tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4065930044872741375.post167217930376686522..comments2023-06-21T09:25:35.299-04:00Comments on C&E Current Events Blog: Friday, Septemeber 3Ms. Loganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06108383017239186239noreply@blogger.comBlogger65125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4065930044872741375.post-62769504772295202492010-09-17T12:51:19.467-04:002010-09-17T12:51:19.467-04:00http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/12/weekinreview/12m...http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/12/weekinreview/12mattbai.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=obama%20chain%20to%20the%20world&st=cse<br /><br />This article mostly talks about what Obama has been doing and what his presidency will be called in the future, for example the pre-civil war-era and the reconstruction-era presidents. As time passes we’ll stop looking at presidents as individuals and look at them as time periods in history. Obama has recently decided to prolong Bush’s’ tax cuts for all but the wealthiest Americans, which I’m sure angered some Americans. Since Obama has become president, he is faced with a more acute economic crisis moments, than the previous presidents before. It has also been said that the recession is worse than the past ones, including the great depression.<br />In my opinion Obama has a lot of obstacles to face but he could be doing better right now. The article states that after November it’ll be far too late for the president to do anything about the current recession we’re currently in. With the increase of unemployment and energy cost I think that Obama’s or the governments’ first priority is to get people off the streets and into jobs.Ayehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13625895522761802634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4065930044872741375.post-24384662180046165882010-09-03T12:49:06.118-04:002010-09-03T12:49:06.118-04:00http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/09/02/study-s...http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/09/02/study-shows-illegal-immigrants-mexico-staying-despite-overall-decline/<br /><br />This article talks about how the number of illegal immigrants in the US is dropping but the number of pelpe out of mexico is still the same. This means that there are still many illegal immigrants slipping through Border Control.<br /><br />The main reason for this failing in security is that many of the immigrants that get caught are from central and South America. I think this means that everything they're doing in Arizona and other places is just innefective.PockyBoy3https://www.blogger.com/profile/03362940352009586249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4065930044872741375.post-46904445697612011352010-09-03T07:45:31.906-04:002010-09-03T07:45:31.906-04:00http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/03/us/03sheriff.htm...http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/03/us/03sheriff.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&ref=immigration-and-emigration&adxnnlx=1283513375-Ar6x1nufh3Zsqbcr/dkqJw<br /><br /><br />Current Event for September 3, 2010<br />Jackson Wright<br />6th Period<br /><br />I think the federal government did very well in this case, with the suing of Sherrif Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County, Arizona. Sheriff Arpaio was far out of line with the support to pass law SB 1070 and now has been sued for bias investigation on title VI of the Civil Rights act of 1964. I think he is an indignant racist and has unfairly treated many Latino's in his county of Maricopa and throughout the state of Arizona. Hopefully, a federal government victory in this case could lead to the downfall of Arpaio, and more federal government intervention in Arizona with their out of line Immigration laws. We first allowed Latino's into the country to do jobs the white people in this country didn't want to do, but now that we want them out we treat them very unfairly. I think that this should not be allowed and the Obama administration should do everything in their power to make the conservatives realize that we let them in, and we shouldn't be able to just kick them out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4065930044872741375.post-83865816831435607902010-09-03T07:25:09.668-04:002010-09-03T07:25:09.668-04:00http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/27/us/27immig.html
...http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/27/us/27immig.html<br /><br /><br />Current Event on Immigration and Citizenship<br />Recently the Immigration Agency has started to cancel the deportations of thousands of immigrants. The Immigration and Customs Enforcement, known as the ICE are focusing their efforts on catching and deporting illegal immigrants who have been charged and convicted of crimes. There are 247,922 cases of immigration deportation and the average waiting time for a case to get to court is on average, about 459 days. ICE Republicans are implying the Obama administration is failing to stand strong by the ICE decision, and is making it easier for illegal immigrants to stay in the country. Senator Charles E. Grassley says “Unfortunately, it appears this is more evidence that the Obama administration would rather circumvent Congress and give a free pass to illegal immigrants who have already broken our law.” He is saying that the Obama administration is not doing their part in being stricter about immigration deportation.