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Thousands of people are deported yearly from the United States. The purpose of deportation is to protect America and keep it safe. However, deportation tears families apart and ruins the well-being of migrant children. Deportation has developed and expanded over the years. It developed into something much more complex that affects many families in the United States yearly, but also affects the well-being of the United States Economy

So what is immigration? The definition stands as the action of coming to live permanently in a foreign country. However, outside of a narrow definition we can see that it is actually so much more. It is the action of someone uprooting everything they have ever known in hopes of finding something better. Many times as we have seen through Enrique’s Journey means that children and entire families are left behind in hopes that one day they will once again be reunited (Nazario). Though many hope to see their families once again, their hopes slowly turn into dreams. Between 2010 and 2012 nearly 205,00 parents of U.S. citizen born children were deported in a staggering 26 months (Lincroft). Given that this is a statistic based upon families that are already in the US it leaves us to wonder how many families are torn

A common misconception is that legalizing illegal immigrants would just result in “criminals” running around the streets causing disturbances. Who is ignored is the benefit of a very specific population of Americans, the sons and daughters of illegal immigrants. American children are harmed every time one or both of their parents is deported as a result of the lack of an immigration reform. In the article, “Children of Illegal Immigrants Struggle When Parents Are Deported” Valbrun states that “the government deported more than 46,000 parents of children with U.S. citizenship in the first half of 2011, according to the ARC report.” In these conditions, jailed parents cannot fight for their children’s custody and at times lose it to the government who then puts the children out for adoption or in foster care when they already have loving parents. Properly legalizing immigrants would improve the lives of many American children and improve the American social aspects with more

Deportation has been around for quite some time, but has only now become a controversial topic due to the high incarceration and deportation rate in the last decade. According to Tanya Maria Golash-Boza, sociology professor at UC Merced, and author of the book Deported Immigrant Policing, Disposable Labor, and Global Capitalism, Obama and his administration deport more than 1000 immigrants a day. In the year 2012 the Obama administration established, “an all-time record high of more than 400,000 deportees” (Golash-Boza). What is more surprising is the fact that in 2012 more individuals were deported then the sum of all the individuals deported before the year 1997 (Golash-Boza). Mass migration of illegal immigrants began with the end of Keynesianism and the beginning of the neoliberalism. The ramifications of Neoliberalism has not only affected the us economy, but U.S. laws that directly influences the well-being of illegal immigrants.

What was life in the prison like? Only few people can answer that question, but The Yuma Territorial Prison was not only a prison, it also had other activities which the prisoners could get involved in so they would not spend all day locked in a cell. For example a very important part of the prison was the famous Library which was built inside the Yum Territorial Prison. It was not a very fancy library, the prison could hardly afford books for the prisoners and for the people of Yuma to use. This library did not only help the prisoners but also other people who were not inmates as well. The library was filled with books once Madora Ingalls got people to donate books and raise money for new books. Another thing they would do to raise money

“One single personal voice who reminds a mob of its individuality can disarm it,” is the central theme for chapter 15 in the novel “To Kill A Mockingbird.” This is shown in the three literary elements; setting, conflict and character which all help develop the theme.

As you well know Sara had family in Davenport. Her first cousins already lived there. From an article about Sara’s family, her relative was a laborer of some kind. According to Root’s Web, John was also a laborer. John and Sara could have stayed in New York when they came to America and found work there, but Sara’s relative could have offered or been able to help John get a job. Sara held a job of a wash woman while living in Davenport and at age 16 Michael worked in a saw mill. The other children also held various jobs. Ellen who was going by Nellie during this time worked as a coater and a candy maker. Edward would later in life work at the Rock Island arsenal which when John and Sara first moved to Davenport was a prison for confederate soldiers.

