is on your side, you want change to happen, but so far all your effort to make it happen has drained out of you, so do you run or do you face the problem? Our nation has had so many immigration problems lately that these problems are getting out of control like as if it were cancer spreading throughout your body. The issue of immigration had been postponed for many decades now until the DREAM Act was passed in 2012 by the U.S. government. It is quite interesting to me that alien students don’t have the right to pursue an education if it was not for the ratification of the DREAM Act. So how are immigrants supposed achieve an education? A lot of people have
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Immigration has been existing for a long time now that when America was first discovered immigration was encouraged. As time passed more and more people immigrated to America because of the wondrous opportunities available. As America kept developing, an exodus amount of immigrants migrated over to America and assisted during the Gold Rush in 1849. Following the Gold Rush, America enforced stricter immigration laws causing people to become irritated with the justice system involving the citizenship status of individuals. Usually you have to be living in America for a certain amount of years before you are allowed to be granted citizenship but there have been cases in the past where there is favoritism toward an immigrant’s situation. The temporary solution to this problem was to ratify the DREAM Act in 2012. The DREAM Act states that aliens who qualified were able to receive residency for two years allowing them to pursue a career but there are limitations associated with it. You might be wondering how I know all about the DREAM Act and the reason is because I read the newspaper every morning and sometimes immigration happens be in an article. Another reason I am well informed on this issue is because of history class and books I happen to read from time to
Immigration has been existing for a long time now that when America was first discovered immigration was encouraged. As time passed more and more people immigrated to America because of the wondrous opportunities available. As America kept developing, an exodus amount of immigrants migrated over to America and assisted during the Gold Rush in 1849. Following the Gold Rush, America enforced stricter immigration laws causing people to become irritated with the justice system involving the citizenship status of individuals. Usually you have to be living in America for a certain amount of years before you are allowed to be granted citizenship but there have been cases in the past where there is favoritism toward an immigrant’s situation. The temporary solution to this problem was to ratify the DREAM Act in 2012. The DREAM Act states that aliens who qualified were able to receive residency for two years allowing them to pursue a career but there are limitations associated with it. You might be wondering how I know all about the DREAM Act and the reason is because I read the newspaper every morning and sometimes immigration happens be in an article. Another reason I am well informed on this issue is because of history class and books I happen to read from time to