Illegal immigration to the United States

Framing of Immigration,” George Lakoff and Sam Ferguson claim that issue defining framing is narrowing, particularly in the case of immigration reform. Immigration reform, they claim, is a complex issue whose simple frame ignores security, economic, and social concerns. The authors organizes their claims through the use of specific subclaims, counter arguments, reasons, and evidence. The first subclaim Lakoff and Ferguson mention is that security concern is at the center of the immigration…

Mexican Immigration is the oldest and largest immigration movement in this country. From debate on election to the media, mexican immigrants have been the subject of controversy for centuries. Should the United States give illegal immigrants permission to be in this country? This question is hard to answer. All immigrants have one reason to be here, their dream for a better future for themselves and for their children. To live The American Dream. These immigrants encounter so many…

September 11 I attended a lecture by Todd Miller, author of the book “Border Pa-trol Nation.” Here are some of my thoughts on this lecture and how it relates to our class on international security. Mr. Miller gave a much generalized overview on the immigration problem and the southern border. Mr. Miller took exception with the description and popular view that the US southern border is porous that we are in a crises. Furthermore, the claim was put out that too much for border security was being…

320 million people in the United States according to the U.S. Census Bureau, but 11 million people in the U.S. are illegal immigrants? Many people accuse illegal immigrants of harming America’s economy, which may not be the exact issue. Many families cross the Mexico-United States border into the United States searching for a better life and the number of the undocumented alien population continues to grow. Although illegal immigrants may hinder American citizens, illegal immigrants do not harm…

There was a time when the United States of America was the epitome of how a country should operate. It was like a flower in a oasis of sand, and people from all over the world left their homelands in search of a better life on American soil. This gave the world a positive view of our nation, but as time progressed, we lost our sense of who we are as a country. Instead of focusing on the important things like conserving our country’s values, we became fixated on changing with the rest of the…

Approximately 11 million illegal immigrants reside in the United States, to incarcerate the array would cost the U.S. $258,280,000,000. Immigrants arrive illegally to avoid U.S. Immigration policy that takes at least 6 months to process. Barack Obama, president of the United States, claims, “Today, our immigration system is broken—and everybody knows it." The current rate of obtaining a U.S. citizenship take a long 13-year process involving hours of paperwork and thousands of dollars.…

an American businessman is currently in the running to be the new United States President. This republican candidate is now in the top of the polls using his dominant personality and strong views. Donald Trump has six main positions for his 2016 presidential campaign. Three positions that seem to be the main focus are Immigration Reform, Second Amendment Rights, and Veteran’s Administration Reform. Donald Trump’s immigration reform is a topic that gets brought up almost anytime his name is…

Immigration, as defined by Merriam Webster Dictionary as, “the act of coming to another country to live there permanently,” is rapidly becoming a controversial topic in the United States (“immigrant”). According to PBS, immigrants, most commonly migrating from regions in Latin America and Asia, are eager to cross the American border as they are often fleeing harsh governments or religious oppression and relocating in search of a better life for themselves, as well as their family. (PBS) The…

are many reasons as to why one would oppose illegal immigration, hence the word "illegal". Although there are many things that one could do in order to keep our borders free from any "trespassers", I believe that building a literal and physical wall would be meaningless in making our borders safer; that is because there are many other ways for illegal aliens to enter the country and it would only affect immigration flowing from Mexico. The United States has always attracted people from varieties…

Immigration in the United States The United States hosts the largest immigrant population in the world, yet our current immigration system is broken and crumbling below our feet. An H1-B visa holder is allowed temporary status as a foreign worker for a U.S. employer. The H1-B Visa workers program is abusive because it uses immigrants for their labor but they continue to be put through the bureaucratic limbo of our currently broken immigration system. The system that immigrants are put through…