<br /><br />In my opinion I think that immigration Agency is doing the best they can consider how many cases they have to tend too. They have a great number of cases to see and not that many courthouses to use. The ICE is trying to deport the immigrants who have committed a crime and broke the law. ICE has deported about 167,000 immigrants who have criminal convictions in the past year. It is believed that the number was increased about 43% over the previous year. I agree to what ICE is doing, because we already have enough crime that American citizens are causing, and we don’t need any access crime. Even though they have captured and deported many, they still have plenty more to go. I think the Obama administration are more concerned about bigger issues’ going on in the country, so they’re not really putting all their effort into this.<br /><br />Janine Minor<br />6th PeriodJaninehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12425831420262519897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4065930044872741375.post-20056670554569797992010-09-03T00:57:30.222-04:002010-09-03T00:57:30.222-04:00http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/14/opinion/14schuck...http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/14/opinion/14schuck.html?scp=1&sq=birthright%20nation&st=cse<br /><br /> There are currently 11 million illegal immigrants living in America. Some who have entered illegally, and some who have entered legally but have stayed longer than their visas permitted or violated the terms of their permanent resident card. Recent studies show that illegal immigrants account for a disproportionate amount of births, since a lot of these illegal immigrants give birth while residing in the U.S., so that their children automatically become citizens of the United States of America. These children are known as anchor babies, and many times mothers will cross the border just days before or even on their due dates, to ensure their children with American citizenship. It’s said they come here for more opportunities, advanced technology, political and economical resources, and better resources. Therefore, there’s been major controversy lately over whether we should or shouldn’t adjust the citizenship clause of the 14th amendment, which states that “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.” When the clause was ratified in 1866, it was aimed toward the newly freed slaves, to override the Dred Scott decision that deprived blacks of citizenship. It’s important that we note that the citizenship clause excluded from birthright citizenship those who were not “subject to the jurisdiction thereof,” which was aimed at American born children of the American Indians who were governed by other rulers. But a Supreme Court decision in 1898 involving the son of an illegal Chinese couple confirmed that American born children of illegal aliens would become citizens. At that time, federal law didn’t limit immigration, therefore the parents were not considered illegal. In conclusion, there are to be hearings this fall to decide how to deal with this developing issue.<br /> <br /><br /> I think being born in America should not give you citizenship. If you go through the naturalization process, you pay US taxes for about ten years before you even become a citizen, so why should illegal aliens be allowed to cross our border and benefit from all the things that OUR tax dollars pay for, when they haven’t paid anything? They’re place of birth can be easily established, but percentage and legality of their “American” statuses are not. We’ve been discussing citizenship a lot in class lately, and what makes someone a citizen. Illegally entering our country is breaking one of our laws, so that alone should disqualify you as a citizen. It is understood that America is a well off country, especially compared to some of the countries these people are coming from, but we have to pay a lot to lead the lives we do in America, so if they want the same privileges, it should come at the same cost. Then again, the children of undocumented migrants shouldn’t be punished for their parents’ mistakes considering they had to control over it. I think Congress should discuss conditioning birthright citizenship on a certain number of years of attending public schools in America. The child would be considered illegal, but after the child attended an American school for ten to fifteen years, they could apply for citizenship, and go through a less intense process of naturalization. They would have to take a test on American history and society, but since they were born in the United States and surrounded by our culture all their lives, they should know just as much as a child who was legally born here would. The children could become citizens regardless of their parents’ status.<br /><br />Julie Wulforst Honors Civics p6Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00398940075342864126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4065930044872741375.post-36587522468385486592010-09-03T00:56:14.490-04:002010-09-03T00:56:14.490-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00398940075342864126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4065930044872741375.post-50083655876496712562010-09-03T00:11:27.753-04:002010-09-03T00:11:27.753-04:00http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/09/us/09students.ht...http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/09/us/09students.html?scp=1&sq=students%20spared%20&st=cse<br /><br />This article is about the proposed legislation called the Dream Act. The Dream Act would protect illegal immigrant students who are high school graduates and came to the United States before they were sixteen from being deported. This could potentially impact more than 700,000 students. Most Republicans are strongly opposed to this piece of legislation, because they disapprove of any action that would weaken enforcement against illegal immigration. The majority of students who are illegal immigrants have clean criminal records, and in order for them to qualify to become legal under the Dream Act, they would have to maintain their untarnished criminal records. To meet the terms of the Dream Act, immigrants must have graduated high school, lived in the United States for at least five years, and they must complete two years of college or military service. The issue of deportation of illegal immigrant students has become a hot topic because there have been an increased number of protests to demand passage this year of this piece of legislation that would benefit this group of illegal immigrants. While students are occasionally held for detention, they are seldom deported. However, without the Dream Act, they could be deported.