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between the United States and Mexico. In response to President Trump’s executive order for the construction of the wall, Mexican President Pena Nieto refused to allow Mexico pay for it. Trump’s proposals, such as building the wall and increasing deportations, and his negative characterization of Mexicans have created tensions between the U.S. and Mexico. Both countries’ economies would be devastated if the countries’ relationship were to be severed. Even though Mexico’s economy has improved and…

For my community event I went to the Romero Theater Troupe’s presentation of Thoughts on Regime Change & Other Acts of Resistance at Regis University on February 25th. This event was heavily focused on immigration and included actual stories from immigrants and their families as well as other stories that discussed critical issues in our society today. From this event I feel like I learned a ton about how immigration can affect families and how hard it can be to come to this country. Many of…

Agencies have discretion and they are able to use that discretion as they see fit. However, when a challenge to that discretion becomes an issue, the court can become involved. The two cases are similar because they are challenging an agency’s discretion, but end with two different outcomes. These are very important cases dealing with constitutional rights. In Heckler v. Chaney, inmates serving a death sentence filed a complaint against the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) alleging the drugs…

tragedy of Pearl Harbor. The event of September 11, 2001 attacks had effects on air travel, the economy, immigration and deportation, racial profiling against muslims in the United States, and the government. First, the United States upgraded security when it came to air travel. Secondly, the economy was hurt significantly due to the attacks. Thirdly, immigration and deportation was a big issue when it came to…

racist comments, proving that there is an opposition to that ideology. An example if this, is a video in Twitter, by twitter user @gaaabycx, “EDUCATION, NOT DEPORTATION! Proud to have stood in solidarity with the rest of my peers. #IAmAnImmigrant…” This post is a video where students stand outside a building, protesting against immigrant deportation. This particular tweet emphasizes the performance and agency of the word immigrant by displaying actions being taking in response of the negativity…

citizenship depending on their situation. However, it does not state what is being done for the families that come across the child welfare system who have U.S. born children, but their parents are undocumented and often get deported or are waiting deportation; or about the family members of these undocumented youth who take them into their home so they will not enter the system, but get denied Kin-GAP benefits? With the number of undocumented families growing in the United States and the risk…

Discussion 9 1. What role did mutual misunderstandings and mistrust play in the emergence of the Cold War? United States and the Soviet Union, pursued their national interest on the world stage in a dangerous confrontation. Soviet Union believed United States wanted to make the world safe for capitalism, reducing their chances to get economic resources. And the United States saw the Soviet Union as wanting to spread communism which goes against free markets. On February 9, 1946, Staling…

At this point in time, Jews were desired to leave Germany for any country that was willing to accept them. The Nazi’s were concerned with getting them out and didn 't have any intentions to kill. Hitler even thought about organizing a deportation of Jews under Nazi-occupied Europe to Madagascar. This was stopped short when the war with Poland broke out. What resulted was about 2 million Jews to deal with in their new Poland land and the left over Jews that were still in Germany. They couldn…

The United States is considered one of the most diverse countries today, becoming a colossal melting pot worldwide. Most individuals were born in the United States, while others emigrated. Conversely, all of the Americans in the United States, except Native Americans, immigrated here or descended from an immigrant at one point or another. Among these many immigrants living in the United States, around 11 million are illegal immigrants living day to day lives while 8 million are undocumented…

hard work of immigrants from foreign lands who escaped persecution for a better life. Today, these same desperate people are facing the same hardships as those that came before them. Illegal immigrants, 11 million of them, endure the threat of deportation on a daily basis (Sinclair). There is a presidential candidate who believes this threat can be subsided and a path to citizenship created. However, there is another candidate who believes all of these immigrants should be sent back home to a…