For years immigrants have been fleeing from their homelands and entering the United States of America. It has reached a new record with 42.1 million people in the United States alone and the numbers continue to increase (Blake, Eben. "Immigration In US 2015 Reaches A New Record With Immigrant Population Of 42.1 Million People, Study Finds." International Business Times. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Nov. 2015). Immigration has been a foreign policy issue for many years and most recently has become a major topic of discussion, especially in the media when it comes to illegal immigration. Should illegal immigrants be deported? This question alone has sparked up many controversies within political parties and the American people whether it’s during meetings, debates, or general conversations. So what is
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28 Nov. 2015). The issue regarding the “Balance of Power” with immigration today is split up. It is both “power preponderance” and “power parity”. The reason being is because; a majority of these immigrants leaving their homeland are leaving it for the same reason many legal immigrants came to the United States in the first place. The unauthorized immigrants want a better life for their children and themselves. The American people see what is happening around the world in places like Iraq and Syria, but some fail to recognize that the immigrants want to be in a country like the United States and leave behind all the toxicity back in their homeland because they would rather be based in a country like the U.S. However, with that being said, there is the other side of the spectrum which are the terrorists disguising themselves as such immigrants wanting to enter the U.S. and harm its people. The media tends to do a lot of framing which can have the viewers form all these illogical opinions and scenarios. For example, the media tends to frame illegal immigrants as “criminals” when there are American born citizens who have committed equal crimes but are not scrutinized as
28 Nov. 2015). The issue regarding the “Balance of Power” with immigration today is split up. It is both “power preponderance” and “power parity”. The reason being is because; a majority of these immigrants leaving their homeland are leaving it for the same reason many legal immigrants came to the United States in the first place. The unauthorized immigrants want a better life for their children and themselves. The American people see what is happening around the world in places like Iraq and Syria, but some fail to recognize that the immigrants want to be in a country like the United States and leave behind all the toxicity back in their homeland because they would rather be based in a country like the U.S. However, with that being said, there is the other side of the spectrum which are the terrorists disguising themselves as such immigrants wanting to enter the U.S. and harm its people. The media tends to do a lot of framing which can have the viewers form all these illogical opinions and scenarios. For example, the media tends to frame illegal immigrants as “criminals” when there are American born citizens who have committed equal crimes but are not scrutinized as