Immigration and Naturalization Service

The Economic Effects of Racism and Immigration on the African American in the 21st Century As our nation faces a new president and the realities of politics in a post-Obama world, the big issue that stops conversations cold, is still the question of race in America. Since the recent victory of Donald Trump in the 2016 U.S Presidential elections, racial tensions in the United States have been anything but united. Despite the many accomplishment made by the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960’s,…

over 50 years. It passed on November 25, 2002, joining the efforts, authorities and powers of over twenty federal agencies into a single entity. The Federal Emergency Management Agency, the U.S. Secret Service, the U.S. Customs Service, the U.S. Coast Guard, the Immigration and Naturalization Service and many…

He was tired after the American Revolution and he looked forward to stepping out of public service. Instead he was lured out of retirement and encouraged to supervise the formation of the government of United States. When it was time to elect a president the American public campaigned for Washington to step into that role. He received letters…

Women were the role models in the Settle House Movement, immigration services and education reform. In June 1916, suffragist Alice Paul formed the National Women’s Party after long disputes with Carrie Catt, who was head of the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA). These organizations participated in…

There are different forms of such racial profiling: pedestrian stops of minorities; unwarranted searches of Black females by the U.S. Customs Service; and the targeting of Hispanics by the Immigration and Naturalization Service. The evidence is clear: minorities have been unfairly singled out for law enforcement attention. For example: A Department of Justice Report on police contacts with the public concluded that in 1999, African…

There are some things that I wouldn’t be able to tell about each person like their birthplace, birthday, or whether they are adopted or not. I, somone who is adopted, have a strong passion for adoption and children. According to the Immigration and Naturalization Service of the U.S. Department of State, in 1999, the year I was born, 17,000 foreign born children were adopted by Americans (Adoption Statistics and Facts). That number has dropped dramatically as only 5,648 children were adopted by…

The United States immigration law defines refugees as, “people who are outside of their home country and cannot return due to a well-founded fear of persecution based on their race, religion, nationality, political opinions, or membership in a particular social group” (“Bridging Refugee Youth and Children 's Services”, 795). In 2011, The United States Department of Homeland Security recorded that a total of 56,384 refugee arrived in the United States with majority of the population being…

Question: Did Syrian refugees enrich our cultural growth into a more diverse and positive outcome and have they enhanced our influence in the World? If so, How? Immigration laws have resulted in a situation where many illegal immigrants live and work in the United States. It is an important issue that has been blown out of proportion by the media and politicians. Here in the United States, legal Syrian refugees have enriched our cultural growth in a diverse and positive way and have enhanced…

There is a double standard when it comes to female and male sex workers in this risky industry. Much like society, female workers are expected to be submissive and catering to men’s needs. Therefore, any man who chooses this as his trade of choice is compared to a woman and seen as feminine and thus weak. (Stoddard, 2014). Most male prostitutes that do partake in the trade, regardless of their willingness and consent to work, have been stereotyped as weak victims of overpowering, more dominant…

borderlands are the site of a number of “flows” of goods, people, and ideas over the last century. The US is attempting to increase the “flow” of some goods such as food, but restricting others like illegal immigration and drug trafficking. The US has been trying to stop drug smugglers and illegal immigration by setting some policies. When Salinas became the president of Mexico, his number one priority was to stop drug trafficking and smuggling it into the US so both countries could sit and talk…