...Is The Mexico-US border fence justified? The United States Congress approved the "Secure Fence Act of 2006" which sanctioned the construction of numerous separation barricades at the Mexican-American border and the installation of a virtual fence entailing surveillance cameras, sensors, and other equipment to cover those parts of the border that do not have a physical wall. The debate is related to the American debate on immigration, and controversies about the fence centre on its effectiveness, expense, representational value, and more. How accurate however, is the claim that the Mexico-US border fence is justified? The main argument for the preservation of the Mexico-US border fence is economic. It is claimed that illegal immigrants drain the benefits system leaving less money to be spent on other areas such as health care and reforms. It is a common misconception that Mexican immigrants do low paid unskilled work which the majority of American citizens are unwilling to undertake. However these facts are disputed by the writer Steven Camarota who states ‘Of the 465 civilian occupations, only four are majority immigrants. These four occupations account for less than 1 per cent of the total U.S. workforce. Moreover, native-born Americans comprise 47 per cent of workers in these occupations.’ Drug trafficking and the resultant violence in Northern Mexico is a real problem for the United States and for the Mexicans themselves. However by constructing a fence which has been called...
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...The old man quietly replied “ The one you feed.” People choose to be evil. In recent and past events like the Ku Klux Klan, Salem Witch Trials, and the Trump wall people chose evil. The first event in history the proves that mankind is evil is the Ku Klux Klan. The Ku Klux Klan also known as the KKK were a resistance against the government who were trying to get blacks to be treated like equals. The first klan was founded in 1866 in Pulaski, Tennessee. The first klan was mainly against the black leaders who were immigrants. They wanted to bring back the white supremacy and white nationalism back to the...
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...Pimping Central America Corey J.Quebedeaux CJS23/Criminology January 26, 2015 Kenneth Bitting Pimping Central America Imagine living in conditions so consumed with poverty that you are forced to risk your life to flee to another country in hopes to take care of your family. Hoping and praying to find “under the table” jobs such as roofing, gardening, grounds maintenance, cleaning houses and/or agricultural work. Central American’s do this on a daily and nightly basis; combing through the desert heats during the summer and its vicious coldness in the winter in hopes of a brighter future. Some get lucky and others either get caught and deported back to Mexico or, worse yet, trafficked and sold into a life of servitude (slavery). “Although it’s the 14th largest economy in the world, rural Mexico is still very unequal. Depending on the measure, between one-third and one-half of Mexicans live in poverty and up to 18 percent live in extreme poverty, unable to meet their basic food needs.” ("Bread For The World Institute", 2011). In this paper I will discuss death rates, risks and benefits (to include programs) of crossing through the desert for an undetermined future in the United States of America. I will also focus on the trafficking and prostitution rings between the United States and Central America. By the end of this paper I will have explained how and why these issues of Central American’s immigrating into the United States meet the specifications of the Social Structure...
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...are in the millions, and according to critics those numbers have social and economic affects. Although host countries have to deal with the negative aspects of it, overall immigration has a positive net effect on a country. The difficulty comes in balancing the good with the bad. For example, a more specific issue of immigration in the U.S. has been illegal immigration. Critics say that undocumented immigrants threaten the American social fabric, native economy, national security, and everything American ("Usa immigration problems, n.d." ). Living in poor economic conditions, people from Mexico were illegally traveling to the U.S. with hopes of improving their quality of life. Undocumented aliens were such a concern that the U.S. built walls hundreds of miles along the border to strategically prevent people from illegally crossing over, a costly way to deter people considering the border is over a thousand miles long. Since the walls construction immigration from Mexico has decrease significantly, although it is mostly due to the weak U.S. economy. Some other costs are social. Such as, the effect of illegal immigration on America’s social insurance institutions and schools. Many are taking advantages of these programs paid by U.S. taxes without paying taxes themselves, or not paying them properly. Some states have even passed laws in order to reduce the number of illegal immigrants. Arizona’s SB1070 law, also called “show me your papers law,” requires that law enforcement...
