Birthright citizenship in the United States of America

your state rests on the shoulders of Mexico it is hard to deny the need for border control and immigration safety. Arizona, being that state must remain diligent in protecting the people from the invasion of illegal aliens. This is not to say that America should not have immigrants anymore, for the county itself is a birthright of immigration, but strong regard for the method in which people immigrate into the county should be sustained. According to text, “Arizona is the sixth largest state in…

presidential candidate rage against “the billionaire class.” But what they do not see and hear is that he is just like the other U.S. senators by his actions and words: delivering services to veterans, Medicare for the elderly, and defense spending for their state (Burleigh). Bernie Sanders brings many new topics of discussion including free college tuition, immigration reform, and the democratic socialist point of view to the table and is more than a valuable candidate for the Democratic…

Donald trump is the United states current presidential elect. Throughout his campaign he pushed for strong change on immigration into the country. Mr. Trump has three main objectives that he wishes to see through during his presidential term. The first goal is to address the eleven million undocumented immigrants residing in the country today. He believes that these people are taking jobs, rights, and privileges away from rightful, deserving, and legal Americans. He has proposed several methods…

Following the American Civil War, the United States and its policy makers faced the dilemma of how to recover from its widespread devastation, which included rebuilding the South and transitioning 4 million freed slaves from captivity to citizenship. As told by historians Paul Cimbala and Randall Miller (1999), until then, "there was no tradition of government responsibility for a huge refugee population and no [national] bureaucracy to administer a large welfare, employment, [education], and…

Thomas Jefferson believed in the equality of all people, and that “they are endowed, by their Creator, with certain unalienable Rights, among these is the pursuit of Happiness.” (DI) Jefferson used “Happiness” because America is supposed to be a place where individuals come and live the life they want to abundantly. Happiness can be perceived differently; such as, some individuals just want to love one another in peace, others want to raise their children in a Democracy, and a few people move…

slavery was widely accepted throughout the country. With the possession of slave communities that dominated the United States 's industry, the colonies were able to produce immense quantities of goods such as tobacco, sugar, rice and cotton. By means of this enslaved African Labor force, the country was able to grow agriculturally and economically. However in the early 1800s both the United states and Great Britain began to abandon the transatlantic slave trade, which migrated those from Africa…

system, which is, representative democracy. The Dominican Republic has a fairly new constitution that was enacted in 2010 and it is composed of three different government branches. Similar to the United States, the three branches of government are legislature, execution, and judicial. The president is head of state and government, moreover, he is directly elected every 4 years but he cannot hold consecutive terms. The legislature branch made up from the senate and the chamber of deputies this is…

Between 1942 and 1945, thousands of Japanese Americans, regardless of United States citizenship status, received orders to evacuate their homes and businesses. Sparked by rising fear and anxiety of the American people after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, a United States Naval base in Hawaii, the U.S. government relocated Japanese Americans to remote areas on the West Coast and in the south, isolating them in internment or relocation camps. With no actual evidence supporting the creation of…

centuries. For all men to be created equal, means that all citizens have the same opportunity. It means that all citizens get the right to vote. And it means that all citizens live with the same standing, whether that be social or political. The United States back then was the complete opposite of equal. A small population of people holding a small amount of power does not make it a free nation. The Constitution betrayed the promise of equality for…

In this year’s presidential campaign immigration has become an important issue. The Department of Homeland Security indicates that there are 11.4 million illegal immigrants within the United States; however, only about 1 million immigrants are lawfully granted permanent residency each year (“Immigration Statistics Fast Facts”). The majority of the presidential candidates advocate for immigration reform, but no one’s idea of reform is as interesting as that of Donald Trump. Donald Trump entered…