Alien abduction

Different Viewpoints on Immigration Frequent conflicts currently seen in America reflect back to the issues addressed by Bharati Mukherjee in her article “Two Ways to Belong in America”. Mukherjee describes the experience her sister, Mira Mukherjee, and she underwent when moving to America and the conflicts that occurred while living in the United States. The tension both sisters felt when moving to America are what newly immigrants face such as the transformation of life. During their…

Mexican immigration occupies a complex position in the US legal system and the public opinion. The immigration laws have swung back and forth throughout the late twentieth and early twenty-first century at times welcoming them and then shunning them away. The present scenario though, Mexican immigrants have been able to make place for themselves across the United States and make a significant portion of the US population. The Mexican Americans as they call themselves now have also become one of…

For several years, the immigration to United States has been increasing and as a consequence tons of issues have been originated between the two borders. But the question here is, It is necessary to discriminate and do all those harmful things such as arrest people that only come to the United States to have better opportunities and separate families as well as deny the opportunity to many people to have a better life? I believe that the immigration law should be reformed in order to offer…

The issue of immigration detention has arisen in the media yet again with extreme cases of individuals spending year’s detained receiving major public scrutiny. Immigration detention is used by border control and policing services as the policy of holding subjects who are in violation of visa conditions, have illegally entered or arrived without authorization, and those individuals can become subject to being held in detention until immigration officials either grant a visa or deport the…

This past election has aroused vehement animosity towards and vilification of immigrants. K’naan, Snow Tha Product, Riz MC, and Residente’s song “Immigrants (We Get The Job Done)” uses allusion and a candidly aggressive tone to expose the xenophobic misconception of immigrants in America. North America has been inhabited by immigrants from the time of its “founding” during colonial times, but in recent years the word “‘immigrant’ has somehow become a bad word” (5&6) in light of the demonisation…

Undocumented Immigrants There are 11.1 million illegal immigrants in the US. I think they should have a path to citizenship in the US as long as they have a background check so we know who is coming into our country. If we don’t know who is coming into the US it is very dangerous. But at the same time there are families who want to come into our country for a better life. We can let them in as long as we know who they are. With ISIS becoming so strong, it is dangerous to have them be able to…

Throughout Enrique’s Journey, Sonia Nazario employs the use of many different stories from people who have played a part in Enrique’s journey to the United States, or in the migrant journey as a whole. Many stories or backgrounds derive from people making the journey themselves, or some who may have helped the migrants in small of big ways. However, Nazario chooses to incorporate the backstories of people along the way, who may not be as eager, or be wary about the migrants and their situation,…

Border enforcement and control at the major points of entry and exit on the southern border between the United States and Mexico, had long been largely left alone throughout the decades, aside from a few flare ups, that is until the 1990s. However, it was the passage of the Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) of 1986, which would become the fuel waiting to be ignited in the coming decade. While, IRCA was intended to solve illegal immigration issues, along with other associated…

Growing up as a young man, the word “immigrant“ never really crossed my mind,till i started to discover my family's history. I have immigrants on both sides of my family. My mother is from Belize and both of my father’s parents are immigrants, my grandmother is from Bermuda and my grandfather is from Poland. In the process of growing up, I started to ask questions I never knew the answers to and started to research as I never did before. Coming to a new found realization of the meaning of word…

The Uprising of Illegal Immigration There were 11.1 million unauthorized immigrants in the United States in 2014. Illegal immigrants break the law by crossing the border without the correct documentation. Since this is the case, deportation would be a suitable response. They viewed illegal immigrants as criminals, potential terrorists, and social and economic burdens. Legal immigrants are unemployed because of illegal immigrants. The United States department of justice documents that in 2014,…