Donald Trump’s Immigration Reform: The End of Rational Thought “My fellow Americans, we are and always will be a nation of immigrants. We were strangers once, too.” The President of the United States of America, Barack Obama made this remark while talking about immigrants and immigration reform. This is not a very old country, all of the founding fathers of this country were European immigrants. They were seeking a better life in a foreign land, they gambled everything they had and came to the colonies. Not unlike Mexican immigrants today, who are just trying to make a better life for themselves and their children. Donald Trump has a radical three part plan that will only hurt this country moving forward. Trump plans to build a wall along …show more content…
“For many years, Mexico’s leaders have been taking advantage of the United States by using illegal immigration to export the crime and poverty in their own country (as well as in other Latin American countries)” (Trump 1). He makes statements that diminish immigrants, forcing them all to look like horrible people, who must be kicked out. “...roughly 1.6 percent of immigrant males age 18-29 are incarcerated, compared to 3.3 percent of the native-born” (Ewing, et al). This quote shows there are double the amount of native born men as opposed to immigrant males in our nation’s jails. In fact, “...immigrant youth who were students in U.S. middle and high schools in the mid-1990s and are now young adults have among the lowest delinquency rates of all young people” (Estevez 1). Thus, immigrants are not all, “rapists,” or “bringing drugs and crime,” into our country, as Trump wants us to believe. While the proclamation that all Mexican immigrants are criminals are racist, and unsupported. He also wants to change the constitution; the writing this nation was built on, to suit his personal desires and pander to a segment of …show more content…
In the United States Constitution, it is a right guaranteed to every person born here, that they automatically are granted citizenship. “Under its text, structure and history, anyone born on American territory, no matter their national origin, ethnicity or station in life, is a U.S. citizen” (Rivkin and Yoo). Everyone knows this is in the Constitution, and the process to change the constitution is long and difficult. Stephen Yale-Loeher states "It would require a vote of two thirds of both houses of Congress and then ratification by three fourths of the state legislatures, so politically, I think that's almost impossible" (Kaplan 1). Regardless of his plan, Donald Trump would not, if elected president, have the power to end birthright citizenship. Donald Trump cannot be considered a serious candidate for president, since he does not seem to understand how the constitution works. The solution to this problem would be to stop supporting Donald Trump as a presidential candidate. If America wants to be taken seriously as a country, we cannot elect Donald Trump president. His reforms will damage foreign affairs, hurt our already suffering economical status, and split this country more than it already is. However America should be optimistic that people will open their eyes to his ideas, and stop supporting
Donald Trump has voiced his strong opposition to Mexicans being in the United States; he even went as far as proposing the idea of building a wall separating Mexico from the US. According to Forbes’ article written by Dolia Estevez, “he wants to deport 11.3 million undocumented workers, 6 million of which are Mexicans, and strip babies born to undocumented immigrants of their birthright citizenship.”
April 2015 was the year Donald Trump, the Republican, announced to the public his serious interest in joining the 2016 presidency election. Trump 's highest interest is immigrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, and states they are "criminals.” He blames the race of Mexicans of robbing Americans jobs, and treating Americans like babies (Miller, n.pag.). What he does not know, is that not all Mexicans are "criminals," and we are not robbing Americans ' jobs. Most of us come to United States to work our hardest, and get a better job. Trump not only is he a racist, but he also has made many unprofessional actions and decisions. We should not be voting for Donald Trump because his ruthless actions against immigrants are strongly affecting our society and segregating most races within each other. He can be a dangerous future president who is carelessly choosing between the white American and Mexican.Trump shows a high interest in segregation among all races and blames most of the unemployed by allowing Mexicans to “take over”.
