Immigration and Naturalization Service

Border v. Legalization Introduction to the Research Question / Statement of the Research Question Immigration is a progressing issue in America with over 42.4 million immigrants in the United States out of a population of 318.9 million people, according to the ACS, and still growing as years pass by. In order, to come to the U.S. legally by applying for citizenship, it roughly costs $680, which goes to citizenship application fees and a background check; however, this does not guarantee a…

Nearly 60,000 unaccompanied migrant children were apprehended along the U.S. Mexico border between October 2013 and September 2014. Is there anything more frustrating than wanting a happy life, but knowing that it will never happen without help along the way? How does wanting to sacrifice everything you have to reach a dead end sound? These are a few minor, yet inconvenient effects Enrique experienced in wanting to attain a substantial lifestyle with his mother. While others ambitions are…

Deportation charges were brought up soon after the trial, but Marcello and his team of lawyers continued to fight to keep him in the country. A new enemy to the mafia was soon lurking in the shadows. Robert Kennedy had put together a team of trained personnel to rid the country of all mob bosses. Marcello was called to trial on March 25, 1959, but like his last appearance he was not forthcoming. Marcello was in the clear for now, but Kennedy was about to earn a new position and all the power…

Undoing Border Imperialism by Harsha Walia provides a wide overview of the consequences of settler colonialism and capitalist neoglobalization. Most of her framework focuses on how to abolish border imperialism and give migrants justice against antioppressive Western regimes. As stated in her introduction her book tries to provide solutions to the various forms of violence such as, deportations, illegal suspicion and control over migrant workers. By doing this she also shows different…

*Views over private prisons can range anywhere from constitutional private industry to illegal, draconian atrocities. The controversy over private prisons in the United States has been raging since 1983, when Corrections Corporation of America [CCA] received its first contract from the U.S. Department of Justice (“CCA - Our History,” 2013). Supporters of private prisons believe they save taxpayers money, but opposers claim that private prisons consistently have worse conditions than their public…

In 1971, a landmark Supreme Court case, Guey Hung Lee v. Johnson, desegregated Chinese public schools, and reassigned students to other schools. At the time, Asian parents protested the move, because in the Asian schools, students could learn about their cultural heritage. The early 70s built on the political gains from the 60s with the election of Norman Minetta as mayor of San Jose, California, and Marion Lacadia Obera became the first Filipina American to be appointed judge to the Los Angeles…

during class. The entire film El Norte showed the life of two illegal immigrants who came to America, and how their jobs were lost and lives changed once people discovered they were not yet citizens. The movie differed from other illegal immigration stories because of the reason the two characters decided to risk a long journey to America. The Guatemalan government was taking children, women, and some men captive, and then bringing them to labor camps or killing them immediately. Rosa and…

Evaluation Proposal The Youth Services Program, Aspire will conduct an outcome evaluation to evaluate one of the program’s objectives. Program outcomes are what we want clients to achieve by the time they leave the program (Grinnel, Gabor, Unrau, 2012). By evaluating the program’s objectives, we can determine what client change has occurred, if any, as a result of the program. Aspire will measure the impact of our students’ self-esteem and sense of belonging while positively engaging in school…

It is hypocritical to have only Spanish, French and so on without including all the other languages. It is discriminatory to exclude even the smallest minority. If American citizens are going to allow money to be spent translating government documents into multiple languages, then what about the languages of all tax payers? Who decides which languages spoken are the better, or more important, to use? This is a substantial dilemma that, unless an official language is implemented, would be very…

The attacks of September 11 left Americans lost, confused, and heartbroken. The worst terrorist attacks in the history of the United States occurred on September 11, 2001 in New York City when a team of terrorists hijacked four airplanes and flew them into the Pentagon, both World Trade Center buildings, and a field in Pennsylvania. In total, the attacks killed approximately three thousand people (Mockatis). In doing this, the terrorists hoped to destroy symbols of American wealth and power.…