<br /><br />I think that the Dream Act should be discussed and passed as law because the illegal immigrants that they would be protecting are educated, productive, lawful members of society. To grant citizenship to people who have graduated high school, will soon be going to college or the military, and who have not broken any laws will benefit our society. These students were brought here illegally at a very young age through no choice of their own. Many of them were unaware of the fact that they were illegal until years later when they tried to get a driver’s license or attend college. It was their parents’ decision to come to this country illegally. This country has become their own, and for many of them, they think of themselves as Americans. If there is anyone that we should be granting citizenship to, it should be this group of people - students with clean criminal records who are on their way to college. These are the type of people who have the potential to benefit our country.<br /><br />Brady Strine<br />6th periodBrady Strinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17269819666887671512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4065930044872741375.post-31136814045761170222010-09-02T23:33:47.143-04:002010-09-02T23:33:47.143-04:00http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/01/nyregion/01immig...http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/01/nyregion/01immig.html?_r=1&ref=immigration-and-emigration<br /><br />Twenty percent of school districts in New York are currently asking for information that may reveal the immigration status of enrolling students. The state law requires accessible education for all inhabitants of schooling age, regardless of their immigration status. There have been no found cases of students who have been barred from attending school because of their lack of immigration papers, but it is highly plausible that simply asking for this information has dissuaded many families from registering their children at all. In response, the State Education Department has issued a memorandum discouraging these enrollment practices.<br /><br />The immigration problem in America has been addressed countless times and a viable solution remains evasive. However, involving the education system is completely gratuitous. I believe that it is imperative to have accessible public education for everybody, especially immigrants, as they oftentimes lack the lingual skills necessary for living comfortably in the U.S. Keeping immigrants from a proper education will do absolutely nothing for America's immigration issues. <br /><br />Maria Yao, 6thMariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14978697087640024694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4065930044872741375.post-6640715214464335152010-09-02T23:30:42.798-04:002010-09-02T23:30:42.798-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Mariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14978697087640024694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4065930044872741375.post-46206320930470377752010-09-02T22:53:07.903-04:002010-09-02T22:53:07.903-04:00http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/01/nyregion/01immig...http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/01/nyregion/01immig.html?_r=1&ref=immigration-and-emigration<br /><br />This article is about education and the rights of immigrant students. On Monday, the New York State Education Department sent a memo out to all of its school districts, explaining a new suggestion about immigration and students. This new (strong) suggestion is that schools no longer ask about any information regarding to a student's immigration status upon enrollment. this information includes, but is not limited to, immigration papers and Social Security number, (which about 139 school districts were requiring as a prerequisite to enrollment when this memo was sent out). while no cases have been seen in which a student has been denied enrollment because of immigration status, the mere knowledge that those things are required, may keep some immigrant children from applying. While many people are hoping for this suggestion to have a strong effect, the situation will need to be monitored very closely until it becomes a strict mandate.<br /><br />I agree completely with this memo being sent out. All children deserve the right to a proper education. A child's immigration status is not something that he or she can change, and no child should be punished for that. I hope that every school who receives this memo will take it seriously and realize that all children deserve an education, no matter what their immigration status is. With any luck, this memo will be changed to a strong mandate as soon as possible.<br /><br />Kim Rubish<br />6th PeriodKimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09641007993113583583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4065930044872741375.post-1768590955647136592010-09-02T22:39:39.319-04:002010-09-02T22:39:39.319-04:00http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/18/opinion/18wed3.h...http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/18/opinion/18wed3.html?