Illegal logging

Moving into a new country is a frightening experience, especially if you come illegally. The short stories¨The Trip¨ by Laila Lalami, the poem¨Exile¨ by Julia Alvarez, and the article¨ Outlaw:My life as an undocumented immigrant.¨ by Jose Vargas, all outline the experience of being an immigrant in a country. In all three of these pieces, we view characters who are moving to a new country and facing challenges of immigrating. The main characters in each story are facing challenges of moving to a…

I chose an article called "The American Way of Refuge", written by Kori N. Schake and it was published in January of 2016 by the Hoover Institution. Mrs. Schake establishes that America should accept more Syrian refugees for various reasons by using strong examples to appeal to her audience. Schake has written this particular article to appeal to all American voters in an effort to gain more support and agreement with her claim. Also, in the article, she suggests that Americans are acting as…

Double-Consciousness Essay After relocating to a new country, immigrants are faced with a plethora of issues surrounding their identity. The incoming pioneers are at a crossroad between their native culture and the culture of their new home. This tends to make immigrants either remain unchanged, acculturate themselves into the new culture while preserving the old one, or change their whole image as a person. In Zadie Smith’s novel White Teeth, Samad deals with his double-consciousness by…

Foreign-born Americans, as well as the generations before them, have been the main driver of U.S. population growth and the epicenter of national racial and ethnic change, since passage of the 1965 law that changed the nation’s immigration policy. It is projected they will remain as such over the next 50 years. This comes as a surprising, yet fearful revelation in a country that has seen an increase in immigration tension and alienation. A recent survey done by the Public Research Religious…

United States. The thing Trump believes and proposes is outlandish and would have negative consequences. Trump says that immigrants are criminals, rapists, and drug dealers. According to Donald Trump’s transcript speech, he said that “nearly 180,000 illegal immigrants with criminal records, ordered deported from our country, are tonight roaming free to threaten peaceful citizens.” According to Boston Globe, Trump says that certain over ties are “sending people that have lots of problems, and…

Illegal immigration is defined as foreign peoples entering the United States without the permission from the government. Government permission is given in the form of a visa. These visas are issued to individuals and are good for a certain amount of time. Immigration is also considered illegal when individuals with visas stay beyond the expiration of their visa. In 2008, the Center for Immigration studies estimated the number of illegal immigrants in the United States to be just over 10 million.…

Nazario’s book, Enrique’s Journey, she effectively uses her knowledge of language to argue against the many dangers of child immigration The author aims the stories toward a general audience nationwide to inform and make them understand what most of the illegal immigrants originating from South and Central America go through during their trek to the United States. The rhetorical strategies that the author incorporates emphasize her main points as well as reinforce her credibility. In hopes of…

immigrants, often illegal immigrants, who felt powerless to their supervisors or ill-informed…

As we have seen since the early 1900’s, there is a constant influx of immigrants coming to the USA. Each year, the number of immigrant as well as the number of attempted entries continue to grow. The US has tried to control and reduce the number of immigrant by implementing harsh immigration policies and increasing boarder patrol. However, instead of addressing the problem, there has only been an increase of immigrants being held in detention centers sometimes for year and an increase of…

laws to help prevent abuse of the system. In September of 1996, Congress passed the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act, which stated the immigration laws more explicitly than in the past. The U.S. government has passed laws to help the government keep track of both visa students and other types of legal immigrants. Although the laws have been implemented to keep immigrants from becoming illegal, there are still loopholes, which have been exploited. Iowa Senator Charles…