Essays on Immigration Law

The Chief of Police has an active responsibility to control and regulate the services offered by the police department. In particular, the entire population within a particular area of concern knows the police department in the provision of security services. For instance in the case provided the population comprises of a mixture of Muslims, Latinos and the Native Americans in various differing percentages. It is, therefore, the responsibility of the head of the police department, in this case, the Chief of Police to ensure that these individuals live in harmony with each other (Brogden, 2014). It is important to ...

My Name

It is known that America from the very inception was a country of immigrants. In the postwar years, the number of immigrants to the United States was increasing from year to year. In 50’s, it was about two and a half million people and in the next decade it has increased to three million and continued to rise in the last decade of the last century. Overall, in the twentieth century, the number of immigrants to the United States was about forty million people. Thousands of people from different countries try in different ways to get to US ...

Governor Wilson ran full-page ads in the major California newspapers, the New York Times, and the Washington Post, to launch his anti-immigrant based re-election campaign. The ads were in the form of a letter to President Clinton, demanding that he halt illegal immigration to the State of California as well as reimburse the state for the cost of federally mandated health, education, welfare services, and the incarceration of undocumented immigrants. Remarkably, Governor Wilson was able to narrow the complex political and economic conditions besieging California. It proved to be a politically astute move. In doing so, Wilson obfuscated the ...

Question 1(3)

History Success and Limitations of the Civil Rights Movement Introduction Civil rights movement consisted of endless grass root activism and lobbying so that the African Americans could be given the same basic rights as those of the American natives in the constitution. In addition, it was a multidimensional campaign geared towards ending the legalized segregation and the numerous aspects of inequalities and discrimination that the African Americans faced. This movement was characterized by several courtroom wars, protests and demonstration. Over the years, the movement achieved its objectives despite the various setbacks that was faced by those fighting for the ...

The United States government has been facing challenges in controlling the illegal immigrants who enter the country through the Southern Border. The Federal government has been tasked with the mandate of protecting the border however due to its wide territory it has been facing several challenges. The States that have been facing the border have enacted laws to assist them to deal with the crisis. The State of Arizona came up with laws that have stirred up high emotions across the country. Statistics show that in the year 2010, 450,000 illegal immigrants managed to enter the country through ...

Definition and measurement of the policy

Immigration has been a hot button issue in Alabama in particular and in United States in general. This resulted in Alabama State passing a tough immigration law. In 2001, Alabama passed the HB56. This is the harshest state immigration to have ever been passed in the country. The law attacked virtually every aspect of life of illegal aliens. Among the key provisions of the bill included: Banning landlords from renting their homes to undocumented aliens, allowing schools to check on immigration status of students and permitting the police to arrest any suspected immigration violators. This law thrust Alabama into an unexpected ...

Introduction

The state of Texas, just north of the United States-Mexico border, shares a 1,200 mile border with the neighboring country of Mexico. For years, numerous people who are not citizens of the United States have tried and often succeeded in entering the United States illegally through this vast border. Some of the people who enter through the border illegally are trying to relocate to the United States of America in an attempt to find what they hope to be a better life. Others are exploiting the border in the hopes of profiting from committing crimes such as drug trafficking and ...

INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE

I. INTRODUCTION In the course of acting as administrator of a victim advocacy agency, there are many instances in which the administrator must interact with individuals of other cultures and other backgrounds. Intimate partner violence occurs across all cultures, regardless of race, age, gender, or cultural status; however, certain societies have normalized intimate partner violence much moreso than American society has. Understanding the normalization of partner violence and the ways that this normalization can hinder women when they seek help for their problems is fundamentally important, particularly when these women are expected to act within the framework of a society ...

Executive Action Plan for Immigration Reform

The immigration laws in the United States are in need of an update. This country is originally made up of immigrants, and immigrants today contribute to our economy. Citizens of the United States have varying views on immigration and the laws that should or should not be upheld. Being an immigrant myself, I feel that immigration is of a large to concern to myself and my family. I would not have been able to come here, receive an education and start a family if the immigration laws were stricter. The Republican Party is upset at President Barack Obama for pushing for a ...

