...Exactly 16 years ago, I moved to the U.S. Today, I wrote my senators the following letter in support of undocumented immigrants: I arrived in the US on September 26, 2001, a shy, big-headed seven year-old. In the 5840 days I’ve lived here, I have had the privilege never being undocumented. That means that I've never had to worry about being sent back to a county ravaged by civil war, economic exploitation and foreign policy. I never worried about having to pay for college because I knew I could apply for loans and FAFSA. I never had to worry about a going back to a country I barely know or have ICE show up at my door. In those 5840 days, I've seen countless friends and families torn apart by deportations family separations. I've had...
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...Rebuttal Of Article Paper Dwight Dundas BCOM/275 4/28/2014 Doris Savron “Legalizing illegal immigrants is a bad idea.” So reads the headline of an article written for the Chicago Tribune by Dave Seminara (February 08, 2013). First I must state that I disagree with the author’s opinion in this article. The legalization of immigrants isn't a bad idea. Aside from my personal opinion, there are many studies that have shown this to be a good move for our country. The author, Mr. Seminara, made several points throughout the article to justify his opinion. Some of his title points included, “It’s not just going to be 11 million”, “Shadowy people aren't going to come out of the shadows”, Jobs Americans won't do, and “We already have guest worker programs that don't work”. According to Mr. Seminara, “A substantial percentage of illegal immigrants are here alone, and once they get green cards, they will be able to petition for their wives and children to join them in the U.S. And if they become U.S. citizens, they will also be able to petition for their siblings and parents” he also goes on to say that “11 million migrants could result in possibly 30 million new arrivals”. This conclusion from Mr. Seminara sounds like more an sensationalized theory, than actual fact. He offers no supportive data to prove how 11 million illegal immigrants will become 30 million, nor does he state how long the number would take to grow from 11 to 30 million. However, if his numbers...
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...the BBC and director of media strategy for Weber Shandwick, said “The Internet is so big, so powerful and pointless that for some people it is a complete substitute for life (Brown, n.d.).” What is most interesting about his statement is that he was not far off. It is clear that in today’s world there is a division between “digital natives” and “digital immigrants” but that are differing opinions in how to best reconcile this division for the future. “Digital natives” are those that have grown up in a world surrounded by technology and “digital immigrants” are those that would have learned about the technology and tried to adapt as an adult. In the articles by Kuehn, Myers and Sundaram, and Oriji and Efebo, they all focus on what these terms mean and how the new digital world has been a part of defining them. They also address the issue of how to reconcile these two groups in today’s world. In particular, they focus on whether or not there is hard distinction between the two groups. In Myers and Sundaram’s article they talk about how the “digital natives” entering the work force will fare since business systems and managers are all “digital immigrants”. They discuss how because “digital natives” would be proponents of change that their “digital immigrant” managers would be resistant of change. Furthermore they bring up how “digital natives” have also influenced the ubiquitous information systems to better suit their preferences thereby making it easier for them to transition...
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...behind the migration of these groups becomes evident. This research tackles the factors causing immigration whilst paying special attention to the role played by government policy and state action. This is mainly because emigration and immigration have, over the years, become state affairs transcending the personal requirements of individuals. Countries have adopted strict laws, policies and protocols that guide the emigration and immigration processes. The paper established a deep correlation between these laws, policies and protocols and the migration patterns. This was after analysis of available migration statistics as well as government policy and state action. The latter was found to have a rooted influence on the former either directly or indirectly. In the direct influence, government policy presents a push or pull factor that necessitated migration. In the indirect influence, government policies affect other push or pull factors that in turn accept migration. Thesis Statement The current government policies, laws and protocols coupled with relevant state action impact the global emigration and immigration trends. In order to fully address the thesis statement, the research paper is organised into three sections that...
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...general conclusion: there are intensifying problems within the American education system. Marc Prensky, the author of “Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants,” argues that the real issue with educating today’s youth is that our education system was not designed to teach them because today’s students are not the same as the students our education system was built around years and years ago. He refers to today’s students as “digital natives” and their educators as “digital immigrants.” Prensky delivers this argument through his syntax/diction and his overall...
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... People that live in poverty are considered violent, lazy, and uneducated by some members of the community. This may cause people who are viewed as poor to be avoided and discriminated against. Intergroup contact would help a lot with this segregation and help us see each other as individuals. Hypothesis The researchers guessed that immigrant students that had difficulty adapting would form friendships with mostly, if not only,...