_r=1&ref=citizenship<br /><br />While George W. Bush was president, he created the Secure Communities program which is now being continued by President Obama. This was created as an effort to expel all of “the worst of the worst,” aliens, such as drug dealers, gang members, and violent criminals. This would be a great idea if law enforcers didn’t take advantage of it. People part of the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, the Center for Constitutional Rights, a public-interest legal organization, and the National Day Laborer Organizing Network all investigated the arrests, deportations, and other information from the Secure Communities program. They found that law enforcement officials were pushing the boundaries of the program. Evidence showed that about 79% of people deported by the Secure Communities program had not committed level 1 crime. Many were deported without having committed a crime at all or for small infractions such as traffic tickets, and juvenile mischief. Roughly 47,000 people were deported between October 2008 and June 2010, and of all those people, only 29% had actually committed a level one crime. Right now this program is only active in 27 states but y 2013, the whole country is expected to be involved. “Secure Communities ‘focuses our resources on identifying and removing the most serious criminal offenders first and foremost,’ said John Morton, the director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement.” This statement is not completely true because sheriffs in many counties have been deporting more innocent aliens to whom President Obama “says he wants to give a chance to pay their debt to society and earn their right to become Americans.” The ways Secure Communities is working, it is not going to improve the country. Changes need to be made to this program for it to run the way it was meant to run.<br />I believe that what the law enforcers are doing is not fair to the innocent aliens that they arrest. Obama says he wants to give those aliens a chance to obtain citizenship, but how can they if they are being arrested without having committed a crime. I also don’t think this is fair because an alien might be going through the process of citizenship by naturalization, and then get deported after all those years of waiting. This has to do with what we are learning about in class because it deals with aliens and becoming a citizen.<br /><br /><br />Laura Musalem<br />6th PeriodLaura Musalemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04411277008690423364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4065930044872741375.post-22200205582188795602010-09-02T22:23:00.724-04:002010-09-02T22:23:00.724-04:00http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/18/opinion/18wed3.h...http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/18/opinion/18wed3.html?_r=1&ref=citizenship<br /><br />While George W. Bush was president, he created the Secure Communities program which is now being continued by President Obama. This was created as an effort to expel all of “the worst of the worst,” aliens, such as drug dealers, gang members, and violent criminals. This would be a great idea if law enforcers didn’t take advantage of it. People part of the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, the Center for Constitutional Rights, a public-interest legal organization, and the National Day Laborer Organizing Network all investigated the arrests, deportations, and other information from the Secure Communities program. They found that law enforcement officials were pushing the boundaries of the program. Evidence showed that about 79% of people deported by the Secure Communities program had not committed level 1 crime. Many were deported without having committed a crime at all or for small infractions such as traffic tickets, and juvenile mischief. Roughly 47,000 people were deported between October 2008 and June 2010, and of all those people, only 29% had actually committed a level one crime. Right now this program is only active in 27 states but y 2013, the whole country is expected to be involved. “Secure Communities ‘focuses our resources on identifying and removing the most serious criminal offenders first and foremost,’ said John Morton, the director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement.” This statement is not completely true because sheriffs in many counties have been deporting more innocent aliens to whom President Obama “says he wants to give a chance to pay their debt to society and earn their right to become Americans.” The ways Secure Communities is working, it is not going to improve the country. Changes need to be made to this program for it to run the way it was meant to run.<br />I believe that what the law enforcers are doing is not fair to the innocent aliens that they arrest. Obama says he wants to give those aliens a chance to obtain citizenship, but how can they if they are being arrested without having committed a crime. I also don’t think this is fair because an alien might be going through the process of citizenship by naturalization, and then get deported after all those years of waiting. This has to do with what we are learning about in class because it deals with aliens and becoming a citizen.<br /><br /><br />Laura Musalem<br />6th PeriodLaura Musalemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04411277008690423364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4065930044872741375.post-55170337108608966692010-09-02T22:14:00.133-04:002010-09-02T22:14:00.133-04:00http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/01/nyregion/01immig...http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/01/nyregion/01immig.html?_r=1&scp=2&sq=immigration&st=cse<br /><br />Some New York school districts have been issued a memo by the State Education Department asking them to not check the immigration status of their students during enrollment. Previously, some schools had been asking questions that could show if someone was an illegal immigrant, or requiring their immigration papers to enroll. There haven't been any cases where a school has turned a child away, but this may have made immigrant families afraid to enroll their children, in case they might get reported. In 1982, the Supreme Court had decided that regardless of immigration status, all children should be allowed to attend public school.