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    This paper will examine the immigration and refugee policies applied to Cubans and Salvadorans from the late-20th century, marking the initial surge of migrants from this region to the United States. The main reason that led to differences between Salvadoran and Cuban granted refugee status in the U.S. was the fact that Salvadorans were fleeing violence of regimes that the U.S. supported while Cubans were fleeing the U. S’s primary enemy, communism. This in turn led to different integration processes

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    and Immigration Modernization Act’, or S.744, was introduced by a bipartisan group of eight Senators. In this bill, five key reforms are proposed. Firstly, that of Border Security: This clause proposes an increase of spending by a whopping $40 billion, and an addition of fencing and 20,000 new Border Patrol agents to hopefully achieve a 90% apprehension rate of illegal immigrants in the border within the next five years. Secondly, Legalization: This clause aims to facilitate the immigration process

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    U.S. immigration policy has always been an important topic debated by Presidential candidates for decades. Immigration reform has been ignored by Congress, leaving decisions up to the President and Supreme Court. In the meantime, the hopes of about eleven million illegal immigrants in the U.S., as well as future rules for legal immigration, rest on the shoulders of those decision makers. Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump both agree that changes to U.S. immigration policy are needed; however, Donald

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    Cuban Immigration Policy

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    My initial reaction is shock, I had no idea about the Cuban immigration policy. Irritation sets in at the injustice of it, immigrants of all races leave their countries to pursue better lives. The process that any immigrant is subjected too should be equal to Cubans as well, equal opportunity for entry is fair. However, this policy allows Cubans to bypass the entire process, regardless of race its unfair to allow one race and not the other. By granting automatic legal amnesty within hours of them

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    Trump Immigration Policy

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    Under the new immigration enforcement policies of the Trump administration millions of people living in the United States illegally could soon be targeted for deportation. Any immigrant who is in the country illegally and is charged or convicted of any offense, or even suspected of a crime, will now be an enforcement priority, according to Homeland Security Department memos signed by Secretary John Kelly. Under the Obama administration, immigrants whose only violation was being in the country illegally

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    Immigration is the act of coming to a country of which one is not a native to, usually for permanent residence. The immigration policy of the united states is very extensive and complicated. The immigration policy has been disputed by many, those who agree with it and those who do not agree with it. I for one disagree with the immigration policy ranging from Job displacement, all the way to the border security, even the Pathway to Citizenship. In 1924 the original priority of border control was

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    The author of this article about the immigration policies created and enforced by President Donald Trump is Stephen Dinan. Stephen is a spectacular writer for The Washington Times. Although he has worked for a majority of companies, Stephen is the Washington Times’s National Political Correspondent; this means he handles the political aspect in the news. Overall, the Washington Post has hinted a bias towards conservatives, but the author so far hasn’t done much when it comes to bias. This news article

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    On the topic of immigration, Donald Trump has stated, "But you have people coming in and I 'm not just saying Mexicans, I 'm talking about people that are from all over that are killers and rapists and they 're coming into this country." On the same issue, Hillary Clinton has said the following: “I’ve talked about undocumented immigrants hundreds of times and fought for years for comprehensive immigration reform… We are a country built by immigrants and our diversity makes us stronger as a nation

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    Immigration Policy The two presidential candidates that I selected were Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. Most people would say that I picked them because they are the most simple to do. When in all actuality I picked them because they are like both day and night when it comes to immigration policy. Immigration is becoming a problem for the United States. It has been said that University of Texas researchers found that young immigrants have a lower crime rate than American-born teens -- call it an

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    Economics and Immigration Immigration is a topic on everyone 's minds these days. With presidential candidates vying for votes in debates and political campaigns, immigration has been talked about quite a bit. But what is truly known about immigration? Since it is such a divisive issue, it is hard to know what is true and what isn’t. Unfortunately, the information most readily available to us comes in the form of opinionated articles and biased speeches by presidential candidates. Because the information

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