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...Walmart’s Global Strategies Jennifer D. Wright National American University: Management Across Cultures 1 March 2015 Abstract Walmart is one of the world’s largest and most well-known retailers in the world today. It has achieved great success in areas like Mexico and Canada; however it has also seen failures in other areas like Germany and Hong Kong. This paper will discuss a brief history of Walmart’s global expansions and the strategies it chose to enter these markets. It will answer the following specific questions: When did Walmart enter the global expansion? What international markets did Walmart enter? What cultural challenges has Walmart faced? How did Walmart overcome these challenges? Where future expansions and opportunities are possible? To answer these questions, this paper will have four basic sections: A brief history of Walmart’s global expansion, what was their strategy with each expansion, cultural differences they faced, and where is Walmart going in the future. This paper will attempt to examine the strategies of its global expansion and how it used the challenges to continue success in future expansions. Walmart is the most well-known and largest retailer in the world today; with sales worth more than $200 billion, $35 billion of that from Walmart’s International Division. The company grew incredibly fast both in the United States and abroad. By tweaking entry modes, and studying the cultural differences and local threats...
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...TSA developed screening devices and techniques to minimize the chances of an attack through means of aircraft. With these new devices, all passengers are to be screened without any judgements of race, religion, or ethnic origin; unfortunately there have been many cases that would say otherwise. There have been many lawsuits against the TSA with claims of racial profiling towards people of Middle Eastern and Asian descent. It even goes to the extent that passengers on a flight can be removed if the other passengers feel uncomfortable or unsafe. US Citizens have an internalized sense of fear because of the attack and as a result of that, most muslims feel isolated because of fear of being suspected of terrorism. According to an article from USA TODAY, “ Many Arab Muslims say their community is turning on itself- shying away from a society increasingly inclined to equate Islam with terrorism.” (Fear ‘as bad as after 9/11’, Hampson). Historically, cultural differences and religion have been at the root of many wars, but in today’s society, blaming and...
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...2011 Planning & Assessing RX 330 Productions for Toyota North America Team Charlie Oscar Oscar Lima AMBA 640, Section 9044 8/9/2011 Section I II III Executive summary Introduction Exercise 1: Toyota Production System (TPS) today TPS term definitions & practical examples IV Exercise 1: TPS as a total entity Advantages Limitations Evolution TPS use among other companies V Exercise 2: Grid analysis (Weighted scoring model) Exogenous factors & assumptions Endogenous factors & assumptions Constraints VI VII Exercise 2: Location recommendation Exercise 3: Decision tree analysis TMMC production capacity recommendation Limitations Past performance: RX 330/350 VIII Exercise 4: Current regional production strategy Assessment Change recommendations IX Summary Appendix A References Page 2 3 4 4 7 7 8 8 9 10 11 13 16 16 17 17 18 19 19 19 21 21 23 24 1 I. Executive Summary Toyota Motor Corporation is leading the way to future mobility through innovation, productivity, quality and efficiency. Toyota uses a self-developed strategy known as the Toyota Production System (TPS) to guide business process improvements. This strategy applies principles of “just-in-time” production, also called “lean”, to align supply closely with consumer demand while avoiding surplus inventory. The report defines eight TPS terms, i.e. jidoka, just-intime, hoshin, heijunka, muda, kaizen, standardized work, and pokayoke; and gives examples of how terms are applied in other industries...
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...population explosion is placing on the governments and citizens as well as legal residents of states and counties in the United States (Martin, 2008). The recent enforcement of U. S. Department of Homeland Security (U.S. DHS) laws, which started in 2006, is working (Camarota & Jensenius, 2008) but the enforcement is not reducing illegal immigration, especially on the United States’ Southern border (Ewing, 2008). Baker et al, in a U. S. Department of Homeland Security report show, from 2006 to 2007 the illegal immigrant population increased by 4% (Baker, Hoefer, & Rytina, 2008). Illegal immigrant population is declining because of border enforcement of immigration laws (Camarota & Jensenius, 2008). The loss of jobs due to economic downturn in the country can also account for declining illegal immigrant population (Grayson, 2008). Despite the declining population of illegal immigrants due to enforcement, illegal immigration is still a challenge (Ewing, 2008). The persistence of illegal immigration on the border implies that the countermeasures in use in fighting illegal immigration on the borders appear to need revisions (Ewing, 2008). Statement of the Research Problem Statement of the Problem According to a report by US DHS on estimates of illegal immigrants in the United States, the population of illegal immigrants in the state of Texas increased from about 1.1 million in 2000 to about 1.7 million in 2007, an increase of about 57% (Baker, Hoefer, & Rytina, 2008). The effect...
