...Citizenship Debate Part II Purpose and Audience 2. I do not think Chavez expected her audience to agree with her position as it was posted in the politically conservative section of the Wall Street Journal. Before I read the political background section of Linda Chavez, I had thought the author to be liberal. But after reading the excerpt I the beginning of the publication, I noticed that she was a Hispanic Conservative. I could tell that Linda Chavez did not expect her audience to agree with her when she stated that “Repealing birthright citizenship is a terrible idea.” Most conservatives wish to dismiss birthright citizenship, but in this passage she explains the significance of it, and what it would do to the future of the nation. 4. One example is when she explains the origins of birthright citizenship dating back to 1898 with the Chinese. She also states the first immigration restrictions on the Chinese due to the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882. Another example of Chavez that states upon American History is the Supreme Court Case U.S v. Wong Kim Ark. These statements support her argument by giving actual representation within early American History of a case/example involving birthright citizenship. Through her appeal to logos with these statements of American History it makes the audience evoke a much rational, cognitive response. Therefore her statements made in the story are very convincing due to a real reference from history. Style and Structure 2. I believe that...
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...The most controversial topic in political campaigns is the dealing with illegal immigrants, which has many people from different countries worried. Illegal immigrants risk their lives to have a better life and opportunity here in America. Unfortunately these dreams and chances are looking dimmer and dimmer each year. For the past years Obama has been promising these people a better life, giving them a great amount of hope, to let them down not only once but twice. For this upcoming election, Donald Trump has a plan, it does not give hope, instead it gives fear . Trump wants to deal with illegal immigrants by removing them from the U.S. and sending them back where they came from. The question that comes to mind is when thinking of this situation...
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...” This right bestowed by the Fourteenth Amendment of jus soli citizenship has been controversial because of the “anchor baby” phenomenon. An “anchor baby” is a pejorative term for a citizen of the United States who was born to a mother whose status is illegal, in order that the baby might serve as an “anchor” for the mother to the US. Because this state of affairs is thought to encourage illegal immigration, especially by pregnant women, there have been calls to amend the Fourteenth Amendment. No such amendment should take place, and the right to all people born in the United States to unabridged citizenship should be reaffirmed. One of the primary concerns with birthright citizenship is the...
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...Multiculturalism and Immigration Multiculturalism is a long and fancy-sounding word, often mistaken for its true meaning. Some define it as equality between all cultures, others say it is the combination of all cultures that creates new hybrid ones. Whatever the dictionary says, the true meaning of the word is its actual application in the real world. We all, including my group, have different approaches and views toward multiculturalism, but I personally relate it mostly to immigration. Immigration is a founding stone of multiculturalism and although there are strong arguments against it, in my eyes, it is important for the country and its diversification. Every year my friends and I come to school a week earlier for the international orientation week. It is an event I usually look forward to way in advance. It is an exciting moment when the new class of international students set foot in Ramapo College for the first time. The people are of different ages and background. They come from exotic places like Burma, Italy, Nepal, Bulgaria and many more. Most of them have never been to the States before and the change they are going through is quite tough. Communication with them is not always easy. They come from different cultures, have different understandings of life and different ideas about what is wrong and what is right. The communication with foreigners largely depends on their proficiency in English. Many students struggle with their accents and do not feel comfortable...
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...Clinton wants to introduce a type of immigration reform which considers current citizens as well as newcomers. (2)She plans to eliminate 3 to 10 year bans so that families are not put in the sad position of having to leave the US to get a green card. The 3 to 10 year bans are a law that keeps immigrants out of the country for 3 to 10 years if they were previously in the country illegally. If she cannot get the comprehensive immigration reform immediately, Clinton will pass a system for those with particularly sympathetic cases. She will subsequently end family and immigrant detention centers, (3)which are mandatory detainment centers while the immigrant waits for they are waiting for the results of their and support immigrant integration. Hillary Clinton proposes the creation of an Office of Immigrant Affairs to better organize all matters related to immigration. She will increase resources for adults to learn the English language and earn citizenship. She wants to promote naturalization and give more affordable access to health care to immigrants. Clinton proposes these things in order to make the United States a more immigrant friendly country, and to aid those who have already...
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...The definition of whiteness, and who has the right to be a citizen, has been an ongoing debate throughout our country's history. Starting as far back as 1790 up though present day, the guidelines for who is ‘white’ and in turn, who has the right to become a citizen, have changed over and over again. This podcast explains a lot of the reasoning and thought process that went into the decision of the Wong Kim Ark case back in 1895, when he tried to reenter the country when the Chinese Exclusion Acts were taking place, and how he had to fight to prove that he was a US citizen. In the Wong Kim Ark case, a big portion of what decided whether he could re enter the United States or not, dealt with the concept of birthright citizenship. His parents...