There are differing opinions from all, but most feel that immigration is a key issue that needs to be addressed immediately. Trump has been increasingly brash with his position on immigration reform. Going as far as to call children born to illegal aliens “anchor babies”. His immigration policy also calls for three core principles: a nation without borders is not a nation, a nation without laws is not a nation, and a nation that does not serve its own citizens is not a nation. (MLA) Along with these core principles Trump believes that Mexico should pay for the wall that he will build between the two countries, stating that “the annual cost of free tax credits alone paid to illegal immigrants quadrupled to $4.2 billion in 2011.” He also wants to triple the number of ICE officers and have better cooperation between local, state, and federal law enforcement. There are other policies he wishes to implement such as: defunding sanctuary cities, deporting all criminal immigrants, and increasing penalties for persons who overstay their visa. Last but not least, Trump wishes to ignore the 14th Amendment and end birthright citizenship for children who are born to illegal aliens. He has affectively ruined any support that he may have had from the latino
The President had a fight on his hands from federal courts when Judge Andrew S. Hanen of Texas, who is of Mexican heritage, issued a restraining order obstructing the President’s executive order concerning deportation. Mr. Obama’s order would give temporary resident standing to about four million illegal’s. Twenty-five Republican governors supported Judge Hanen’s decision that a federal agency cannot establish rules without Congress. Other court cases attempt to define what an illegal really is in terms of status. There are children of illegals born in the United States, there are people who have over stayed their work visas, families, and long terms residents who work hard, pay taxes, and follow the laws of the lad. No one wants to see families separated, children left in the United States without parents, etc. The list is long and everybody has their own story to tell. The definition of “illegal” is someone who is in a country that they are not a citizen of or were not born in. among other things. Judges shape public policy for years after they are no longer sitting on the Court. In conclusion, where you are for a path way to citizenship for illegal
In the article “Trump outlines immigration specifics,” Jeremy Diamond and Sara Murray analyze Republican candidate Donald Trump’s latest immigration policy proposal and demonstrate how his unrealistic plan could cause more harm than good. For many years now, the topic of immigration has always been a problematic one and with reason. One side argues that immigrants are taking American jobs, while the other side maintains that immigrants are actually helping the US economy. While both sides rarely see eye to eye on multiple issues, one thing that they can both agree on is that the current US immigration system is, indeed, broken. Because of this issue, Trump has proposed an immigration plan that would require the US to build a wall along the
U.S. as an immigration country, has a long history of immigration. It is a complex demographic phenomenon that has been a major source of population growth and cultural change of the United States. People came here because of varies reason, the major reason among them are fleeing crop failure, land and job shortage, rising taxes, and famine. Nearly 12 million people immigrate to the United States between 1870 and 1900, making it the world largest immigrate country.
Donald Trump doesn’t know the hardships that many immigrants face in order to have a better life. Many of them come to the United States to have a numerous amount of opportunities and he is taking them away which ruins their well being. In Time Magazine, Indira Marquez Robles has her future planned out. She knows what she wants in life, but she has distress about what might happen. Trump doesn’t know what he’s doing, it’s not benefiting the people just making things deleterious. Countless stories like this are disheartening to multiple individuals like myself.
President Trump's goal is to rid the entire nation of undocumented immigrants(Calabresi et al, 2016). Trump plans to send immigrants back to Mexico to wait out the immigration process(Kulish et al, 2017). However, Mexico did not approve of this plan. Trump is trying to pawn a U.S. problem on another country, and it is causing tensions to rise. Trump also plans to use expedited removal of illegal Mexican immigrants. This means he plans to deport people without a judge as extensively as the law will allow it in order to prevent back log of immigrant cases(Kulish et al, 2017). By preventing illegal Mexican immigrants from obtaining the necessary wages in order for their families to be financially stable, the Mexican economy will only plummet more. These people will continue to live in poverty, and the incentive will be even higher to illegally immigrate to the U.S.. It also creates the problem for the U.S. with a lack of a blue collar workforce population for the service economy and agriculture. He also plans on expanding the program 287(g) which, from 2013-2016, led to over 175,000 deportations(Kullish et al, 2017). The program was able to deport so many people because it used racial profiling. The U.S. has come so far in civil rights and liberties just to stigmatize Mexican Americans as illegal immigrants. The only beneficial thing Trump has done in his immigration policy is leave DACA alone.