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...Border Security Kristina Tsarnas Instructor Mr. Steve Ryan Composition Writing and Research 10/29/2014 I. Introduction A. “This paper will examine Border security 1. I am interested in this topic because I want to stop undocumented immigrants, and resources required preventing violence, crime, and terrorism. 2. State the initial questions that you used to develop your hypothesis; Are the U.S. Borders secure enough? B. With border security we have an issue with our nations security of in the southern land border with Mexico. Over the last 15 years there have been 12.2 million undocumented immigrants that have tried to cross the border. That number has dropped to 11.3 million. 1. Define all terms in your hypothesis: The really problem is when is our nation going to get better security for this problem to stop. 2. Identify points for further clarification (if any): When I think of border security, All I can think of is 911 or the incident that accord the other day with 2 cops getting shot by an undocumented immigrants. And this immigrant had two identities. a.) Sub points a (as needed) Border mayor on immigration crisis is illegal immigration children and mothers are trying to cross the border to escaping violence at home. The concern about better border security to protect our citens from the Ebola virus our on a rise. b.) Sub point b “ The is a lot going on with the border security Obama want to pass a bill about letting illegal...
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...CROSSING BORDERS IN THE NEW IMPERIALISM (published in Colin Leys and Leo Panitch (eds), Socialist Register, London: Merlin, 2004) Bob Sutcliffe In words which seem uncannily relevant today, two mid-nineteenth century fugitives (in today’s language asylum seekers) wrote that “the bourgeoisie has through its exploitation of the world-market given a cosmopolitan character to production and consumption in every country”[i]. This cosmopolitanization (or in today’s vocabulary globalization) turned out to be neither as continuous nor as complete as they expected. By the beginning of the following century other emigrant followers of these two men began to argue that the full economic integration of world capitalism would be prevented by strife between the industrialized countries. Imperialism in this sense seemed to mean that globalization would be a task for post-capitalist society. This appeared to be confirmed by the following half century of war, protectionism and deep economic crisis until, in the middle of the twentieth century, cosmopolitan capitalism made its big comeback. Globalization is more than anything else the feature of today’s capitalism which leads many to argue that there is a new imperialism, or even that imperialism has been replaced by something else (for instance, by “post-imperialism” or by “Empire”). The real newness of the present is, however, debatable. In trying to discern the character of an age, it is tempting to argue that everything...
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...What is human geography ? Nature of place Meanings Assumptions and expectations Disciple and power relations Developing Location.. whats here why is it here Region (imaginary- formal, function and perceptual) Place Landscape 2.1 What is globalization 2.2 what are the connections between globalization and geographical ? 2.3 why do some people or groups oppose globalization Political geography 3.1 spiritual organization-states nations 3.2 the modern nation-state 3.4 Geopolitics and critical geopolitics. 3.5 supranational organizations and the future of the state Understanding the current world map POLITICAL GEORAPHY study the effect of political actions on humans geography. spatial analysis of political phenomenon moving around people are going around. Ex china going to Afghanistan for resources The study of states- their groupings and global relations. France cannot stand the US.. their relationship is lost Territory, sovereignty, and boundaries TERRITORITALITY a country’s or local community’s sense of property and attachment toward its territory, as expressed by its determination to keep it inviolable and strongly defended (text pg 53) it’s a space of something its our natural action to protect or control our territory.. and meaning of territory. Must all the land be owned? Ex even when we went to the moon we had to plant a flag and say it was ours SOVEREIGNTYexclusive control over territory a principle of international relations(all...