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...02/19/2015 Wesley Page Pros of Immigration “With over 11 million immigrants in the United States illegally (as of 2012), the issue of illegal immigration continues to divide Americans,” (What Are the Solutions to Illegal Immigration in America?, 2014). I feel this statement should be corrected and instead of the word “divide” it should be “unite”. Reason being is for decades and centuries immigrants around the world have traveled to different countries for the same common goal. To better ourselves and with hard work we will persue to our personal growth. Here in United States, people say that with illegal immigration in our states will have the benift to increase our US economy through additional tax revenue, the increase of money circulation, and low-cost labor. Many Americans despite immigration because immigrants come to United States soil with motivation and replace those who wont perform specific job duties. Illegal immigration can benefit us in numerous ways and according to the website apecsec.org, it states, “Illegal migrants who own real estate properties will be obliged to pay taxes and this will benefit the country where they go. Real estate agents including the brokers will get commission coming from the real estate transactions made between them and the immigrants. Financial & auto insurance loans will make the country’s income even higher,” (Illegal Immigration Pros and Cons, 2014). Also, giving Immigrants the opportunity and hope they will have motivation to have...
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...ETHICAL ISSUES INVOLVING WAL-MART STAKEHOLDERS Employee Stakeholders DISCRIMINATION The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has filed fifteen lawsuits against Wal-Mart since 1994. Of these, ten are still pending, and five have been resolved. FEMALE EMPLOYEES Although women account for more than 67 percent of all Wal-Mart employees, women make up less than 10 percent of top-store managers. Wal-Mart insists that it adequately trains and promotes women, but in 2001 a Wal-Mart executive conducted an internal study that showed the company paid female store managers less than men in the same position. In June 2004, a federal judge in San Francisco granted class-action status to a sexdiscrimination lawsuit against Wal-Mart. It is the largest class-action lawsuit and involves 1.6 million current and former female employees at Wal-Mart. It claims that Wal-Mart discriminated against women in promotions, pay, training, and job assignments. Even Wal-Mart concludes in its annual report that if the company is not successful in its appeal of the class-action certification of the case, the resulting liability could be material to the company. DISABLED EMPLOYEES In January 2000, Wal-Mart agreed to pay two deaf applicants $132,500. The two applied to work at a Wal-Mart in Tucson, Arizona, but were denied employment because of their disabilities. Wal-Mart agreed to hire the two men as part of the settlement and to make corporate-wide changes in the hiring and...
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...Termination of Illegal Immigrants With the reputation as a national melting pot, America is known for its vast diversity in several aspects: ethnic, religious, and lingual diversity. Since America’s independence, millions of people have immigrated to this country seeking a better opportunity: education, freedom, quality of life and work. The Department of Homeland Security reports that in 2011 there were a total of 1,062,040 new legal permanent residents in the United States (Monger and Yankay). Whereas there are more than ten times that amount of illegal immigrants living in the US, estimated to be 11.5 million … with 35,000 illegal immigrants residing in Washington, D.C (Hoefer, Rytina, and Baker: Dane). Noel Merino defines ‘Illegal Immigrants’ as people who enter the United States unlawfully, or may be admitted on a temporary basis and stay past the date they are required to leave (14). Since America is a land of dreams and opportunity, thousands of people have taken the risk to come here and work without legal documentation which has led to various social problems. Illegal workers taking jobs from legal immigrants, the state and federal government losing tax revenue, unfair use of social benefits, fraudulent documents are counterfeited, and countless employers taking advantage of undocumented employees are all problems caused by illegal immigrants and could be fixed by lawful deportation back to their homeland. The main reason individuals enter the United States unlawfully...
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...Professor: Imran Fancy February 11th, 2015 Table of Contents I. Organizational Research and Recommendations RBC Royal Bank 3 a. Mission Statement 3 b. Core Values 3 c. Commitment to Employees 3 d. Strategies to new graduates 4 e. HR Issue 4 f. Solution 5 II. HR Position and Job Analysis a. Financial Control Assistant Manager at RBC Royal Bank 5 b. Sample Job Description 6 c. Sample Job Specification 7 III. Human Resources and Technology a. Employees and HR Technology 8 b. Effective HR Software 8 c. Risks and Concerns 9 I. Organizational Research and Recommendations I am truly interested in working for RBC Royal Bank because employee in the bank provided good services and explained methodically when I firstly set up bank account in Ontario. It also pledged 100 million to help a lot kids and youth that address their needs (Canada, Royal Bank of Canada, 2015). It gives me really positive image that I really want to work in this company. a. Mission Statement Based on market capitalization, RBC Royal Bank is one of Canada's largest banks and one of the largest banks in the world. Always earning the right to be our clients' first choice is RBC Royal Bank’s vision that it committed to provide best services in its five business segments, personal and commercial banking, wealth management services, insurance, investor services and capital markets products (Canada, Corporate Profile, Royal Bank of...
