Alien vs. Predator

Times talks about the fact the number of illegal immigrants was going down very slowly, but also says “Still, border enforcement, workplace crackdowns, the threat of deportation and greater social awareness have not worked alone to push down illegal alien numbers” (What About. . ., 2008, A22). This article helps to show that there have been attempts to stop illegal immigration, but I think that I have a few possible ideas that could at least be…

The act of coming to live permanently in a foreign country is defined as immigration. Many immigrants come from other countries to live in the US for many reasons like, escaping war or violence, better job opportunities and living conditions, free education for grades K-12, government benefits, etc. The main reason why people may emigrate is to live a better life for themselves and their families. But many of these immigrants face many challenges in order to become a citizen, and many people are…

actions have been taken by our government to address the problems with immigration, while aiming to look out for their well-being as well. Higher education for immigrant children has been an ongoing issue. In 2001, Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act, or the DREAM Act bill, was first introduced by both Republican and Democrats, but failed to pass in Congress (Olivares). A big push in 2010 to reintroduce a modified version of the Dream Act failed the necessary sixty percent…

Today I saw one of the most hateful racist and ignorant post by people who I thought were the future, our generations Americans. Today, I am disgusted because I cannot believe I went to school with half of you. I shared a part of my life with half of you, I mean I can say we had conversations, we went to school together and I would have thought of all of you as people who make mistakes, learn and grow from them would actually take the time to think before you say something so hurtful and…

States/Mexico border. Twelve million dollars was provided at this time for the construction of new physical barriers along the border in addition to an increase of approximately 1,000 new border agents. IIRIRA also expanded the definition of what a criminal alien is and the crimes for which they can be deported for. Deportable crimes also became retroactive meaning that crimes in the past that were not considered deportable now could be used as a reason for deportation. These policy changes…

and plays, the title of this particular work didn’t strike me as the least bit interesting. My eyes were opened during the performance, and I was quick to change my harsh judgment. I thoroughly enjoyed the performance of the new musical, Resident Alien. All of the performers did very well in my opinion. Iliana Garcia, Kelly McCarty, and Kylee Smith Verhoff, Libby Rounds, Annie Sorey, Jimmy Kurts, and Hunter Taylor were among my favorites, both as performers and characters. Portraying Russian…

In the United States, borders have went from being patrolled by a few hundred agents in certain areas, to over thousands of agents at designated regions around the United States. Immigrants have always held a vast percentage in the United States, “More than 43.7 million immigrants resided in the United States in 2016, accounting for 13.5 percent of the total U.S. population of 323.1 million”(“Frequently Requested Statistics on Immigrants and Immigration in the United States”). The percent of…

Essay Four Both essays are summarizing to talk about Illegal immigrants, and how they should be amnesty. This word amnesty means to forget, in this case the illegal immigrants. They feel that people don’t use the word amnesty because they do not want them in our country because they are doing bad. In some cases, most work and pay for their right to be here so they should forgive and forget. Since they have been coming to America people always have viewed them different, most people even…

multiple tactics to gain complete control over the aliens in district 9. From the beginning the aliens are placed in an apartheid-like…

Shaw at the age of 17. He was a good student and a high school athlete living in Los Angeles. Shaw was coming home one day from school when he was brutally murdered three houses down from his own. He was murdered by Pedro Espinosa who was an illegal alien and gang member. Espinosa was released from jail for assault with a deadly weapon one day prior to the murder of Jamiel Shaw. This brings up many different questions for me. Why was he released on probation? And why didn’t he get deported?…