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...ASIA CONTINENT, ASIA FACTS Of all the seven continents, the continent of Asia is the largest with respect to both area and population while Australia being the smallest in both regards. The total area of Asia is calculated to be 43,810,582 kilometers square, covering 30% of the total earth's land and 8.66% of the total earth's surface. This continent shares its border with Ural Mountains to the East, the Arctic Ocean to the North, the Pacific Ocean to the West and the Indian Ocean to the South. The highest point in the World is Mount Everest with a height of 8,848 meters. This mountain is situated in the Tibetan region of the Himalayas that is situated in this gigantic continent. Other Asia facts includes the facts about Asian rivers. As, the rivers are considered to be the most needed natural phenomenon on earth and are immensely important geographically, biologically, historically and culturally. So, the 3rd longest river in the world; river Yangtze (6,211 km) is in Asia and flows through China. Desert is an area or landscape which gets least precipitation thus providing unfavorable conditions for the growth of plants and the survival of life. The largest desert in Asia is the Gobi desert measuring 281,800 km square. Climate and weather are important factors in tourist's decision making and influence the successful operation of tourism. Climate of Asia largely depends on its location and physical geography. This continent comprises of 53 countries including Russia and...
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...process of transformation of local phenomena into global ones. It can be described as the process by which the people of the world are unified into a single society and function together. This process is a combination of economic, technological, sociocultural and political forces.” (Wall, Minocha and Rees, 2010, pg 14) Under the economist’s view point, globalisation focuses on: - • Growth of international trade • Increase in international capital flows • The developing control of multi-national company’s (MNCs) into the domestic and global markets Globalisation is not new, but is “a product of the industrial revolution. Britain grew rich in the 19th century as the first global economic superpower,” (BBC, 2011) due to its greater manufacturing technology and improved global communications such as steamships and railroads. However the possibility speed and scale of globalisation has accelerated radically since World War II, and especially in the last 25 years; having a major impact on companies around the world. Hill (2006, pg 13) demonstrates the existences of globalisation with an example of “An American driving a car, designed and produced in Germany, which was assembled in Mexico from components made in Japan, using fabricated steel for the chassis from Korea...
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...achieve a position of prominence in the cement industry. First, Cemex innovated state of the art technology to outperform competitors. Cemex leaders challenged the operations groups to develop more efficient ways ways to produce concrete and bought technology through acquisitions. A telecommunications network between 11 plants was established as early as 1988. The IT consulting group, Cemtec, was spun off which utilized online surveys to manage customer relations. Second, Cemex converted the commodity business into a specialty business by helping their end users improve profitability. E.g. in Mexico City, by guaranteeing delivery times of 20 minutes or less, the contractors maximize the cost effectiveness of the crews working on the site. Third, Cemex bought out competition in markets they wanted to expand influence. In some geographies, such as Mexico, Cemex owned >70% market share through acquisitions. Lastly, Cemex embraced risk management as one of its core competencies. Risk management is fully embedded within its business, and not seen as a “parallel’ process. Cemex views risks (operational, competitive and institutional) not only as threats but also as opportunities for growth and performance (Lessard and Lucea, 2009). Similarities Cemex-Cisco: * Rapid global expansion through acquisitions, with Cisco’s acquisitions aimed at acquiring new...
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...PART 2 The Global Marketing Environment CHAPTER 2 The Global Economic Environment Case 2-1 The Global Economic Crisis I n his 1997 book One World, Ready or Not, William Greider described the United States as “the buyer of last resort.” Greider explained that, for many years, the United States was the only nation that was willing to absorb production surpluses exported by companies in Europe, Asia, and Latin America. Greider asked: “Who will buy the surpluses when the United States cannot?” The conventional wisdom has long held that strong spending by consumers in other nations would keep the world economy humming. However, by 2008, Greider’s question was taking on a new urgency and the conventional wisdom was being tested. An economic crisis that had its roots in lax subprime mortgage lending practices began to spread around the globe. In the United States, where the crisis began, economic misery was widespread: The housing market collapsed, real estate values plummeted, credit tightened, and job growth slowed (see Exhibit 2-1). As the price of oil passed the $100 per barrel benchmark, the average price of a gallon of gasoline rose to $4. American consumers were, indeed, less willing and less able to buy. However, the crisis was not confined to the United States alone. Consumer-goods exporters in Asia, which Exhibit 2-1: The bursting of the global real estate bubble was only one aspect of the worst recession in decades. The ripple effects from the economic...
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