Alien vs. Predator

“Border Fencing Is Bad Policy” According to Melanie Mason, the author of “Border Fencing Is Bad Policy”, the United States should not build a fence that spans the border of Mexico. There are 12 million undocumented immigrants living in America, and the author claims that a fence will stop nothing. The government has been trying to put more barriers between America and severely restrict immigration, but according to Mason, “the border fence is a political band-aid for a larger policy problem.” By…

The effects of deportation Can everyone get that dream life they always wanted? Some people will spend their lifetime trying to reach that dream but something from their past is haunting them. Rather they have the proper documentation or migrate here for a better life once they violate the immigration laws they face the consequences; for example, a person with legal document (green card) can have it taken away over a domestic violence charge or a simple DUI charge. Imagine two friends driving…

Indentured servitude was not the best of both worlds. Many indentured servants had hoped to come to America to gain more income or attain land but many ended up getting infected with sickly diseases on the way to America. In Frethorne’s letter, he explains how his life as an indentured servant was laborious, while in Hofstadter essay he supports Frethorne’s letter as well as challenge certain areas of Frethorne’s letter. Frethorne’s letter starts off explaining how just the trip to…

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,…