<br /><br />I believe that it's a very good thing that New York sent out this memo. Families should not have to worry about getting deported when they enroll their child in school. All children should have the right to an education, whether they're legally in the country or not. Many of these kids probably didn't have the option to stay in their home country, as it was probably their parents' idea to come to America. Therefore, we should not deny them their education, or give their families any reason not to enroll them. I hope that New York schools enforce this and don't require immigration papers anymore.<br /><br />-Kate Boyd (7th period)Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06609027572209482731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4065930044872741375.post-10389174722359394322010-09-02T21:49:51.278-04:002010-09-02T21:49:51.278-04:00http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE68149A201009...http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE68149A20100902 <br /><br /> The actions of an Arizona sheriff have thrown the nation into an uproar. By cracking down on immigration in some say a racist manner, sheriff joe arpaio has brought the Obama administration on to the Arizona legislature. The sheriff is being sued by the Justice Department on allegations of refusal to cooperate with a federal investigation of the crackdown operation.<br /><br /> I think Sheriff Joe Arpaio is rightfully charged. If he finds it necessary to resist an FBI investigation, there must be something at least slightly illegal going on. Although the sheriff may harbor racist opinions, that doesn't necessarily reflect the rest of the state. Citizens of Arizona and other bordering states are probably feeling the effects of unemployment and may be tired of legal and illegal immigrants coming to fill those jobs. Whatever the case, it will definitely be a long time before immigration disputes are settled.<br /><br />Tanner Gardner-7th PeriodAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10249781845944026054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4065930044872741375.post-14570828721755034942010-09-02T21:45:40.777-04:002010-09-02T21:45:40.777-04:00And so sorry that I forgot this:
http://www.nydail...And so sorry that I forgot this:<br />http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2010/08/31/2010-08-31_obama_pledges_new_beginning_in_iraq_out_of_the_ashes_of_war_says_its_time_to_tur.htmlJessicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14533777298796999895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4065930044872741375.post-56182405877449595012010-09-02T21:44:18.994-04:002010-09-02T21:44:18.994-04:00The article is about President Obama tole the nati...The article is about President Obama tole the nation that the days of treating Iraq as the economic revival is over,"it's time to turn the next page; today, out most urge task is to restore our economy and put the millions is Americans who have lost their jobs back t work." he said, which shows his idea that "our central mission as a people and my central responsibility as President" us reinvigorating the limping economy at home.<br />Compared with George W. Bush, Obama seems is a soberer president, but it did not mean Bush made a wrong decision---he had been supporting and fighting for this for so long, there's no doubt for his contribution and love of the country.However, if we want a fight(under the worst condition anyway),our internal society should be united,basically fair,etc.But our country hasn't been in that condition so far,a lot of anarchy still happen,and the education has taught us to make the world peace,like the action of Obama of withdrawing the troops in Afghanistan,even though the government will keep up the increasingly difficult fight in Afghanistan. We try to stop the conflicts,and pledge to forge what an aide termed an "enduring partnership"with Iraq.<br /><br />Jessica Yin<br />7th periodJessicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14533777298796999895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4065930044872741375.post-931696169028588162010-09-02T21:43:36.912-04:002010-09-02T21:43:36.912-04:00Current Event
Ryan Rainey
http://topics.nytimes.co...Current Event<br />Ryan Rainey<br />http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/i/immigration-and-emigration/index.html?scp=1-spot&sq=immigration&st=cse<br /><br />Since George W. Bush was president he has talked about border patrols and tightning security towards illegal immigrants. In 2008 for the first time in recorded history the United States illegal immigrants out numbered the Leagal immigrants. Since Bush though over the past two years there has been the first noticable decline in recorded history. It went from 11.9 million to 11.1 million. Although it does not seem like much a change the United States has clearly done something because the numbers are lower. Immigration is crucial to the growth of the United States though. Some decline is not a terrible thing though, but this drop records hundreds of thousands. Because of all this contraversy the democrats and republicans have both decided they needed changes on there immigration law. The issue came in though one day before the new immigration laws were supposed to be enforced. They were blocked in Arizona and it shocked the world. These laws that were to be passed were going to benefit the immigrants that come in and benefit the United States economy. Right now in Arizona which is one of the biggist immigrant trafficing areas things seem to be at a stand still. Luckly 20 other states do seem to be making some progress but just because progress is being made it could end up just like how it did in Arizona. I think these laws must be passed because they will control the illegal immigrants and the one that get in will stay in the United States and be paying just like the rest of us so we would be benefited from the economy. The citizens taxes on the borders areas could get reduced in the long run from this but the most important thing about it is the benefit to the economy.drer1021https://www.blogger.com/profile/11777293411855935149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4065930044872741375.post-43040833196034131692010-09-02T21:35:20.331-04:002010-09-02T21:35:20.331-04:00http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=11517666
