September 1st, 1939, World War II began. Also known as the Holocaust, during the Holocaust Germans built ghettos. Ghetto’s were built to hold jews before they were shipped off to camps. Ghettos played a major role during World War II. Ghettos held jews and “undesirables”, ghettos had horrible conditions, ghettos were often burned to hide their existence from American authorities, were all things that made up ghettos. These are all things talked about in this paper. Ghettos had very little space…
The Nuremberg Trials were the first trials in history to seek justice against an entire regime for aggressive war crimes. They took place immediately after World War II ended, the indictment happened on October 18th, 1945. The horrible war crimes included invading other nations, violating the Treaty of Versailles and the most horrific crimes against humanity. The Nuremberg Trials prosecuted twenty one defendants, all of whom were Nazi officers and part of six major Nazi organizations. The trials…
When the main character of the feature film “The Visitor” (2007, Groundswell) Walter Vale, unlocks his apartment in New York City, visiting from Connecticut to present an academic paper, he is surprised by two “visitors.” Tarek and Zainab, young undocumented immigrants from Syria and Senegal, respectively, are living in his house. They are the visitors to Walter’s otherwise humdrum life. They are also “visitors” to the United States, and as far as the government is concerned, unwelcome…
The next issue under title 2 that will be discussed will be about people applying for lawful permanent resident status for those who have already been granted RPI status. First off, in order to apply for LPI status, the applicant must have met all of the trigger requirements. If an applicant wants to apply for LPI status, they have to meet the six required application requirements. They have to already have possession of the RPI status, they cannot be out of the United States no longer than 180…
if they were under the age of 31 of June 15,2012, if one came to the U.S. before reaching their sixteenth birthday, etc. Deferred Action for Parents of U.S. Citizens and Lawful Permanent Residents (DAPA) is a program that proposes delaying the deportation of parents of the United States or lawful permanent residents and providing them with work permits. This is only for immigrants who have been in the United States since January 1, 2010 and do not pose a threat to national security or public…
Warsaw, A Symbol of Resistance and Courage “The horrors experienced by the Jews of Warsaw in their two years of confinement are almost too vile and inhuman to have been created by the hands of men.” (Finegersh 1) Although the odds were against them, the Jews of Warsaw took desperate measures to escape life in the ghetto. They started with unexpected resistance, which turned into an uprising; although they did not succeed, they will always be remembered as a symbol of resistance for fighting…
to receive U.S. citizenship holds in a matter of who gets lucky. The immigration policies need to be changed due to very strict policies for becoming a citizen in the United States, and many parents come illegally with children causing fear of deportation and other complications for the children of those immigrant. The implications in the polices consist of families who are kept…
creation of the United States, it has seen immigrants and other ethnic groups as intruders and parasites. This begs the question: should the United States be allowed to repatriate all aliens back to their native soil? While illegal immigration and deportation has been a popular subject in recent politics, the next few reasons that will be presented will hopefully change or strengthen one 's view to allow immigrants who have resided in the United States for a minimum of five years or if they meet…
U.S. authorities had been closely looking into Stanford Financial Group and investigating the certificates of deposit because of the returns that they were providing to their investors. In addition, the fact that the company’s assets showed an increase of 7 billion in a time span of only seven years (2001-2008) also seemed sketchy. As Stanford’s criminal case states “The indictment alleges that, in fact, approx. $5 billion of SIBL’s reported assets consisted of notes on loans to Stanford and…
John Steinbeck, a true California native, sets a vivid visional of work in the fields. He describes the conflicting view on a farm worker and the negative impact the work had on workers. A young squatter says “ when they need us they call us migrantes and when we are picking their crops they call us bums” ( John Steinbeck’s Articles for The San Francisco News pg 4-5 ). The high number of workers were desperately needs, in order to get all the tetruss work completed during picking and packing…