“Arizona Joins Other States in Federal Immigration Lawsuit” (Hennesy-Fiske) was an article I located in the Los Angeles Times. Arizona, which is a border state has joined in a lawsuit brought by 17 other states against the federal government and immigration agencies. The lawsuit was filed in Brownsville, Texas on Wednesday December 3, 2014. The reason for this lawsuit is that the states feel the president’s executive action regarding immigration is unconstitutional. Of the thirteen states involved in the lawsuit, two, Texas and Arizona are border states. Governor Jan Brewer of Arizona stated that is the court’s responsibility to “ ...

Immigration and Business

Immigration and Business

The topic of immigration occurs as one of the most equivocal topics that that generated immense debate in various settings including the business contexts. The recent past has experienced an influx of illegal immigrants across various contexts in the United States. This has resulted in the development of laws and regulations that govern the conduct of immigrants in the United States. Worth noting is the fact that these regulations have and continue to impact on the manner in which businesses conduct their daily transactions. The most pertinent business aspect that has been affected by immigration laws ...

On November 20th, 22014, President Obama addressed the nation and announced he was going to sign an executive order that would drastically change the US immigration laws. On November 21, 2014, President Obama signed his executive order in Las Vegas. I plan to use this political activity as my news story because it deals with both substantial legal and ethical issues. The legal issue deals with the Separation of Powers. The foundation of our system of government is laid out in the U.S. Constitution. In the first three Articles of the Constitution, the founders established 3 separate but ...

Immigration Act of 1924

It was a legislation that was supposed to limit the immigration numbers from other areas of the world, and maintain the ideal of American homogeneity. The Immigration Act of 1924 was introduced by Congressman Albert Johnson in the House of Representatives and David Reed in the senate, purposely to regulate the influx of immigrants to the United States. It was also known as the Johnson-Reid Act, enacted with the aim of restricting immigrants from Southern and Eastern Europe, and the complete barring of Japanese from entering the American soil. It was signed into law on May 26 1924; it was ...

Illegal Immigrants in Arizona

Illegal Immigrants in Arizona

Part 1

Introduction Illegal immigration has emerged as one of most debated issues of the United States of America. America is considered as land of opportunities and this image of America attracts thousands of immigrants every year. Immigrants wish to enter into America at any cost. They make all legal and illegal efforts to reach America. Such influx of illegal immigrants has caused various problems for citizens in different parts of the United States of America. Phoenix, the capital of Arizona has been facing various issues due to heavy influx of illegal immigrants. This paper intends ...

Introduction

The issue of immigration has become very controversial in the last two decades. This controversy has come in light of drastic changes and reforms to the nation’s immigration policies from the year 2001 when the 9/11 terrorist attacks happened. The controversy on the issue of immigration reforms has emanated from the fact that there are those in the society who are in favor of the enacted policy reforms while there are those who vehemently oppose the enacted reforms. However, this paper has committed itself not to analyzing this debate or controversy associated with the immigration reform circa 2001, ...

Research question: Has immigration reforms enacted in America since 2001 enhanced the ease or the difficulty of entry into the nation by immigrants, both legal and illegal? Hypothesis: Immigration policy in the United States since 2001, has made it harder for illegal immigrants to enter the nation while it has also at the same time made it harder for legal immigrants to enter due to strict policies and laws. Economically prosperous nations such as the US tend to attract a lot of immigrants who are searching for a better life. Many leave their home countries in droves as they ...

Immigration Laws: Arizona’s immigration wall-constitutionality

Immigration: Countering the threat or breaking the law? The issue of illegal and undocumented aliens in the United has run the gambit of being perceived as a threat to the economic well being of the United States to undermining the national security of the country. The former deals with the threat of a steady stream of undocumented aliens flooding into the United States to seek a better life for themselves and their families, looking for employment to lift themselves from abject poverty; many in the United States see them as “robbers” taking what should be given to native born Americans. The ...

