Cole uses evidence such as statistics and court cases to support his thoughts and describe how he feels about immigrants. These myths create the thesis that Cole is trying to express: how immigrants are not a downfall to our nation. Now, although I agree with some of his arguments, for example, Cole states under the myth America is being overrun with immigrants, “in one sense, of course, this is true, but in that sense it has been true since Christopher Columbus arrived. Except for the real Native Americans, we are a nation of immigrants.”(Cole, page 690). I agree with what Cole’s statement in that sentence is, but my problem does not lay with the immigrants, it lay’s with the illegal immigrants.
James Adams believed that the primary motive for people to move to America was to not follow the King’s laws. This document does not disprove what Winthrop says, but does cause an issue to bring up an argument to find which ones right. Those are some of the reasons why people chose to, or were forced to move to colonial America. There are many reasons why people moved there. Some moved there to be free, while others were
Populated by diverse groups of immigrants, the new world was a place that the Europeans could strip off their old lifestyle and be reborn. Only when the Europeans started to venture West, could this “perennial rebirth” take place (531). Traveling into an unknown land, the Europeans were caught off guard by the harsh environment. Turner stated that the environment was “too strong” for the Europeans to handle using the old world methods (532). By adapting and using the “Indian clearings and [following] the Indian trails,” they overcame the wilderness before long (532).
The Immigration struggle in America In “Guarding the Golden Door,” Roger Daniels [introduces readers] the complicated [history of] the rising conflicts in effect of the [immigration policy in the United States] by starting with the Chinese Exclusion Act since 1882 to 2002 (along with discussing the aftermath incident on 9/11). In the book there were controversial fears and arguments judging the immigrants based on their religion, race or ethnicity, commenting on how these groups were too different, and therefore cannot readjust into the American culture. Primarily, the U.S. immigration policy’s goal was to hinder it from happening, while ironically enable just the opposite. Almost all of the United States immigration policy has been created
Finally the re-scripting of events through diaries and other literature that describe Indian “occupation” rather than possession or nativity, or the “first” wedding in a New English colony to manufacture a status quo where the New English become native New Englanders, and where Indians become intruders in settlements rather than the land’s native inhabitants. In other words, narrative frameworks are a tool of erasure of Indian culture and society in the early history of New England. New English settlers used racial and cultural differences to drive a wedge between themselves and the “other” inhabitants of the
When he was asked whether he would favor the prohibition of the bilingual ballot, he simply stated, “Of course not.” Wills’ continues in the next section stating that our national identity and our federal laws are being weakened by immigration that is influenced by these bilingual ballots. He also uses this anecdote in the fourth section by showing how our laws are weakening. That these illegal immigrants are able to ask for bilingual ballots because the law is weakening and they are able to immigrate into the country in illegal ways without knowing how to speak English or know anything about our politics. Although the chief rhetorical aim of the article appears to be to inform Americans rather than persuade them as to why the bilingual ballot should be prohibited, why is Will not taking up a more serious tone if he felt so strongly about the
Modern Challenges in Immigration The United States government should not favor any kind of immigrants. America is mostly made up of immigrants from all kinds of nations. It's not fair to only allow certain people and turn away others, because that doesn’t define America. I feel that the United States government needs to take a look at all applicants and decide fairly on, who should be granted citizenship and who should not. And that should not be based on race, religion or even who appears to be the best.
Their mission is to prevent illegal aliens from entering that cause a threat to American society. Often their purpose is confused. With all of the debates going on regarding border security, what can we do to solve this age old issue? America’s plans to control the invasion of immigrants haven’t worked so far, maybe it’s time to find other ways of dealing with this problem. I personally do not feel that we can ever completely stop immigration.
For America to remain a free country we must protect our borders. A country that does not protect its own borders will cease to be a country at some point. Any thought of legalizing illegal immigrants without first securing our borders could be a means to an end for America. Solving the illegal immigration issue could be simple if we use some common sense. First thing we should do is modify the birthright citizenship rule to only grant citizenship to the child being born on American soil.
When other countries look at us and see how we treat illegal immigrants they say and that's what people call the world super power. If we were the world super power we would help people who come from another part of the world and seek for help. If we was the world super power when they come we wouldn't look down on them put labels on them and say you don't belong here and you are not apart of us. If we were a world super power we would accept them, no matter what's there ethnicity or where they come from, we would take them in as our own without having to take them through every loop we find to be free. If we are a world super power and a country of freedom we need to start acting like it or give our title to someone who deserve it.