Donald Trump, the recently elected 45th president of the United States, gave two different answers when he was asked for his thoughts on immigration and the road to citizenship. While being interviewed in June of 2012 by CNBC, In response to the tough immigration law passed by the state of Arizona a day before, Trump said that he understood the undocumented immigrants and how hard they have worked to become exemplary people and that he does not believe that they should be sent out of the country. However, in June of 2015 when Trump initiated his presidential campaign by responding quite the opposite by stating that Mexico does not sent their best people, instead they sent their rapists and criminals, he also said that all undocumented immigrants on the road to citizenship would have
The issue of immigration is a constant concern for many in the United States and around the world. It connects to the political debate topic of building the wall to prevent Mexican immigrants from entering the country as well as send away the illegal immigrants that are living here as well. According to Renwick & Lee , as President Donald Trump begins his presidency, he has been sharing about how he wants to build a wall on the borders to eliminate any immigrants from entering the USA. This has caused many to feel rejected due to their differences. Also, it has encouraged many citizens to discriminate against
Donald Trump’s Immigration Reform plan claims to 'Make America Great Again’. Trump wants to revive the nation with three core principles: a nation without a border is not a nation, a nation without laws is not a nation, and a nation that serves its own citizens is not a nation. With goals to put a wall across the southern border, enforce government laws, and improve jobs, wages and security for all Americans, Donald Trump is rallying supporters. However, with statements from Trump those view as racist and childish, many have concerns with his execution. People can’t help but to wonder if his plans or more complicated than he leads on, ineffective, or harmful to the economy. Is Trump’s plan unrealistic or does it live up to it’s headline-grabbing
I agree with the article Trump’s crusade against immigrants is an attack on America by The Washingtons Post editorial board, stating that Donald Trump is inhumanely attacking immigrants with the excuse of legal issues, but in actuality is punishing immigrants because of his xenophobia.
President Trump's candidacy starts out with deportation of illegal immigrants. His action to take away rights from people coming into the country, strikes up a debatable subject. An estimation of twelve million illegal immigrants live in the United States. The article from Migration Policy Institute says, “past decade saw an average of 500,000 illegal entrants per year” (MPI). The entrants of immigrants per year shows a large number that is growing day by day. Most illegal immigrants are composed of Mexicans. Immigration levels are rising due to security problems. The goal of deporting and immigration is to secure borders. Problems occur when random people come into the country, without knowing what their background and what their true purposes
...We're going to do that vigorously, we're going to go with the laws that are existing, but we're going to have a very strong border and we're not going to have people pouring back in.’” (Donald J. Trump, Aug. 31, 2016: Immigration Speech). Donald Trump believes that immigrants are terrible people, and that they cause all the crime in the US. Not only that, he also believes that the immigrants are taking away from American jobs. He also claims that we should send the refugees back to their original country, because all those refugees are “rapists, criminals, and drug dealers.” (Hillary Clinton, on Trump’s answer, Oct. 19, 2016: Final Presidential
Trump's stances and policies revolve around the themes of public security, fair business practices for both the blue and white collar population, and zero tolerance for actions against or disregarding the law and constitutional base of the nation. The U.S. faces ever growing criminality and domestic terrorism, caused by poor living situations and influx of illegal immigrants. Trump seeks to correct this by imposing heavy tax on american businesses aiming to leave the US, inclining them to keep the jobs they provide in the US and available to those true Americans in need of them. His strict immigration policy seeks the possible construction of a physical barrier on the southern border, in order to halt illegal Mexican immigrants, as well as the elimination of sanctuary cities harboring them, followed by enforced policing and deportation. As a businessman, the goal of securing and creating jobs for american citizens is constantly spearheaded, with policies and government regulation imposed on employers, to protect workers from unfair business practices, in an attempt to secure work and compensation for Americans. Other societal disputes in regard to the constitution arise from the various interpretations by the American people. These issues do constantly evolve into demonstration, civil unrest, and