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...daily lives. The country that we live in gives us the choice to voice our views of government and what should stay or go. This paper will discuss what my view of how the 14th Amendment should be handled. Many Americans believe that the 14th Amendment is influencing illegal immigration but the truth is it should not be amended because the Citizenship Clause portrays that a person born or naturalized within the U.S. jurisdiction is a citizen, Congress has constitutional power to define what is within the jurisdiction, and 1898 case Supreme Court made a wrong decision by not following the truth of the 14th Amendment. To begin with this belief that the 14th Amendment should not be amended starts with what is discussed within the Amendment itself, the Citizenship Clause. In The American Spectator it states, “All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizen of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.” (Pulliam, What did the 14th Amendment Congress think about ‘Birthright Citizenship’) This was made to correct the infamous Dred Scott V. Sanford decision and give citizenship to the new free slaves. Senator Jacob Howard stated that, “this will not, of course, include person born in the United States what are foreigners, alien, or who belong to the families of ambassadors or foreign ministers.” (Pulliam) This Senator is stating that any person with or without permission, to be in the USA, children born on USA...
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...regarding illegal immigrants and anchor babies. This issue is seeking more and more attention by the government and political figures. How does the government should deal with increasing numbers of illegal immigrants and increasing population of anchor babies. When this issue arises in the debate, we turn to 14 Amendment of Constitution, which states; All persons born or naturalized in the United states and subject to the jurisdiction thereof are citizens of the united States. The intent of the original amendment is not to facilitate illegal aliens defying U.S. Law and obtaining citizenship for their offspring, or obtaining benefits at taxpayer expense. The United States is unusual in it's proposal to extend citizenship to anyone born on its soil. If we turn to other developed countries that have developed their citizenship practice to eliminate the problems caused by the practice of birthright citizenship. The anchor baby problem has grown to such large proportions that the united States cannot avoid it. It is only logical to correct the problems that is getting bigger and bigger this burden falls on Congress to adopt legislation clarifying the meaning of the 14th amendment. According to Pew Hispanic analysis finds that nearly four-in-five (79%) of the 5.1 million children (younger than age 18) of unauthorized immigrants were born in US and therefore are...
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...National Healthcare and Immigration Roberto Macedo ITT Tech Mr. Berndt EN1320 Composition I Healthcare and Immigration What is healthcare? Healthcare is a service that is supposed to be provided to a country’s citizens that the U.S., for some reason, cannot get right (shocker!). Meanwhile, Canada has no problem handing medical care to its citizens for free, that’s right free. Why can’t the U.S. be as caring as Canada? On a side note I hope they take Bieber back. The people (the ones that aren’t fanatically crazy for him because of raging teenage hormones) of the U.S. do not want his presence here and no longer will we the people suffer from headaches due to his annoyance. No longer will important political or non-political events that are being streamed by news media (by which news stations consider “breaking news”) be interrupted. At this very moment my family and I have no medical insurance, thus resulting in $3000 of medical bills that I am not paying simply put “because I don’t feel like paying 3 grand for a f**king checkup that tells me my spouse has depression problems once every so often, it’s a given.” What I do know for sure is my son is eligible for Nevada Checkup; however, seeing that the online healthcare system that was supposed to make applying for medical insurance so easy for all of its U.S. citizens just happened to be in a few nice words “a piece of s**t!” My son (who is turning one this 24th of February) still has no insurance. I have been...
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... 1 Factors determining citizenship: - Parents are citizens -Born within a county -Marriage to a citizen -Naturalization 2 History * 2.1 Polis citizenship * 2.2 Roman ideas of citizenship * 2.3 Middle Ages * 2.4 Renaissance * 2.5 Modern times 3 Different senses of citizenship -International citizenship -Commonwealth citizenship -European Union citizenship -Subnational citizenship Citizenship education * United Kingdom * Ireland citizenship in Bangladesh CITIZENSHIP: Citizenship laws are based upon the Bangladesh Citizenship Order dated 1972. Questions concerning persons born before March 26, 1971, should be directed to the Bangladesh Embassy. (UKC-Commonwealth Nation) BY BIRTH: Birth within the territory of Bangladesh does not automatically confer citizenship. Only persons born before March 26, 1971 would be deemed Bangladesh citizens by birth. BY DESCENT: Rules stated below apply to persons born after March 26, 1971. Child born of a Bangladesh father, regardless of the child's country of birth. Child whose grandfather was a citizen of Bangladesh, regardless of the child's country of birth. Child born of a Bangladesh mother and an unknown or stateless father, regardless of the child's country of birth. OTHER: Person who was a permanent resident of Bangladesh on March 26, 1971, is granted citizenship, unless disqualified by law at that time. BY NATURALIZATION: A person...
