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    sides are: one being people that are accepting with immigrants coming in and out of the U.S., while the others say there shouldn’t be any immigrants coming to the U.S. Both parties have different stances on these issues, however, neither are as reliable as the facts. According to the Pew Research Center Republicans agree that immigrants are affecting the American society as a whole. (see Fig 1) They claim that immigrants affect America economically, criminally and in a societal manner. Republicans

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    Bernie Sanders truly is a candidate for the American people. He supports reducing income inequality, green energy, and making immigrating to America easier. In short, on every level he is down-to-earth and has the same interests as the common citizen. Bernie Sanders takes a very forthright approach on income inequality. He states that “In the year 2015, no one working 40 hours a week should be living in poverty.” He would amend this by raising the minimum wage from 7.50 an hour all the way up to

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    abuse and distrust from our American society. The people in America seem to be less understanding, and less willing to accept cultures different from their own, at least years ago. Groups such as the Indians, the African Americans, and the Immigrants, fall deeply into this category. The situations and struggles they have gone through are greatly explained in Ronald Takaki’s novel, “A Different Mirror, A History of a Multicultural America.” Although they have experienced a lot, particular financial

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    From the years 1892 to 1954, Ellis Island most famously used as a station to inspect and process almost twelve million immigrants that were coming in from all around the world. It’s located in the Upper New York Bay on an island that takes up almost twenty-eight acres of land; making it take up part of New Jersey. Even though that it was famous for being the first Federal immigration station, it has an important history long before this title. Before the United States was taken over by the English

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    whether or not illegal immigration is actually an issue or not. In his speech, Donald Trump bluntly lets America know how he feels about it and what he plans to do to stop it. The question stands on whether or not it is okay for people to come to America in hopes of a better life even if it is done illegally. Do these people that come into our country illegally really have that big of a toll on America? Donald John Trump was born on June 14th, 1946, in the Queens of New York. Donald is one out of five

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    The United States and Mexican border has been a topic long debated between citizens and politicians, on one hand the trade between the two countries has shown great economic prosperity since the introduction of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), notwithstanding this success there has also been a huge spike in human trafficking and other illegal activity since the inception of the border. While the growth of the GDP for all three countries involved (United States, Mexico, Canada) has

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    September 11TH. For many years, Arab and Arab-Americans are one of the most stereotyped in America. Many of these stereotypes have been created by events that have happened throughout history. Stereotypes are an image of a particular type of person or thing. Events in history, such as the September 11th terrorist attacks, the Patriot act, and the Iranian hostage crisis, have perpetuated a negative image for Arabs in America. Arabic culture refers to “Arab Countries” of Western Asia, and North Africa, from

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    of America is the world’s greatest economy. If she falls the world falls with it. Being able to create a thriving and powerful economy is very tuff and very diligent task. It requires everyone in congress coming together sitting down and talk about how they can make this economy thriving once again. There are two ways that can and could possibly make the economy better, by giving grants and more loans to small business that are starting up and to create new incentives to keep jobs in America and

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    language barrier. The author uses setting and language to convey the her message. In her memoir the author uses setting to show that language is a challenge for those in her position. The setting of her memoir took place at Leffingwell Elementary in America. Although they didn’t

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    “More than any other nation on Earth, America has constantly drawn strength and spirit from wave after wave of immigrants. In each generation, they have proved to be the most restless, the most adventurous, the most innovative, the most industrious of people. Bearing different memories, honoring different heritages, they have strengthened our economy, enriched our culture, renewed our promise of freedom and opportunity for all….”(Bill Clinton).The issue of immigration today is that the immigration

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