Immigration and Naturalization Service

1. Given what you’ve heard on today’s call, should you be selected for this position, what would be your top three priorities? Given that as time goes by, and things change based on the two forces: Interior – attrition, culture climate, employee benefits (telework, flexible work schedules, quality of work-life and work-life balance, etc.), and Exterior – changes in Agency mission, Congressional and Legislative mandates, competing job market, etc. My top three priorities will change from time…

globalization affected citizenship, it has affected its cultural identity. Globalization has been successful in transmitting economic opportunity, human rights and has successfully improved ways to obtain information, technology as well as goods and services for people internationally. Most critics give evidence that these benefits come with its consequences which is the sacrificing of cultural identity for western way of life. The emergence of globalization has said to have put an obstruction…

Molly Meka English 100 Essay 3 Final 9/11: A Day That Changed the World On September 11th, 2001, our world changed forever. The terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon caused an immediate call for change in U.S. Foreign Policy, which in cause, increased tensions between America and the Middle East, the strengthening and safety of our borders, and through the foundation of Homeland Security. The most obvious effect of the post 9/11 world that all Americans have experienced…

Nativists strove to deny incoming immigrants of their right to suffrage through the modification of the Naturalization Law, essentially attempting to place a cut-off date on foundational American ideals. Institutional changes followed social reform as the fever of change ramped up. The population center was shifting from rural farms to industrial cities at the…

Immigrants in America My mother, an immigrant from Romania, came to America when she was in her mid-twenties. She knew that America would be better for her because of the injustices she suffered in Communist Romania. Although they are not as violent, such injustices were still present in America. Her accent and dress were mocked, she was told to leave the country, and few Americans would befriend her. Most immigrants must endure unfair treatment. The Bean Trees, written by Barbara Kingsolver, is…

“What have I done to deserve this, Lord?” There are countless immigrants who have asked themselves this same question and one of them happens to be a character from Helena Maria Viramontes’s short story, The Cariboo Café (176). Viramontes’s implementation of Mexican legend in this text represents the dissolution of immigrant families. This paper will firstly introduce the concept of intertextuality and how it is present in this text, then it will focus on the Mexican legend in the story, and…

From the shooting of Edmund Powell on June 1991 to the fatal choke hold that killed Eric Garner on July 17, 2014, police brutality is not an unfamiliar topic to American citizens. It is one of the most contradicting human rights violations in the United States and has been around for decades. The immoderate use of violence in law enforcement by police officers is overwhelming, along with the number of “alleged” crimes by officers swept under the rug. New York City police officer Dennis…

Cracking The Racial Profiling Code Racial profiling can be defined many ways, but ALCU.org defines it as “the discriminatory practice by law enforcement officials of targeting individuals for suspicion of crime based on the individual’s race, ethnicity, religion or national origin”. Simply put, racial profiling is when one suspects a person of an act solely based on their race. This practice dates back hundreds of years, however it has become so prominent in recent years that it is now…

Terrorism is a constant concern for the world. Many wonder when the next terrorist attack is going to occur. Since nobody knows when the next attack will happen, Americans need to prepare for the possibility of future attacks. Terrorist attacks are more prevalent now than in the last decade. Therefore, the United States needs to improve and add to its security regulations. Preserving American lives should be one of the United States’ top priorities. Barack Obama has put much thought into…

In Rise of the Warrior Cop, Radley Balko discusses in chapter five the use of police in the 1970s. He starts of by mentioning Sam Ervin a senator from North Carolina who would try fight then President Richard Nixon Administration stance on the no knock warrant. At the time the main focus for any political election was showing the public that they were tough on crime in order to tally up votes. This started to set up policies and agencies that will soon begin the war on drugs. First thing was the…