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...citizens, and granted all these citizens the "equal protection of the laws." (History Channel) Even after the ratification was submitted African Americans still felt as if they were not treated equally. “In the decades after its adoption, the equal protection clause was cited by a number of African American activists who argued that racial segregation denied them the equal protection of law.” (History Channel) Even after the ratification many states still denied these citizens the right to vote which later was brought upon in the 15th amendment. () After the ratification was over with Congress then moved on to the next amendment even though the 14th amendment is still in dispute by many until this day. After Abraham Lincoln was assinated in 1865 Andrew Johnson was appointed as president of the United States. “Andrew Johnson was the President of the United States during the ratification of the 14th Amendment; he assumed the roles of the Presidency as a result of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.” () Andrew Johnson was not in favor of what the 14th amendement represented in giving African Americans their equal rights. “Johnson was in favor of leaving the future of black people in the hands of white Southerners.” () Andrew Johnson didn’t have a problem with voicing his opinion and how he felt about the Reconstruction Act, especially in a letter to his friend William Cullen Bryant. “The president grew much excited and expressed the most bitter hatred of the measure in all...
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...Do Anchor Babies have the Right to Dock on U.S. Land? Jamie Rogers Work Force Diversity Mr. McDonald February 12, 2009 Do Anchor Babies have the Right to Dock on U.S. Land? It is well known that a person born in the United States is an automatic citizen regardless of the mother's citizenship status. However, the United States is unusual in its offer of citizenship to anyone born on U.S. soil. Only a few European countries still grant automatic citizenship at birth. The United Kingdom and Australia repealed their U.S. style policy in the 1980s after witnessing abuses similar to those plaguing the U.S. today. Why does the United States continue to allow a practice subject to widespread fraud? The answer lies in how American jurisprudence has interpreted the 14th Amendment to the Constitution. Babies born to illegal alien mothers within U.S. borders are called anchor babies because under the 1965 immigration Act, they act as an anchor that pulls the illegal alien mother and eventually a host of other relatives into permanent U.S. residency. Jackpot babies are another term. The 14th Amendment was ratified in 1868 to protect the rights of native-born Black Americans, whose rights were being denied as recently-freed slaves. In 1866, Senator Jacob Howard clearly spelled out the intent of the 14th Amendment by writing: "Every person born within the limits of the United States, and subject to their jurisdiction, is by virtue of natural law and...
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...Since the beginning of human history we have seen big waves of human immigration between different regions of our planet. This phenomenon is one of the more characteristic of human behavior in the search of welfare for the families and his descending also. Today our country is facing one of the more major challenges in its history, achieve that the migration process is carried in order, development and applying the laws that are effective for the benefit of our society. In the next few months, immigration reform will be high on the list of priorities in the House of Representatives. Despite significant public support for immigration reform among members of the public in both parties, many of the most basic facts about immigrants and immigration remain misunderstood. Immigration reform is part of the solution for creating a stronger, more successful, and unified nation. America is a nation of immigrants, and welcoming immigrants reflects the key values on which this country is based: hard work, perseverance, taking on challenges, demonstrating individuality, and showing compassion. In addition, immigration reform is a bipartisan issue where everyone can agree that a working immigration system contributes to a stronger country—economically, socially, and culturally. Anti-immigrant pundits often downplay the importance of immigration to America’s future, treating immigrants and immigration as a threat. While there are plenty of legitimate issues to question and...
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...and disapproving bills becoming laws creating the separation of power. The constitutional framers based the new government on these ideas, because they were afraid of mob rule that would come from all citizens debating and voting rather than voting on a direct representative for the citizens. Today I feel that separation of power and, check and balances are not working the way that they were originally intended, and a prime example was seen last year with the government shut down. When Obamacare was passed the Republican Party was not happy, and wanted to bring the issue back to the table, and to do so they refused to pass the budget bill for this year, causing the government shutdown. According to the article “Divided We Fall: The Case Against Divided Government” “A structure of separated powers, combined with divided government, will likely result in a weak...
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...documentation can be difficult to obtain. However, there are some documentation routes, such as DACA, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. However, DACA is not a pathway to citizenship, and it is costly, as it is $465 to apply and renew. There have been efforts by the US government to end DACA in the future; however, judicial action has let people continue to renew it...
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