Deportation

My fight for immigration reform began in the sixth grade with the arrival of my best friend Judith and her family from Mexico. They have exposed me to a new, hardworking culture that does not get its due credit from media and politicians. The injustice these remarkable people face not only sparked a fire in myself but my entire family. My Father Dan Aldridge, a lawyer licensed to practice in both Alabama and Tennessee, would soon become well acquainted with a good friend of Judith’s family. Juan…

“What makes someone American isn 't just blood or birth, but allegiance to our founding principles and faith in the idea that anyone from anywhere can write the next chapter of our story” - Barack Obama. Illegal immigration is thriving, but contrary to popular belief it’s not as bad as people may think. Being an immigrant sets nothing but obstacles in front of them, but they are strong and are ready for the challenge and the long road ahead of living in fear until they become a citizen and that…

Many United States citizens argue that undocumented immigrants do not pay taxes. That these immigrants are utilizing the resource that citizens pay for, but are not paying taxes to use them. There have been props that have backed this argument up including prop 187 which was an an obstacle against illegal immigrants from using public services for example allowing them to attend public schools or having health care because of the fact that many citizens mentioned that if undocumented individuals…

Outline Summary - “Documenting the undocumented: Toward a queer politics of no borders” by Melissa Autumn White Questions being asked Is the promise of migrant mobilization achievable? By what means is it worth it? Main argument Author argues that the fight for queer no borders is worth taking the risk despite the drawbacks of not being able to take down the entire oppressive system. She references examples from the “Let Alvaro Stay” campaign videos and Julio Salgado’s portraits to show how…

Haiti is another extremely poor and poverty-stricken country that has struggled to develop due to their lack of a stable economy mixed with their vulnerability to natural disasters. These catastrophes consistently and aggressively occur without enough time for Haiti to repair from their last disaster. (Ex, the repercussions of the 2010 earthquake were never fully accommodated for, let alone the aftermath that hurricane Matthew has now forced upon Haiti). Consequently, 60,000 Haitians were…

When the US entered World War II, It turned the tides of the entire war for the Allied Forces. After the bombing of Pearl Harbour, the Nazi forces and their allies were pushed back, and several countries and concentration camps were liberated almost immediately. Ohrdruf was the very first concentration camp that was liberated by the US. It wasn’t until then that the US realized exactly how bad things were for the jews. When soldiers liberated the camp, they were met with piles of bodies. Those…

future for immigrants is a reachable and realistic one. It is a possibly chance for undocumented adults and children to obtain a citizenship, reducing unwarranted police checks or stops, keeping together families rather than separating them through deportation, these are all controversial ideas, these all ideas deserved a chance to be heard (Sampson). Minjarez states that “hopefully his mural or other art work gets people to start thinking” not only for the future of Hispanic but for any other…

American is called land of opportunity,and many used to live American dream long time ago.Now a days it is so difficult for common people to live American dream because their income is low and their outgoing is high and they hardly make out their living.It is possible only for those who has bachelor, master degree, or born rich.Otherwise rest of common people struggle and suffer a lot still cannot achieve American dream.Fact is many American do not pursuit happiness in life.For instance,…

America is known as an immigrants nation, because many foreigners pick to build their lives here. Ever since the late 1800s there has been attempts to perfect the country’s immigration system. From banning certain races to setting quantitative limits, the government has tried all kinds of different approaches. Recently there has been yet again another endeavor to reform the immigration law, which has caused an uproar on many groups of American society. Pushing for the immigration reform,…

I learned about the Holocaust in Middle school, but not very in depth. I have also been to the Holocaust Museum in Washington DC, which was one of the most touching events I have experienced. This was a few years ago, so my understanding after reading chapter fifteen, and checking out the maps, changed and deepened the way I looked at the Holocaust. In 1933, the Jewish population in Europe was some over nine million. The Holocaust was the murder of six million Jews and millions of others by…