Be...http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=11517666<br /><br />Being an Islam in the United States has to have been hard enough after 9/11, but the recent controversy over the mosque in New York City has caused a major uproar. Many innocent people have been hurt or abused by others just because of their religion. A story in Tennessee has brought into light the large movement of anti-Islam protesters in the U.S. A public mosque was to be built in Murfreesboro, Tennessee until three large construction vehicles were doused with gasoline and set on fire. This was not the first time the site had been vandalized either. Earlier, a sign outside the site had been torn in two and displayed the words “Not Welcome”. Many people have been trying to “show Muslims their place” through violence, and because of that, people like Daoud Abudiab of Murfreesboro must sleep with a gun at night to protect his family.<br />This display of violence directly contradicts the reason immigrants first traveled to this country. The first people here came to escape religious persecution, only to find that a couple hundred years later we are trying to downgrade other people’s lives just because of their religion. We are violating our own duties as citizens in the United States, by not respecting and even denying the rights to other citizens.<br /><br />Jenny Vaughn<br />6th periodjennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12947844176123185568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4065930044872741375.post-16525744435972107892010-09-02T21:29:59.619-04:002010-09-02T21:29:59.619-04:00Tristin Van Ord
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http://www.msnbc.m...Tristin Van Ord<br />period 6<br />9-2-10<br />http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34752685/ns/us_news<br /><br />Illegal Immigrants are now looking towards the ocean as a new way to enter the United States. There is about a 400 square mile area from the coast of Tijuana, Mexico and Los Angeles. More and more Immigrants are crossing to the California coast from the Ocean. There is now a higher fence and more extreme border patrol, so immigrants have found another way to get to the United States. US boats are now posted along the coast of LA trying to prevent immigrants from coming in.<br /><br />I think that the fact that immigrants are working this hard to get to the United States is telling us something really important. It shows that people are willing to risk their lives and work hard to come live in America. This has to do with what we are studying in class, because I think it has to do with the process of becoming a citizen. I think that if the process to become a citizen was easier and faster, then we wouldn’t have so many immigrants coming in illegal. Rather, they would be more motivated to become a legal citizen. If we made the process more convenient, we wouldn’t have to have so many troops patrolling the borders or worry as much. Everyone deserves a good life, and if someone wants to become an American they should be motivated and welcome to.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4065930044872741375.post-84597152278334007002010-09-02T21:27:51.901-04:002010-09-02T21:27:51.901-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4065930044872741375.post-25433820136033491582010-09-02T21:22:20.162-04:002010-09-02T21:22:20.162-04:00The topic of immigration has always been discussed...The topic of immigration has always been discussed, but now it’s being conversed more than ever. Recently, the Pew Hispanic Center, a nonpartisan research organization located in Washington, announced in a report on Wednesday that the number of immigrants in the United Stated is declining. It fell to around 11.1 million from where it was in 2007. It was all the way at 12 million immigrants, being the highest amount ever. Even though not all immigrants come from Latin America and Mexico, people always seem to assume that. The numbers were reduced by 9 hundred-thousand because there was a decrease in population of the illegal immigrants in Latin America. This is the most it has ever dropped in over two decades. Out of the 11.1 million immigrants in the States, everyone is set to stay and don't want to return to their original home.<br /><br />There has been a lot of issues with immigration throughout American history. It is causing our country to be overpopulated. I think the fact that the numbers are starting to decrease is good. Immigration can bring our country better ideas and to be more diverse, but at the same time it hurts our country when people are living here illegally. Our country is losing money that can go benefit the people who actually pay their taxes and do the right thing. I don’t think this decline will last for long. Things like this happen randomly, so in the next year it’s possible there is a rapid increase. We just will have to deal with anything that happens: good or bad. <br /><br />http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/02/us/02immig.html?