United States federal immigration and nationality legislation

by Emma Lazarus when deciding the United States’ position towards immigration, but does this perspective reflect the recent sentiments of the White House under our current president? This was a heated topic for debate during Obama’s term as president, which brought to light many stances on the subject and was even reviewed by Supreme Court. Today, I would like to discuss the details of Obama’s reform plan, the sides of whether it was considered good legislation or not, and my own personal take…

The United States has welcomed immigrants during times of both expansion and positivism, however, during times of both economic stagnation and uncertainty, the anti-immigration sentiment does seem to rise accordingly. The 1850’s gave rise to a movement of political opposition to immigration in the United States called Nativism (Oakes 2013). Although immigration has always been a controversial and disputed issue in the country, the rise in the number of immigrants presented an opportunity for the…

Immigration to the United States is a complex demographic that has brought about changes in its population growth and cultural diversity. Within its economic, social, and political aspects of immigration which has caused controversy, is it difficult not to attribute the country’s upward mobility to a large part of its immigrant population. Here are some interesting numbers in an article by Zeigler that states “the nation’s immigrant population (legal and illegal) hit a record 41.3 million in…

of the United States with correct form and proper etiquette. All of these lessons have lived in the obscure recesses of my mind for approximately 15 years, but the fourth lesson has been exercised much more frequently and certainly introduced to the lives of every other individual in America beside myself. Almost like clockwork, our muscle memory reminds us, when appropriate, to stand up, remove any headwear, place…

In this year’s presidential campaign immigration has become an important issue. The Department of Homeland Security indicates that there are 11.4 million illegal immigrants within the United States; however, only about 1 million immigrants are lawfully granted permanent residency each year (“Immigration Statistics Fast Facts”). The majority of the presidential candidates advocate for immigration reform, but no one’s idea of reform is as interesting as that of Donald Trump. Donald Trump entered…

On the other hand, no one wants to consider large masses of people who broke the law to gain entry to a country. The increase in illegal immigration provides for the U.S. criminal justice system. The most obvious form of crime that illegal immigrants bring to the U.S. is often the most overlooked: the immigration itself. It is a crime that is committed by millions of immigrants yearly. By staying in America, they are spending each second inside the U.S. borders doing an illegal act. If we grant…

In the beginning, the United States had no strict policies barring immigration. To society, immigration was essential for a business to prosper. The first movements that encouraged immigration restrictions occurred after the influx of Irish and German immigrants in the mid-1800s. As citizen’s felt threatened by the customs of their new visitors, federal laws were passed. One of these laws was the Chinese Exclusion Act. The act specifically targeted Chinese immigrants, who happened to be the…

At the turn of the 20th century, it was evident that there was a "widespread concern about overcutting forests, flooding, and erosion..." (Sowards) throughout the United States. Many people were not aware of the environmental damage that their actions could lead to during this time period. As seen in the late 1800s, Americans hunted for bison, resulting in the extinction of the species. Likewise, as cities throughout the nation began to grow and overpopulate, pollution was an issue and was…

issues, health, etc. The goal of this essay is to discuss the pros and cons that Japanese Immigrants in the United States deal with, the background of why they migrated to America in the first place, and what they do culturally both in and out of Japan. I will also be finding the similarities between Chinese, Filipino, and Japanese immigrants. Japanese immigrants migrated to the United States in search of peace and prosperity. Back in Japan these immigrants had an unstable homeland yet, in…

1.Due to the supposed negative consequences anchor babies pose citizenship birthright to citizenship has become a main component of in immigration. Anchor Babies is a new term coined to describe children born from undocumented parents (Kendall 350). 2“Believing that the 14th amendment alone would be the answer as to what to door how to see anchor babies is not there is too it upon closer examination the results of such ideas reveal that that actions towards this subject should not be taken…