Naturalization

The requirement for citizenship and the tests (for the most part) are fair. Citizenship is an important thing to have. It means you have a home. It gives you an identity such as in the case of the United States, ?a U.S. citizen? .That also means however that you are a model of what a U.S. citizen is. That is why becoming a citizen is so hard, because if you do something wrong it will be labeled as American terrorist, American kills 3 people, and so on giving America bad name. They make the…

fought to maintain their rights, culture, language, and land while others pretended they never existed. Africans fought against their slave owners for black liberation. Asians and other immigrants fought for citizenship by overturning the 1970 Naturalization Act. These are only a few to name the countless problems. Until this day, minorities are fighting for equality and justice in the court…

Assignment Two: State Court Survey In Arizona, the majority of cities and towns have a municipal court which is sometimes also called city or magistrate court. This court hears misdemeanor and petty offense violations within their town or city. City or town magistrates preside over some criminal and civil traffic cases. Criminal traffic cases with no serious injuries and civil traffic cases that involve violations of city ordinances. They have the ability to issue Orders of Protection and…

Seth Holmes is a cultural anthropologist and a physician. His research focuses on issues such as social inequalities, ethnic hierarchies, immigration, and healthcare. Holmes’ Fresh Fruit, Broken Bodies is a riveting ethnography that describes the suffering of undocumented Triqui farmworkers from Oaxaca, Mexico. In this ethnography, Holmes calls for immigration and healthcare reform, and emphasizes the high costs to human bodies and the planet of cheap food accessible in developed countries…

In the twenty-three years between 1789 and 1812, the United States was drastically shaped both politically and socially. The Constitution had just been ratified but left many gaps that the new government needed to fill. The Bill of Rights was added, the role of the President was further established and the powers of the judiciary branch as well as legislative branch were explored. During this era, the United States had four presidents, George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson and James…

While many today agree that gender can be expressed in a variety of ways which need not conform to particular physiologies, sex is still often conceived as some sort of natural, essential truth about a person's body. However, just as “gender” is defined by sociologists as a socially constructed set of meanings given to the identities and behaviours that individuals perform, the concept of “sex” cannot be divorced from cultural context. Sociologists reject that biology and science are not…

Deportation. Deportation is the action of deporting a foreigner from another country. In other words it’s sending back to where they ‘belong’ or where they came from. Deportation has been around for a very long time, although not as known as it is now it was definitely there. The United States is not the keenest on having unknown ‘aliens’ roaming its land as anyone who fought long and hard for their freedom would be. It is an ongoing battle between those who want to roam our lands without worry…

Today, the President of the United States of America is one of the most publicized personalities in the country and around the world. The United States President is often called “the leader of the free world” because of the influence the United States and the presidency has throughout the world. Much of the president’s power stems from his position as the head of the executive branch and commander-in-chief of the United States military, the highest military rank of the armed forces, which grants…

The immigration policy of Hillary Clinton, a current presidential candidate has an achievable and beneficial immigration plan for the U.S. It will move our nation forward and repair a broken immigration system. Clinton has three steps to her immigration plan. She wants to enact comprehensive immigration reform to create a pathway to citizenship. She wants to keep families together, and enable millions of workers to come out of their shadows. Her plan and policies can help change, and make a…

Puerto Ricans and The United States. The United States of America since its early days has been the target of mass immigration from all around the world. The promise of the new land, the freedom, and the great nation, was the perfect attraction to many immigrants that migrated for various reasons like a better life, freedom, safety, among others. Out of all the immigrant groups that have historically found their way into the United States of America, Puerto Ricans are a particular case. With the…