The Need for Migratory Reform

Two policies that, from a certain perspective, are best suited for the immigration and refugee crises in the United States have to do with making emigration unnecessary and admitting the talent we need. One of the main beliefs of making emigration unnecessary includes making our homeland the top priority in regards to reducing suffering anywhere in the world. Another belief that comes from admitting the talent we need is giving skilled, well-educated people the opportunity to show their capability for the betterment of the United States. Pros of having both policies have a lot to do with reducing the drain on our resources while better monitoring people who come into the U.S., and to help hold down government costs for welfare, health care,

As the words of our founding fathers, life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness is the American dream that many pursue, whether immigrated to the United States or born here. Within Demetria Martinez’s book, Mother Tongue, a novel, the character named Jose Luis flees from El Salvador to the United States in order to escape it’s brutal civil war. His choice to flee El Salvador and enter the United States under a false name places him in a difficult situation, both in his moral abandonment of his home country El Salvador, and for crossing the United States border illegally. The position of Jose Luis can be dissected into the need for borders, the asylum process into the U.S., the reason why politicians reject immigration, and the potential

As a legal immigrant and international student who has been through the many processes to receive a visa to study and live in the United States, looking for a better opportunity and a better education, I am aware of the hardships and difficulties that many of the legal and illegal immigrants have to overcome in order to become legal immigrants. My perception on migration issues was already shocking, but I never had the chance to read and get to know through a book, the real stories of individuals who have encounter problems during their lives. Fish’s story is one of the most shocking ones. Fish was an amazing goalkeeper for “Los Jets” who had struggled a lot during his past, and once he crossed the border in order to find a better life, he left everything he achieved behind, and he crossed the border back to Mexico to visit his grandmother who was sick and died later. His example made me appreciate more the fact that I am a very lucky woman because I was given an opportunity to come to the United States and become a better

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.

The Great Migration brought about a massive redistribution of the African American population throughout the United States. It transformed black ways of life, art, and institutions, as well as the demographics and cultures of many American cities.

According to many local news sources, such as CNN, the border is more secure now than it has been for the last four decades, but, how good is it really when in 2016 more immigrants crossed over the border than they did in 2015, just around 6% came in. In addition to that, according to the United States Census Bureau (Document A), since 1940 immigration has been spiking and won't stop going up in the amounts of people that come in. Legal immigration is exceptional, but the flaw in other immigration is that 60% of immigration is done illegally.

Have you ever wondered how it feels moving to a new place where everything the language, the culture and the people are different? Do you know what it is like to leave everything you like and love behind including your family, your friends, school and much more? For many times, people from all over the world comes to the United States looking for a better future-- new opportunists and by doing so achieve the American dream, for themselves and also for their family. Illegal immigration is a major problem that affects the United States. For almost twenty-five years, Maria Gonzalez lived in the United States without a legal status. Her husband and two children are all U.S citizens. Even though she is the wife and the mother of U.S citizens, it is hard

America, the land of the free, is a place many people look to in times of great despair, grief, and tragedy. The United States is a country built upon refuges and outcasts seeking a life many call the “American Dream”. The Founding Fathers established a country for people of all types of races, ethnicities, cultures and religions. This unique quality is what draws in immigrants and makes our nation powerful. Unfortunately, due to recent tourist attacks, the United States has become even stricter on their immigration policies and countless people are now having to flee to the United States illegally. Many undocumented immigrants including Jose Vargas, escape to America in attempt for a more prosperous and healthy life such

Although, the immigration reform needs to be changed, America must not loose track that this nation was once founded by immigrants. Of course, the government must find a way to tighten security at every border, but not all immigrants come to our country to cause problems. This great country is still the land of opportunity, and doors are open too whom ever chooses to walk through them. On top of that, some immigrants are forced to migrate to the U.S. For instance, thousands of Syrians come to the West to get away from the scrutiny that their country is suffering from. They find themselves in a middle of a war, and having to deal with a group of terrorist called "ISIS". This is a terrorist group that has no regard for life, and inflicts terror

The United States is known as the country of opportunity, liberty and equality. People come to the United States to give themselves and their children an opportunity to live a better life than the one they had. When Donald Trump became president, many people became fearful of what would happen to them, especially those of Hispanic descent and people from Muslim countries. President Trump started working on changing the immigration policies. According to the Migration Policy Institute, approximately 13.5% (43.3 million) of the U.S. population are immigrants, documented and undocumented, and those are only the ones that the government knows about. Some are deported to México or to their homeland for other reasons such as murdering, illegal trafficking,

The nature of western migration was good and bad. With out western migration America wouldn’t be what it is now. But if we had found a different way to deal with the Indians it could have happened with less blood shed. We could have upheld our part of the treats with the Indians. We could have found a way to live with them instead of kicking them out. Then we would have been able to use the knowledge they have since they lived there for so long. But the increase in western migration kicked the indians out of their land.

Immigrating to America, no matter where you are coming from, has its fair share of trials and tribulations. Immigrants have to go through weeks of traveling to finally get to America and then completely rebuild their lives in this new country. While most immigrants went through similar experiences when migrating to America, , such as, traveling by sea, fighting illness, and enduring medical checkups upon arrival in Ellis Island, their ultimate reasons for leaving their home country varied, by economics, politics, or warfare.

Dating as far back as the revolution, Americans have always rallied around the concept of change. Occupy Wall Street, though a unorganized protest, has successfully created a stir throughout the nation by demanding modifications to society. Among the many appeals, the demonstration insist on “open borders migration” which would enable easier immigration between countries, in this case it would be Mexico and the United States. Republicans and Democrats are split on how correctly solve this seemingly unsolvable issue. The Republican Party is in no way attempting to meet this demand; however, the Democratic Party’s is trying to implement reforms in the immigration process, which is a step towards accomplishing the protest’s goal. I believe that the best way to meet Occupy Wall Street’s demand is to have a mix of the two parties’ solution. This conflict between the two parties is significant because it can lead to a complete halt in creating a solution.

Many Illegal Immigrants work really hard to stay invisible. Most of them face a variety of national problems crime, drugs, corruption, and a troubled economy. Most of the illegal immigrants believe life is better in the United States. “Survey shows that about six out of the ten immigrants say that people who move to United States enjoy a better life in US”(). Some of them moved to United States because of their poverty. Savant (2009) uses his imagination to show a peak of life situation these immigrants face. He clearly shows when they enter into the United States, they don’t think of any law or security. They are looking for better economic

He spent almost two weeks in the detention facility; he remembers that the first night, they gave him food, he finished everything and even licked the plate, because he was still hungry. He remembers the officers laughed for a while after seeing him. He tells the place had cells and a couple of beds per each. They were uncomfortable, but anyway he fall asleep; the cell-keepers woke him up really early, and he was placed in a small room with people he had never seen before. At first, he felt comfortable speaking in Spanish with them, but after a couple of minutes it got freezing inside. After a while an officer came in and said (in Spanish) something like “it can get colder, and all of you will be here for a while, unless anyone of you feels like talking about deportation”. He remembers, that despite being so cold, he began sweating, he had avoided even thinking on that word since he left El Salvador, after his brother was murdered for defending him against gang