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    help support two children. Enrique’s mother went to the United States in search for a job to help provide for her children. As the years went by Enrique was yearning for a mother, everything he thought he had was taken away from him and he was disappointed with his life. Years later he decided to go to the United States in hope to find his mother, but he was going to do it illegally. Going through Mexico to illegally enter the United States was very hard…

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    the taxes they would have to pay for everything that they would buy. This solution would also be legally possible because there is no law that prohibits the creation of new citizens of the United States. It is also morally possible because it would overall improve the society and the economy of the United States. By allowing immigrants to become U.S citizens, it is making them contribute to their new home and help make it better. Illegal immigrants are not payed as much as those who are citizens…

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    people cross the border each day, however, it is estimated that a million people cross it on a daily basis. And a percentage of those individuals who cross the border are mothers; mothers who leave their children behind in hopes to providing more for their children while seeking work in the United States. In Enrique’s Journey, by Sonia Nazario, it demonstrates the physical, mental, and harsh conditions a single Central American mother, Lourdes, encounters on her journey to the United States.…

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    The film, “Maria Full of Grace”, was directed and written by Joshua Marston. (Wikipedia) And it is talking about a Colombia girl Maria taking risks to smuggle drugs into the United States instead of working in the flower industry for domestic subsidies. The whole process is rise and fall. But fortunately, Maria arrived in New York and end the drug trafficking. The method for smuggling is really dangerous because people need to wrap them up and swallow. If people don’t care, drugs will rupture…

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    According to the Pew Hispanic Center in Washington, there are 10.3 million illegal immigrants in the United States today—57% from Mexico (CITE - http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1468560/posts). This colossal flooding of Mexicans has brought upon cultural diversity, delivered low-cost labor alternatives, and has boosted American business. However, they have also overpopulated American cities, as well as put a grave stress on our social services, and have created a growing tension not only…

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    from entering the United States”(Amato). In recent years, the congressional hearings being held to come up with some effective solutions to the U.S.-Mexico border problem have turned into nothing but pointing fingers, and blaming the opposing political party for the problem. As Representative J.D. Hayworth of Arizona says, “This is not a Republican problem, it is not a Democratic problem..it is an American problem..and we had better find an American solution to America’s border-security…

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    Illegal Immigration

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    Illegal Immigration into the United States is one of the most controversial, present day, issues. The United States has experienced major waves of immigration since its existence. However the newest wave of immigration has grown major concern over the past few years. The new wave of immigration is known as illegal immigration and is coming from the border between Mexico and the United States. The border stretches 1,950 miles and shares a border with the states Texas, California, Arizona, and New…

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    Alicia Alarcón’s The Border Patrol Ate My Dust collectively organizes stories and experiences of immigrants from Mexico illegally entering the United States. Each story vividly describes the challenges and risks associated with attempting to cross the border. While each story is unique in relation to the distances traveled and various life backgrounds, a recurring topic in each anecdote is seen through each narrator’s paid help for a successful border crossing. The most common term used to…

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    There 's been 364,000 cases of people arrested trying to enter the country. Border patrol is trying to cut down on people crossing the border lines between the U.S and Mexico. Donald Trump wants to stop illegal immigrants from coming to the U.S and making it harder on the government. Laws about immigration talks about how immigrant must follow the rules and steps to be able to come to the U.S. Cesar Chavez is help his country become a better place for his people trying the help with make people…

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    How about the many other disasters we have witnessed this past year? The slaughtering of teenager Michael Brown and preteen Tamir Rice? The refusal to allow our minority communities the justice and due process they deserve as citizens of the United States of America and as human beings whose protection the Human Rights Watch organization sees as significantly more important than the citizens own government. Why does Human Rights Watch care more about the welfare of individuals in the country…

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