Wills’ claims that the federal government's chief law enforcement official might need a refresher course on federal law pertaining to legal immigrants. Some American legislators have taken up the position that prohibiting bilingual ballots would be racist. However, evidence shows that millions of other American citizens feel that prohibiting the bilingual ballot is a step in the right direction. Wills’ begins his article with a political anecdote quoted by Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. 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.
Controversy with the Second Amendment As law abiding American citizens, we have the right to bear arms as stated by the Second Amendment of the United States Constitution. This Amendment was enacted to ensure that our founding fathers and their descendants had the means to protect themselves, their family and their property. Although this is a legal right, there is heated controversy as to whether it is an ethical right. Typically, the gun debate inflates shortly after a mass shooting like the recent incidents in Aurora and Newtown. The argument is usually the same: one side insists that if officials eradicated guns, thus abolishing the Second Amendment, gun violence will somehow go away.
Therefore the constitution should be amended to disallow birthright citizenship. Birthright Citizenship promotes having anchor babies and baby tourism, and does not allow people to choose whether they want to be a United States citizen. Birthright Citizenship also splits families because, while the children could be born in this country, their parents could be here illegally and easily get deported. Every year, more than twelve thousand births are contributed by illegal alien mothers who are hoping to take advantage of the 14th amendment. The US Constitution states that people born or naturalized in the United States are subject to the jurisdiction, thereof are citizens of the United States of America.
First thing we should do is modify the birthright citizenship rule to only grant citizenship to the child being born on American soil. By eliminating citizenship to the parents of the child born here you send a clear message that just because your child was born here doesn’t give you the right to claim citizenship. If illegal immigrants knew that only their children who were born here could have automatic citizenship you would see a lot less illegal immigrants crossing the border to have children and abusing this law. The second thing we could do is finally complete the fence across the entire border. Once the border is secure, we could build 2 or 3 maximum security correctional facilities in each one of the Border States right along side of it.
The 14th Amendment should be changed to disallow the practice of birthright citizenship. Only babies with mothers that are in the United States as citizens should be allowed to be a U.S. citizen. Many illegal immigrant mothers come into the United States for the sole purpose of having a child in the U.S so that the child is a citizen and they themselves from being deported if they did something that would get them deported. These children are called “anchor babies” to allow for the whole family to stay in the country. This should be changed like other countries have done.
In my opinion, refusing to grant illegal immigrants health and government services will greatly aid in diminishing the flow of illegal immigrants that are coming into America. This includes nullifying The Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act, which as aforementioned, declares that hospitals cannot decline anyone emergency medical care regardless of their citizenship, status, or ability to pay (Illegal Immigration Statistics). Since many Mexican natives seek the opportunity of medical treatment in the United States, their inability to receive such treatment would cause America to look somewhat less appealing to them, and would reduce their reasons of coming here. Secondly, the use of drones could very effectively impede those who would seek to illegally enter the country. These are unmanned aerial vehicles that can be used to
2/ express your opinion about the change in Rip Van Winkle in relation to the quotation:” the nature of the people of instead tranquil and lazy complaisance with the old order of monarchical reign the people now had to form their own nation.” Americans were trying to avoid the tyranny of England, just as Rip would do everything possible to escape his overbearing wife. After 20 years, he has a new freedom life without his wife's control. This also means the Americans have their own nation. One of villagers asked him whether Rip was Federal or Democrat. It means there were 2 ways to form a new order of America but Rip didn’t know anything about the revolution.
Jeff Bone Professor Rick Keith SLS 1122 March 24, 2009 Opposite Paper I really think that the issue of immigration should be handled like this; if you’ve been waiting patiently for access to the United States then you should be able to legally reside in this Country. However, many unbeknownst circumstances are involved in which an immigrant may be on the run from the law in their country and has to take immediate action. This individual decides that the United States is the safest way for them to escape without being caught, figuring he will just get a change of name so that he will not be discovered. This person brings his family along with him and then all of a sudden there is not only one outlaw immigrant, but now there is an entire
In a debate regarding illegal immigrants Mitt Romney and President Obama had different opinions toward the issue that had the same outcome. President Obama suggested that illegal immigrants should “get to the back of the line for citizenship”. Romney in the other hand said that it would be nice if they “self-deported” them self, and “lined up back home for legal re-entry to America”. The question here is not who has the better idea, but it’s whether or not this “line” is even possible. Both suggestions seem to be ineffective since most of the immigrants are ineligible for a citizenship, and have no chances of re-entry in the first place.
Ena Figueroa Social Psychology Mr. Smith 10 March 2012 The American Dream America is often referred to as a "nation of immigrants" because of our open-door policy toward accepting foreigners hunting their vision of the American Dream. Recently, there has been an appeal by some politicians and citizens toward creating a closed-door policy on immigration. They are arguing that immigrants "threaten" American life by creating unemployment by taking jobs from American workers, using much-needed social services, and intruding on the "American way of life." If we are to continue to excel as a nation, the traditionalists who fear an invasion of foreign-born Americans need to evaluate the good and the bad of immigration to the United States.