United States Citizenship and Immigration Services

heard presidential hopefuls running for the 2016 election, repeatedly present their stance on immigration reform. Americans who are following the political debates and current news have heard improbable ideas on how the candidates will supposedly fix the influx of illegal immigrants entering the country and how current immigration laws will be enforced or changed. Some candidates claim they believe in immigration reform and reestablishing the Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors…

Child Welfare The Problem According to Zong and Batalova (2015), as of 2013, the United States has approximately 41.3 million immigrants . With the state of California having one of the largest child welfare systems in the nation and being close the border of Mexico, it is unknown exactly how many children or undocumented families come into contact with the child welfare system, since data is not collected by the state welfare reporting system (Dettlaff, Earner, & Phillips, 2009 ). The number…

Act does not provide funding to states and counties to cover imposing costs, the act’s passage will require tuition increases, tax increases to expand enrollment, or a reduction in spaces available for American citizens at these schools (Camarota). About half a million new alien students are estimated to enroll in public institutions soon after the DREAM Act is passed, with another half million enrolling over the next decade and a half (Camarota). The United States would be rewarding…

Illegal immigration is defined as foreign peoples entering the United States without the permission from the government. Government permission is given in the form of a visa. These visas are issued to individuals and are good for a certain amount of time. Immigration is also considered illegal when individuals with visas stay beyond the expiration of their visa. In 2008, the Center for Immigration studies estimated the number of illegal immigrants in the United States to be just over 10 million.…

The United States military has been recruiting immigrants with specialized skills in health care and foreign languages, to serve in exchange for American Citizenship for hundreds of years. By lowering the standards of acceptance into the military, like lowering aptitude test scores, and a higher percentage of recruits without a high school diploma, the U.S. military has turned to recruiting noncitizens of the United States. But, by allowing non-citizens of the United States to serve in the U.S.…

The United States deals with the issue of illegal immigration on a daily basis, especially in the states such as Arizona. Nearly half of all border crossings occur on the border between Arizona and Mexico (“Immigration Issues”). Many argue that they are helping the country by taking low-wage jobs such as produce picking which keep Americans feed. However, the fact that the US government has spent about $2.5 million on illegal immigrants in Arizona alone with a growing rate is the real issue…

The Effects of Immigration on the Economy Introduction There has been a revival of immigrants in the United States. Approximately, 41.3 million immigrants reside in the United States, about 13 percent of the entire American population in 2013 (Zong). The large number of immigrants has led to changes in how the United States economy worked. It has modified economic opportunities for natives, jobs in particular. The United States was also affected financially, in relation to their…

The word immigration is defined as a person that goes and lives in a foreign country. One of the first immigrants known was Christopher Colombus, the discoverer of America. Colombus was originally migrating to India but landed in the Americas in the year 1492. Once America was discovered many Europeans came to America in search for jobs, lands, and most of all freedom. There was a specific group of immigrants that helped establish America and they are known as the thirteen colonies. The…

conditions, to temporarily stay in the United States by obtaining permission from the U.S Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). There has been a lot of debate to end this program by March, 2018. Ending this program would result in more than 800,000 deportations. These people are in fear of returning to a country that they do not call home. Common ground found on this debate has been securing the border, a path to citizenship, and an improved immigration system, which is broken and…

Now, President Barack Obama has proposed an immigration reform to deal with the situation. His reform focuses on the following: border security and amnesty for undocumented immigrants. His main concern is the deportation of parents who have done nothing but work to provide for their families. He wants to stop the separation of families and splitting parents from their young children. His reform focuses on only deporting felons, and not families: The President’s actions focus on the deportation…