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    Essay On Southern Border

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    The southern border separating the United States from Mexico is nothing more than a river to people that live and work in the area; imaginary lines that decide the fate of so many people. After the border came into existence, for many years life was as it had always been a constant ebb and flow of migratory workers. Before the morning of September 11, 2001, Americans understood the borders by the typical political sound bites on immigration. After that fateful day, The United States…

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    such as Romania, Moldova, Albania, and the former Soviet Union Republics are especially impacted by sex trafficking, due to lack of anti-trafficking law enforcement, high poverty and domestic violence rates. Each year, between 600,000 and 800,000 people are trafficked across international borders, two thirds in the sex trade and 20% under the age of 18. Sometimes women voluntarily sell their bodies as an economic strategy, often encouraged by family members, but then realize too late the trap…

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    should legalize marijuana. By just decriminalizing it, as states recently such as California, Nevada, Maine, and Massachusetts most recently have been doing, simply is not enough. People need to realize marijuana is not a “hard drug”. The CDC, a government run website, states that last year there were approximately 88,000 people who died due to excess alcohol related deaths.…

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    Human smuggling and human trafficking are entrenched and deeply interwoven with the worlds ever more complex migration flows (Naim,2005). However, even though both are quite interwoven into each other’s worlds, they are primarily different. To begin with, human smuggling is when an individual voluntarily pays a smuggler to be smuggled for passage or to be reunited with loved ones (Albanese,2011). In the case of human trafficking, the trafficker can deceive and coerce the migrant for example…

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    Border Wall

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    Records Administration). As seen by the statistic above, the wages of those with a high school degree or higher increases by 0.7 percent in part due to illegal immigrants which may not seem that great, however, when this accounts for over 150 million people it is no number to be disregarded. In addition to that, “Immigrants boost demand for local consumer goods. The Immigration Policy Center estimates that the purchasing power of Latinos and Asians, many of whom are immigrants, alone will reach…

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    The Mexican Drug Cartels

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    merchants brought opium to Sinaloa back in the late 1800’s...and since then, Sinaloa has been full of opium”(Saviano). A steady series of laws passed in the United States made all drug use illegal. The Mexican Drug Cartels have a lot more power than people think. “The DEA claims the following cartels are currently in active in the United States:…

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    everyone on a large scale. “Human trafficking is one of the leading criminal enterprises, and annually, markets will generate about $42.5 billion” (Hendrix). In addition, the International Labor Organization estimates that 2.4 million out of 12.3 million people who are victims of forced labor have been trafficked, and much of those trafficking victims are women and children. This report will introduce the history of the Chinese system, and the potential targets, and government efforts to abolish…

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    seizure statistics used to justify the mission of border security? The United States is considered to be greatest country on earth, because of its wealth, and the opportunity it presents people of different race and ethnicity to excel in life. The United States is also a global power, and there are a few people around the world that do not agree with the U.S government’s foreign policies, and may want to commit terroristic acts against the United States because of this reason. Because…

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    Essay On Decriminalization

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    is questionable. Far often people are not aware of the difference between decriminalization and legalization. Decriminalization essentially reduces the penalty and alters the course of action taken on those who are caught with illegal drugs. Legalization is having no laws over what can and cannot be marketed and distributed. This is very important to know, as the confusion of the two greatly hinders any chance of this being a reality. It is far from unusual for people to question the change on…

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    Stop The War On Drugs

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    questioning if they should continue the war on drugs. Drugs are harmful to people, but they are very hard, almost impossible to get off the streets in not only the US, but other countries as well. It is important that the United States is spending money and time on drugs because drugs are too harmful and deadly. Its very important for the health and well being of our country that drugs get off of the street, soon. Some people believe that we should totally stop the war on drugs because the U.S…

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