Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007

Recently, Obama ordered an executive action plan known as the Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents. DAPA was created to address the illegal immigration issue in the United States. In short, this action would allow for undocumented workers, who have resided here since 2010 and have children who are citizens, in the United States to have deferred deportation status. DAPA does not grant full amnesty and legal status but allows for a three-year work permit instead…

There are an estimated 12 million immigrants that are in America today. Illegal immigrants, or undocumented immigrants, are defined by the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 as people who are not citizens or nationals of the United States of America. There are reasons why they come to the United States, either to escape war, money issues, or to find better jobs. One of he most pertinent questions asked is should the US government step up its deportation of undocumented immigrants, or should…

One of the major hot button topics for the 2016 election is Immigration Reform. Discussions of building walls, sending illegal immigrants “home”, and abolishing birthright citizenship have all been tossed around as resolutions. While the other side reminds us how America was founded on the principle of opened doors - a land of freedom and opportunity. They argue that the majority of immigrants and undocumented workers do not hurt society as much as they enhance it, culturally and even…

Immigration reform was a core issue in American politics even before the United States declared independence from Great Britain in the late 18th century. Determining which nations could immigrate to the United States and how many of these emigrants would be permitted to enter has always caused controversy in Washington. During various social and political crises, refugees from various nations have immigrated to America. Many of these immigrants have entered the US illegally, prompting the…

that they have wanted. Many have attended most of their K-12 education here and when they wanted more is when they started to look into the Dream Act. Well as I was researching about the Dream act I found out that there are a lot of professional that not met their potential because of been afraid of what will happen to them. Yet, because of their immigration status they cannot work in what they are educated in and have to working in the fields or in factories. Some of my family cannot legally…

Immigration is in the United States very roots. From the very beginning, colonial times, people moved over the Atlantic to come to the States. Since then, hundreds of millions of immigrants have showed up on our shores seeking a greater life. Many immigrants came to America seeking greater economic opportunity, like many immigrants today. The Immigration and Nationality Act did away with quotas based on nationality, passed in 1965 by Congress, the act changed the bias toward European immigration…

crucial factors including physical presence in the United States, having come to the United States under age 16, and a clean criminal record (“Deferred Action Overview, 2015). The program, like many programs under United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS),…

Americanization campaign arose, giving birth to language restrictionism as a response to fears that the newcomers were resisting assimilation into the American mainstream and unwilling to learn English (Wiley, 2007). The Americanization movement lost steam in the 1930s with the decline of immigration and gave rise to the idea of cultural pluralism, although the United States was still widely referred to as a “melting pot” (US Americanization,…

Illegal Immigration as Related to Human Resources Leviticus 19:33-34 (NIV) 33. When a foreigner resides among you in your land, do not mistreat them. 34. The foreigner residing among you must be treated, as you are native-born. Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt. I am the Lord your God. Illegal immigration is as old as immigration itself, in 1890, a Los Angeles Times headline read: More Illegal Immigration. How it is possible that 126 years later there is minimal progress.…

The War on Drugs: Has it been worth the price. Introduction The war on drugs in America has been fought since the 1880s when the Chinese Exclusion Act was first passed by congress. Several pieces of legislation have followed this initial volley in the war up to present day. Statistics from 2011 showed there where 1.6 million state and federal prisoners (Guerino, Harrison, & Sabol, 2011) according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics. The United States has nearly a half million more…