Alien vs. Predator

As we all know, Texas is home to more than 1 million illegal aliens, the second largest population in the country just below California. They live here permanently, and contribute to our economy and community every day. In this essay I will explain how granting amnesty to illegal aliens would benefit the Texas economy despite the erroneous beliefs and controversy surrounding the subject. In my opinion, granting amnesty to illegal aliens is beneficial for Texas. Despite popular belief,…

INTRO Illegal Immigrants are not Delinquents The racist remarks people hear about classifying all illegal immigrants as criminals, such as drug dealers, killers, and rapists is it true? Not all illegal immigrants have ever committed a crime. First, undocumented parents decide to leave their families behind to give their family a better well-being. Second, undocumented children aren’t aware of circumstances, until they are old enough to work or continue their…

There have been many concerns over immigration recently and this creates uncertainty for the fate of The Dream Act. The Dream Act is a legislative proposal that will give undocumented people who came here illegally when they were very young the chance to legally obtaining Citizenship. Undocumented students do not face many hardships due to their legal status until after high school, which prevents them from reaching their highest potential through higher education and stops them from being…

According to Espejo (2013), “The border seems to show that a commitment to universal equality is incompatible with discrimination along geographic lines. Particularly, that rights to free movement clash with the state’s right to exclude aliens from its territory” (p. 13). In effect, the author is expressing that the wall is an adherent obstruction to the free will of all people and their right to enter and exit a territory freely; thus, not only is the U.S. border wall inefficient but also…

More than 527 dinosaur genera have been discovered up to date, but how many of these fossils have been traded in the black market? There is no way to track how many have been traded, smuggled, or seized, or how many will continue to be traded in the black market. Although some may argue that people who are not paleontologists should be able to dig up these hidden treasures, the cons outweigh the pros, making the subject very controversial. For instance, a con would be how “…Overzealous…

is an agent accidently exposure to the alien biotechnology and becomes the only person who perfectly combined the alien genes and human’s. In this film, the settings are creative, the aliens become the disadvantaged party due to illness, and human beings become the privileged party who is trying to exploit them and utilize their technologies, especially the biotechnology weapons. Hence, lots of companies and governments want to discover how to control the alien weapons due to its extraordinary…

The United States is often called the land of opportunity. This nickname has, for many years, attracted foreign immigrants from around the world to move to America. This, however, has sparked an increase in xenophobia in the American population as they believe that these immigrants will steal their jobs away from them. However, immigrants don’t steal their jobs; instead they help create them. Immigrants use productivity and human capital to cause economic growth which is beneficial to our nation…

Two huge topics in the media are jobs and immigration and often these two topics intertwine to form a large debate. When discussing immigration, the conversation often leads back to jobs and whether the influx of immigrants is affecting the native-born opportunities for employment. One of the largest concerns surrounding immigration is job flow and immigrants being employed over Americans. This is an issue that David Frum addresses in his article "Does Immigration Harm Working Americans?" His…

Fast food has become a routine part of life for most Americans today, but many are not aware of what goes on behind the scenes to produce it and how it affects our everyday lives. Eric Schlosser investigates the industry and reveals many shocking truths. He came upon the project after editors at Rolling Stone read one of his pieces about illegal immigrants and the strawberry industry in California. They contacted him and wanted him to investigate how the fast food industry works behind the…

In Jill Lepore’s work, “Richer and Poorer: Accounting for Inequality,” published in The New Yorker in 2015, statistics provided alongside excellent rhetoric reach United States citizens with an undeniable conclusion: that inequality gaps are widening in America, and not only will nobody take the blame for this disparity; nobody is willing to do anything to stop it. This creates a sense of urgency in voters to coerce the United States Congress, into changing legislation in regards to these…