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...American Dream for many people as it appeared to be near but was far away in the end, similar to how Daisy was close to Gatsby but she was far from his grasp. In both cases, reaching one’s green light Today, the American Dream is becoming more and more inaccessible as the United States and its people change. Aid to people in need is varying on the views that other people hold about certain groups of people. Lawrence Mead, a professor at New York University, stated that “if poor people behaved rationally, they would seldom be poor for long in the first place” (Document D) which shows how the upper class still holds financial status and overall worth equally. Today, the United States is number fourteen on the list of countries with the most personal opportunity for its...
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...a violent provocation. Manipulated public opinion about domestic immigration policy. Introduction - The great May Day marches of 2007 began a new social movement on the issue of immigration. Its outpour forced US citizens to consider the existence of immigrant workers in society. Moral legitimacy The nations perception of immigrant-rights marchers is a crucial factor that helps shape national attitudes towards immigrants and immigration policy. How TV depicted the assault by Alabama police and state troopers with truncheons and tear gas on 600 nonviolent civil right marchers in Selma in 1965. - May Day 2007- two separate marches took place in LA Morning- took place as normal without any incident Afternoon- ended violently. LA police suddenly attacked 7000 peaceful demonstrators. Paralleled an earlier episode of LA police misconduct- Marked a turning point in Chicano Moratorium - 40 years ago the nations perception of the marchers was not crucial Today, the medias portrayal of immigrant rights is key to the public perception and to the ultimate success of this new social movement. - Research on television news representation has underscored its power in the framing of social movements, Latinos and immigrants. The mass media present the news regularly document the use of crude and demeaning Latino stereotypes These depictions reflect the restricted access Latinos have to all kinds of media One decade later, research shows that Latinos...
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...bringing new ideas and ways to enhance decision making, creativity and innovation, marketing to foreign and ethnic minority communities, and distribution of economic opportunity. Researchers believe that most cultural challenges arise from three basic cultural preferences; how individuals approach work, how individuals share information, and how individuals view time. The researchers believe these three preferences have an enormous impact on teamwork effectiveness. However, cultural differences can be a factor contributing to increased costs when higher turnover rates, increased interpersonal conflict and communication breakdowns occur. The United States has historically been an immigrant nation; the population consists largely of people of immigrant origins. The traditional view toward immigrants has been that they would wish to assimilate to the dominant Anglo-Saxon population of the nation’s earliest colonial settlers. Instead, groups from all over the globe arrived bringing with them various distinct cultural...
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...parties. The diction that the author uses clearly portraits his personals stand on immigration as neutral. Every time the author refers to immigration he refers to the fact that Romney favors and then disfavors the immigration reform. A perfect example of this is found at the beginning of the editorial when the author uses the words “flipped and flopped” when he refers to Romney’s history on immigration. As the editorial continues the author mentions how Romney changes his view on immigration just to position himself on the spotlight. The author even calls him a hypocrite, how can Romney get an endorsement by an individual that supports the building of a fence to keep illegal immigrants out, but on the other hand hires immigrants to tend his lawn. The author obviously feels Romney is a joke; full of double talk, having no solid stand as to what he really believes should be done with the immigration problem. Although in this article, only immigration is in discussion, the author allow us to know that he is not in favor of Romney, and Mr. Romney should not be counting on his vote. According to the author, “In this campaign, Mr. Romney has shed all good sense,” (“Romney’s Hard Line,” 2012) with this statement, the opinion the author has of Romney is very clear. After this statement, the author gives another example to reinforce his opinion, by telling us on the same day Romney was endorse by an anti-immigrant, (which he accepted), In South Florida his campaign was running...
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...MS-13, short for Mara Salvatrucha, is a criminal organization that operates in at least forty-two states and has about 6,000-10,000 members nationwide (The MS-13 Threat: A National Assessment ). This infamous gang – primarily made up of Salvadorans, Hondurans, Guatemalans, and other Central/South American immigrants – has ignited terror and havoc in communities throughout the United States by committing heinous crimes, such as drug distribution, murder, rape, home invasions, immigration offenses and many more. The notoriety of MS-13 and the level of violence that has ensured has captured the nation’s attention, as well as the president himself to which he has branded these gang members as “animals.” CNN and The New York Times have commented on the situation: CNN explaining Trump’s attempts to rid the nation of MS-13 members, while The New York Times described how Trump has exaggerated false claims regarding MS-13 deportation numbers. This current spectacle relates to Leo Chavez’s Latino Threat Narrative in the sense that the gang and criminal activity demonstrated by MS-13 is being associated with any person who crosses the border, and the immigration and deportation measures being taken is negatively affecting those entering the United States with good intentions....
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