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March 18, 2019
Professor Beatty
Immigration
Immigrants has been a huge topic today. Where one side believes it’s fine for illegal
immigrants to come and others that it’s not okay. There are many arguments when it comes to
this topic. We have arguments where we feel the need to help people, american or not. We also
have arguments that stay within the law and not cross that line. We can also we arguments from
There is a program called DACA that's been discuss, in which The President believes to
cut the program. The first article I read through was about legal status for dreamers. The title of
the article is Most Americans Want Legal Status for ‘Dreamers’. These People Don’t by Miriam
Jordan. The main purpose of this article is whether its a bad decision or not to give legal status to
Dreamers. It's an argument that’s being discussed, there were some valid points from each
argument. One argued that “ we don’t have to be creating new programs or giving them
preferential treatment.” Some people from the government believes that they shouldn’t be
wasting money to support immigration. That the money can go towards helping the american
people or something related to that. That we should put the american people first because
government still hasn’t helped all american people. I know that there are veterans that served this
country, who still need support. That’s something I agree on, that those who served our country
should be treated after there services and make sure that there are maintain. Others believe that
they should have more support because we should be helping. On a website they did a survey
which said “84 percent of those surveyed said they supported legal status for Dreamers.” Which
shows that there is support of legal status towards Dreamers. There was an offer from Trump to
the Democrats to keep the DACA program running for a few years but in exchange for the full
issue for some people and how it should be used in the United States. Some believe it should go
more towards education and healthcare. Also because they may not want to help other people
from other countries because they think it’s not there job. Another view is that some are fine to
work with immigrants and show their support . They are willing to give that legal status if they
earned that right. Legal status is a big deal, it gives them more opportunities on jobs and
education. I feel that they want to cut down the ways to get legal status, to stop expanding and
America is being described as a nation of immigrants, and people aren’t happy. In the article Is
America a ‘Nation of Immigrants’? Immigration Agency Says No by Miriam Jordan talks about
why people disagree. They changed the description to what their purpose is, which makes it
sound more about protecting Americans, while the old description seems more “friendly”and
diverse. They changed their wording by still having the same idea of what they do, but change it
in a different tone. “...He had eliminated the word customers in describing the foreign
nationals…”. Customers was a word they eliminated because to them it seemed they attended
more of the foreigners than American people. They want to show that the American people come
The article Breaking Up Immigrant Families: A Look at the Latest Border Tatic by Miriam
Jordan talk about the policy which is breaking families apart. It discusses that a child and
parents crossing the border will now be separated and sent to different locations. The reason for
this, is that someone said that “ The U.S has historically treated immigrants violations as civil,
rather than criminal”. In other words they felt that they should be treated more as criminals and
be more strict towards them. Since this new policy took place “ About 700 children have been
separated” and “.... kept apart for 4 months or longer”. They said they’ll be apart more about 10
days, but now immigration lawyer say that they have been separated for months. Since this news
broke out, many have thoughts about this. One side believes that it’s necessary becauses it’s a
good scare and message for others that plan to cross. That its against the law and they should
face the consenquenes of their actions. Most people don’t agree with the separation of parents
and kids. They believe its cruel and too much. Even though what they did is against the law, and
don’t think separation is the answer to stop illegal immigration to cross. That they should take a
Many people make assumptions toward others and this last article shows that. John Kelly Says
Undocumented immigrants can’t fit in. That's not Be Best by Z. Byron Wolf is an article that
talks about how immigrants are viewed. They define racism as “ Saying one class of people is
different than another class of people”. This definition is worded to make it sound more “nice”.
Yes, racism points out the differences in race but in a tone that discriminate them is what racism
is. The president views immigrants as them “ bringing their problems, drugs, crime and being
rapist.” This is an example to what racism is, he assumes that everyone is like that. Many others
view immigrants the same way. They believe that immigrants are the problem in the country.
problems in the country. I think there are many solutions to immigration. We do background
checks on people and making sure they have no criminal history. For those that earned to there
way to go to the United States with no criminal history, can be given limited stay in the United
States. What I mean by earned is someone who was education, and has a good job and have
achievements. I know that everyone has different opinions and we cannot just pick one. We have
border wall debate that's going on today. Some think we should have a wall and separate
ourselves. Like the saying that's been brought up alot is “build bridges not walls”. There are also
opinions on helping those that want to cross but also taking caution on who we let in. Another is
not having any cross at all and should take the right steps to get permission to enter the United
States. what some don’t understand is that some people come to the United States for a better life
and a better future for their kids. There are struggles currently in latin countries in which cause
them to leave because they cannot survive the current situation. There has been support towards
those countries from the people of the United States even Trump was against the president of
Venezuela. Even if he says he shows support, in reality there is no action taking place. I think
they have to talk and settle on an agreement that works for them. I think things are being done
towards one's opinion then multiple. Like DACA, I don’t think cutting the program completely is
the answer, but having that discussion and finding a way to make both sides in agreement.
After reading these articles it made me think a lot, it raised and answered questions. It helped me
have a better understand to what's happening and why. Something that changed my thinking was
the different points of views. Though I may not agree to most of them, I have a better
understanding to why and where they come from, on both sides. I see what changes they want to
make, but they are doing it in a way that's more strict and also effects both sides more than is
should.