Naturalization

America has long been a country standing for liberty, unity, equality and freedom- freedom of religion, the press and to make day-to-day choices about how you live your life including where you live your life. Taking a closer look, America may not be as “united” or “equal” as has been thought, by many, especially when it comes to residency. In 2010, the Marquette University Faculty Blog posted a blog-post, “Milwaukee’s Residential Segregation –It’s Not Simply Black and White” which states…

person he was ineligible for naturalization. He petitioned this and the Supreme Court denied him because he was not white, even though he was lighter than some people that are considered white. To the court, white meant Caucasian, and ethnologists said that Caucasian and Asian were separate races, even though the skin complexion was similar. Three months had passed and the Supreme court was now dealing with the case of Bhagat Singh Thind. Thind applied for naturalization because he was a…

Communities campaign. But OneMacomb’s biggest event is Welcoming Week, which runs this year from September 16th-25th. Welcoming Week is a national campaign to celebrate communities’ immigrant integration efforts, and in Macomb County it includes a naturalization ceremony. This year, there are expected to be approximately 160 new American citizens at the ceremony, nearly twice as many as last year. OneMacomb recently received a national matching grant to develop a plan to make our county more…

There were four acts: the Naturalization Act extended the citizenship requirement from 5 years to 14 years, the Alien Act gave the president the power to imprison or deport any alien considered dangerous, even in peacetime, the Alien Enemies Act gave the president the power to deport…

Case Study Two Quiz Question Carlos Rivera has a daunting task ahead of him in his first year of teaching. The Midwest community that he is teaching fifth grade at is divided over the influx of Mexican immigrant families that have recently moved into the area. Almost 30% of his students are from Mexican immigrant families and many of them have one or both parents that are undocumented citizens. While Mr. Rivera is of Latino decent and fluent in Spanish; he comes from a wealthy family that…

From 1848 to 1920, the discriminative laws of the United States were tested when women came together to fight for their right to vote (Paxton, Hughes NP). The Women’s Suffrage Movement is seen as one of the greatest progressive movements in women’s history. Although this movement had an extremely positive effect on the future of politics and equal rights, there were numerous negative effects on the suffragists because of it. Suffragists then had to live their lives alongside this movement, which…

that anyone in our government can hack the computers we own but that is not true. Homeland Security is most well known for increased measures after 9/11 but that does not include hacking. Homeland is in charge of Border Patrol, Immigration and Naturalization Service, Secret Service, Coast Guard, Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Federal Law Enforcement Training Center and many more.…

Thompson would really push the boundaries on the natural and unnatural aspects of gender roles. ‘Lydia.. Thompson’s sexual and gender identity not only questioned how women were ranked and restricted in society but also tangentially questioned the ‘naturalization’ of white bourgeois power with its ‘legitimate’ access to the ‘perks’ of power, money and status’(Wilson, 2008,…

There are currently more than 4,400 DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration) officers working full time, dedicated to fighting drug sales and drug trafficking across the United States (“Trafficking Statistics”). What was previously mentioned became one of the particular reasons border security became stricter than what it was years ago. Imagine a country free to drug themselves openly, make individuals rich without paying tax while others do, allowed to bring in criminals, family members or others…

At the Capitol building every year there is a naturalization ceremony during where a new group of immigrants become Americans, continuing a process begun in the building nearly 300 years ago. At the ceremony people from around the world come to Williamsburg at the Capitol building to become citizens of…