There were 3,069 prisoners held at the yuma territorial prison. But there were many who were more well known than others. For example, one of the female prisoners Maria Moreno shot and killed her brother, she only had to serve one year. On July 1, 1876, seven convicts were led up Prison Hill, and placed in their permanent quarters. Those were the very first prisoners to arrive at the prison. The youngest prisoner was Charles Smith, fifteen, sentenced to one year for grand larceny. Another notable one is Ricardo Flores Magon he was sent to the Yuma Territorial Prison in 1906 for violations of the Neutrality Act. He died while still serving at the prison in 1922. William Jordan Flake was arrested in 1884 for unlawful plural marriage, he served

The Yuma Territorial Prison was opened July 1,1876. The first 7 prisoners admitted to the prison, had to build their own cells .THe prison was filled with a total of 3,069 prisoners including 29 women. The prison was opened for 33 years until it reached to the max and was transferred to Florence,AZ. It had been torn down and changed through the years. The prison also had been one of the first state penitentiary where it was built in the city of Yuma and surrounded by desert. During 1961 the Yuma Territorial Prison becomes the 3rd state park.In this research paper i will be elaborating a explanation of the yuma territorial prison, an assessment of the historical significance of the prison, an evaluation of primary

Because of the United States’ policy of granting birthright citizenship to those who are born on the United States soil, mixed families can suffer from the effects of deportation. Most commonly, the parents (who also tend to be primary caretakers and breadwinners) are the ones who risk deportation, while the children are allowed to stay due to birthright citizenship. According to an Urban Institute report, 93% of Mexican national men who were deported lived in the United States for over a year (Enchautegui 2013). Of the 93%, 76% were head of households. Thus, the report concluded that deportations increased economic hardships (Enchautegui 2013). Furthermore, there is a concern that deportation, because the parent is undocumented, could result in children being placed in foster care – resulting in a change in family structure (Dreby 2012). This not only has negative financial implications but harmful emotional implications for those families who have to suffer through this experience. Therefore, the policy of disbanding sanctuary cities could not only have financial ramifications but emotionally traumatic ramifications for those children that remain

Fathers across the U.S are being taken away from their own homes forcibly. Small children are witnessing their own fathers be taken away helplessly, crying and screaming. Mothers and children left with no financial support and no father figure to have. Children start becoming a problem in school faced with anger and depression from their father being taken away. Hanging with the wrong crowd in order to not feel depressed could then lead to the use of drugs and drinking at an early age all because their father or mother was taken away. The families that suffer from this deportation aren’t guaranteed any financial help at all. Mothers are then left abandoned by their own government with their three or four children. The government overlooks the

West County Detention Jail Facility is located in Contra Costa County (5555 Giant Hwy, Richmond, CA.) and it is the primary jail for the county. The prison has a capacity up to 1,104 inmates. There are five different housing areas, one for females and four for males. Inmates serving time in this facility are either awaiting trial or have been already sentenced in the Contra Costa County Court System for a period of time of one year or less. Opened in 1991, WCDF is the newest of the detention facilities in the County of Contra Costa.

It was 2006 when Emma Sanchez was filing paperwork to be legalized in the U.S when she had to go to an appointment with immigration authorities at the U.S Consulate in Cuidad Juarez. And what happened next may have been the worst moment of her life. “Authorities told her she would be prohibited from returning home from Vista for 10 years, despite the fact that Paulsen, 51, is a U.S citizen and a Marine veteran” (Tatiana Sanchez). Situations similar to Emma Sanchez has happened before-many times in fact. According to the article “Deported Mothers Make New Lives in Tijuana Separated families part of the debate over U.S immigration” by Tatiana Sanchez, “In the first half of 2014, U.S Immigration and Customs Enforcement deported 22,088 unauthorized

Alexis Sue was drowning in bills and taxes that Johnny Smith was not obligated to pay since he was not a registered citizen in America. Being a mother of two kids and works three jobs to keep the house they are living in. One day she realized she was fired from two of her jobs. The people she was working for found illegal immigrants to do her job for less money. Now Alexis Sue suddenly becomes evicted from her home and her children are being put up for adoption on the grounds that she could no longer give them a home. No longer will she ever acquire her five year old sons’ smile or hear her seven year old daughters laugh

Alcatraz prison was one of the strictest prison. The prisoners had to follow the rules perfectly. They said that if were to break the rules you were sent to prison and if you broke these rules then you went to Alcatraz. Alcatraz prison can be found on the Island of Alcatraz on the San Francisco Bay. Although many people know of the building of Alcatraz and where it is located, many do not know the history and what went on in the Alcatraz prison.