Illegal Logging Essay

all laws of the US, you are required to file your income tax returns and report your income to the US state tax authorities, green card holders are also expected to support the democratic form of government and not to change the government through illegal means, and last but not least if you are a male 18 through 25 you must register with the Selective Service which is a service in the armed forces under conscription. ("Are You Eligible to Apply for Permanent Residency (Green Card)?") In…

In the video “Obama On Slavery - Full Speech at the Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting,” President Obama explains the series of steps the U.S. plans to take in order to abolish modern slavery. He explains that the U.S. has established annual trafficking reports, giving countries motivation to meet their responsibilities by using the report as a shaming method if they do not meet the requirements to end human trafficking (Obama 7:22). He states that the U.S. will be listed in the…

The second main focus of the New Deal in the 1930’s was recovery, this focused on reviving the economy, getting industry going again and making improvements on the foundations that had been made through relief. Some of the alphabet agencies which contributed to recovery in The New Deal were the CCC, NRA, HOLC and AAA. The Civilian Conservation Corps gave jobs the men specifically those who were single and under the age of 25. They lived in government camps and performed mostly manual labour, the…

The implementation of the deferred action policy has relieved the fear of deportation of some eligible undocumented immigrants. To request deferred action, an individual must file Form I-821D and Form I-765 for employment authorization. This process has been brought forward by the administration as a result of the recognition for undocumented immigrants. Through this process, individuals who came to the United States at a very small age or before their 16th birthday could request DACA. However,…

The immigration of Muslims into Europe is not a new event. It has recently become masses of immigrants arriving daily. They fear for their safety in their countries of origin, so they look for a better, brighter future in a place where they don’t know anyone or anything, only that it has to be better than the war-torn, persecuting countries from where they came. These immigrants pose a threat to the countries in which they are trying to reach. Many in Europe feel that these immigrants, who…

One Quick Way to Become Citizen In the newspaper article “A Market Solution to Immigration Reform” (Wall Street Journal, March 1, 2013). Gary Becker and Edward P. Lazear propose that selling American citizenship could improve the economy. The authors support their argument by the benefits of market-based solution to weak American Economy. Although Setting a price of perhaps $50,000 would attract those who place the highest value on citizenship. Becker and Lazear propose that not only the wealthy…

In our Unit I Seminar Prep, we discussed our ideas upon the novel, Enrique’s Journey, the Tortillas essay, the summer 2016 illustration, the Just Walk on By essay, and The Myth of the Latin Woman essay. There were many ideas throughout the Socratic seminar that I found interesting. For example, I found it interesting when Jessie pointed out that we are more like the Salad Bowl, not the Melting Pot. This was interesting to me for the fact that America is true to their culture. Meaning, the…

Social change is a product of organic resistance, in which voices are collective instead of being told what is justice. However, to ease the political consciousness of the 60’s, the rise of the volunteer sector allowed elites to control radical movements in order to professionalize social change to make it seem inaccessible to everyone. Colonization led to genocide and displacement, but also generated ideologies which discredited indigenous ways of life. These ideologies allowed America to…

Hello Class, I have to sat this is one of my favorite discussion forums, for it highlights the immergence of the Latino’s presence in politics. I believe that this recent immergence is the reason for the anxiety the white culture feels about Latinos as discussed in Scott Clements’ “The data on white anxiety over Hispanic immigration”. One argument that Clements made was that when whites read a negative story featuring a Hispanic immigrant had a strong political reaction. He further describes…

During extreme times people start moving away from more expected and civil options and transition into radical, uncivil and even savage options. In our novel, the boys first concern was that they were stranded on an island. Their civil solution was to organize themselves and form a democracy. As times progressed and they faced more challenges such as the rumoured ‘beast’, the boys lost hope in their civil options and looked towards the extreme solutions such as Jack’s more dictatorship like…