_r=1&ref=us<br /><br />Stacey Cutrell<br />Period 7Stacey Cutrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06447436537766050617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4065930044872741375.post-57252241113481665872010-09-02T21:16:10.793-04:002010-09-02T21:16:10.793-04:00http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/01/opinion/01wed2.h...http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/01/opinion/01wed2.html?ref=immigration_and_customs_enforcement_usb <br /><br />On the Lake Shore Limited Amtrak train between Chicago, Boston and New York City it has become regular for a train to be boarded and searched by Border Patrol. This train doesn't cross any international boarders, so it seems strange for boarder control to search it. Boarder control will roam the aisles and ask indivduals to prove that they are indeed a citizen of the US. If they can't produce proof that they are than they will be removed from the train. A woman who encountered the boarder patrol said that "You're sitting on the train asleep, and if you dont look like a citizen, its 'Wake up!'" Boarder patrols crack-down has escaladed since 9/11 and in the Rodchester area 2,788 passengers from 2005 to 2009 were removed from trains. Boarder patrol is allowed to operate within 100 miles of the boarder, but searching public transportation seems a little over the top. <br /><br />When you take a train somewhere you don't expect to have boarder patrol come on and verify that you are legaly in the country. 10 years ago if someone said that our trains would be searched for illegal immigrants i am sure that some people would be shocked. Illegal immigtation is a big problem in the country, but sometimes it is the only way to have a better life. If someone was on a train on the way home to their family and they were forced to get off because they couldn't prove they were a citizen, what would happen to their family waiting at home. They could be deported to whatever country they came from, often to worse living conditions. Everyone has a family and often the only way to give them a better life is to come to this country. I think that especially when the Boarder Patrol officers walk past the american looking people and begin to question the foregin looking people first that is not fair. Not all citizens will look the same and shouldn't be suspected of being illegaly here based on looks. <br /><br />Riley Hutchison<br />9/2/10<br />7th PeriodRiley Hutchisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02555970875882436598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4065930044872741375.post-1921009966367011062010-09-02T21:12:11.612-04:002010-09-02T21:12:11.612-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Riley Hutchisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02555970875882436598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4065930044872741375.post-38187994161963733212010-09-02T21:09:59.555-04:002010-09-02T21:09:59.555-04:00Mark Stouffer
...Mark Stouffer<br /> 7<br /><br /> Immigration Article<br /><br /> This article talks about how immigration has fallen over the past year. They list reasons for the fall, like the economy. The article says the biggest reason for the drop is the decline of illegal immigration and stricter security along the border. A study released said that the total of illegal immigrants is about 11.1 million, a decline of 12 million from 2007. They still make up 4% of the population. California had the highest percentage with 6.9%, while Nevada was just short of that 6.8%.<br /> This article shows that the security on the border has helped a little, but is not going to completely wipe out illegal immigration. It also tells you that most illegal immigrants live in the southwest. I think that in addition to all the security the country should open its arms more to immigrants. The article states that the swell of illegal immigration could change the economy enough to make it better or worse.<br /> This article was found at http://www.ksawtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=13083821.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15888462462700850988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4065930044872741375.post-10334154646452758752010-09-02T21:09:47.068-04:002010-09-02T21:09:47.068-04:00http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/02/world/americas/0...http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/02/world/americas/02migrants.html?_r=1&ref=immigration-and-emigration<br /><br />This article is about how hundreds of people migrate to the U.S. from all over South and Central America, with documentation and without it. One man, Gilmar Morales age 22, was denied a visa and decided to make the journey anyway. Leaving his mother and 14 year old wife behind he set off with two other relatives. He was warned that the trip would be extremely dangerous. Full of thieves, kidnappers, rapists, and drug lords looking for money and/or more people to join them. Sure enough when he got to the border there were drug lords that wanted money. What the drug lords do is tell people when arrive at the border that they will get them across, if they pay them money. A lot of the people that get to the border have already paid and refuse to pay more. In response to their refusal, the drug lords kill them. In this case the drug lords killed 72 people and left their bodies.<br />In my opinion we are, in a way, encouraging illegal immigrants to migrate to the U.S. We aren't enforcing the laws that we have. We are paying people that are here illegally. Giving them American citizens jobs because they are cheap. The immigrants can't complain because the jobs they are given are better than nothing, and it allows them provide for their families. We are giving them what they came here for. America needs to make up it's mind. Are we going to let people live here illegally and pay them, or are we going to put our foot down and enforce the laws? Whatever we do, we need to take action soon because hundreds of thousands of innocent people are dying. Groups like the drug lords are making money off of the fact that we aren't enforcing the laws that we made.<br /><br />Leila Doerfer<br />Logan-6<br />9-3-10leilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17553501219718462453noreply@blogger.com