The Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act, or DREAM Act of 2011, proposes to allow children of undocumented immigrants that were brought to the United States before their fifteenth birthday who have lived in America for at least five years straight to apply for permanent residency once they graduate from high school or achieve a GED. Conditionally, these children must be admitted into a college and complete a two-year degree or serve two years in the military. They must also be
States, birthright citizenship is a highly controversial topic; constant debates are held to discuss the effects of this issue. Whether for birthright citizenship or against it, both parties collect main ideas and events to answer the same question—Should birthright citizenship be carried on into the future of the United States? In 1868, congress passed the Fourteenth Amendment that granted citizenship to all those who are born on U.S. soil. The Fourteenth Amendment was constructed to rectify the
License for Illegal Immigrants Should illegal immigrants be given a driver`s license in California? In the Sacramento Bee article “License battle resurfaces” by Jim Sanders on February 26, 2012, the author informs that Assemblyman Gil Cedillo tried again to grant driver`s licenses to undocumented immigrants which were vetoed by Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger years ago, but now Gil Cedillo wants to work with Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown on this issue that can “pass muster” because Latinos played
legal immigrants, which has been going on since the 1990’s. Mostly because of this matter, U.S lawmakers are now made a tremendous amount of attempt to enforce the immigration laws. Ellis Island was an immigration center where people mostly from Europe came into the U.S to live a happy life. An important part of United States immigration, was the first US immigration law which was the Naturalization Act of 1790, which specified “any alien, being a free white person, may be admitted to become a US
Obama addressed the DREAM Act at The State of the Union last month urging lawmakers to approve the DREAM Act. The DREAM Act is legislation drafted by both Republicans and Democrats that would give students who grew up in the United States a chance to contribute to our country’s well-being by serving in the U.S. armed forces or pursuing a higher education. The DREAM Act was passed in December 2010 by the House of Representatives with a vote of 216- 198 but in the Senate the DREAM act did not gain enough
of this ruckus with illegal immigrants, U.S lawmakers have made many attempts to restructure the immigration laws so that we can actually have less of them. Ellis Island was an immigration center located in New York where immigrants mostly from Europe came into the U.S to live a joyful and exciting life. An important fact about United States immigration in the late 1700’s, was when the first U.S immigration law was passed which is the Naturalization Act of 1790, which clearly stated that “any alien
this that US lawmakers have recently made an even bigger attempt at enforcing immigration laws. Here are important dates in United States immigration. The first US immigration law was the Naturalization Act of 1790. The Naturalization Act specified that “any alien, being a free white person, may be admitted to become a US citizen”. in 1875 the Supreme Court ruled that the Federal Government is responsible for regulating US immigration. Then there was the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, which
College is a dream that almost all parents share for their children. Getting a college education is the gateway to becoming a doctor, or a lawyer, or possibly even an astronaut. In reality, the modern era is filled with technological advancements that require one to have a specialized education – an education that is only obtained at a college institution. Unfortunately the modern age is directly colliding with the wallets of many families whom want their kids to go on to college and obtain such
Out of the thousands of people that have been Human Trafficking victims each year, only a small amount of them is actually reported. Imagine being in 8th grade. Having all sorts of hopes and dreams. Now flash forward to dreams being taken away by a pimp that lures people into Human Trafficking. In short, this is true for Holly Austin Smith, a survivor of human trafficking. The punishment for the pimps that ruin the lives of these young girls is not severe. Therefore, there’s not a lot of help
becoming epidemic (Osio). That is why he had asked Congress to pass laws in which they would forbid the hiring of these undocumented people, however Congress ignored his request, which caused the uncontrolled flow of illegal immigrants and hiring to continue. This shows how the legislative branch, the rule makers, doesn’t step up to take action. Even though by President Ronald Reagan’s second term he was able to get Congress to pass the first immigration reform, it is said that he really had to push