Immigration Reform

Immigration Reform - INTRODUCTION - Background The United States has been the guest to many foreign visitors. On many occasions these visitors turn to an opportunity to settle in the nation. Many government regimes have accepted immigrants into the country on favorable terms. For this reason, illegal immigrants have taken up the opportunity to settle in the United States. Stanley (2013) points out that the number of illegal immigrants in the U.S has risen significantly as the issue becomes politicized. Government heads realized the importance of immigrants in retaining their political significance. For this reason, they ...

The debate about including deportation of undocumented workers in the American Immigration Policy has been around for quite some time now. On one hand, there are those who argue that deportation is the only way to rid the country of illegal immigrants (who take up jobs that are supposed to be taken by U.S. citizens and legal migrants), while, on the other side of the debate, there are those who argue that deporting illegal workers would have a detrimental effect on the country’s economy. Although there is no middle ground for both sides of the debate, one thing is ...

Yeshivah of Flatbush High School

Fall 2013 Do you agree with the recent immigration laws in Arizona and California? Arizona enacted two Laws, SB 1070 and HB 2162, in April 2010 to address immigration in the state. These laws included new state requirements, the crimes and penalization related to immigration laws enforcement and the laws were to become effective on the 29th of July 2010. Before the legislations could be effected, the department of justice in the United States filed a lawsuit asking for injunction against these laws on the grounds that they were unconstitutional. This lawsuit gave a signal that the laws were ...

There are a number of theories applied in sociology that help determine the social aspect of human beings in terms of their experiences. These theories include: conflict theory, feminist theory, sociological theory just to mention but a few. These theories define the interaction of social groups and helps evaluate their experiences in terms of race, gender, ethnicity and social class. These issues can be observed through various sociological perspectives such as functionalism, conflict theory and symbolic interactions (Leger, 2003). Therefore, the focus of the paper is assessing two ethnic communities in the United States in terms of race, gender and social ...

When asked the general question about what kind of treatment children deserve, most people strongly agree that every child deserves a good home, loving parents or guardians, nutritional meals, regular doctor visits, safety, and a solid education. People will agree with the idea that every child deserves a chance to make something of him or herself and that without the basics mentioned above, children may not be able to thrive and develop to their potential. However, if people are asked what kind of treatment children who are illegal immigrants deserve, the answer is sometimes very different. Some people believe that children who ...

1. What do you think about the privatization of prisons? Privatization of prisons seems a good and beautiful idea from the outside, but its effects are quite negative. Privatization is usually employed by governments to spur efficiency, cost savings and competition. Therefore, privatization is aimed at increasing profits. When this idea is applied to prisons, it does not achieve any meaningful benefit. For prisons to benefit, they have to keep more people locked up. According to ACLU (2012), the business model of private prison companies is dependent on locking up more and more individuals. This has led to massive ...

Executive Summary

Executive Summary Immigration laws were enacted to support social order and to protect the land from unlawful entry of an alien. However, immigration law was tainted by wrong perception about immigrants, thus creating a misconception where the law already becomes a threat instead of protective social mechanism. These misconceptions reflect in several issues wherein the immigration law enforcers themselves are involved. Undermining the importance of a law’s constitutionality creates an environment where there is a prevailing absence of respect to the fundamentals human of human rights. The Bureau of Immigration and Customs enforcement for instance appeared to have broadened their scope ...

Project Outline: Immigration Law

- Introduction - Statement of the Problem - Immigration laws, past and present, and the effects that it has on different states and individuals. - Definition of Terms: - LPR - Lawful Permanent Resident - CSPA – Child Status Protection Act - EUI – Entry Without Inspection - USCIS – United States Citizenship and Immigration Services - DHS – Department of Homeland Security - I-130 –Petition for Alien Relatives - 245 (i) – A process referred to as the Adjustment of Status to become a permanent without having to leaves the United States. - Theoretical Framework ...

Thesis Proposal: Immigration Law

Introduction International immigration is among the most talked about issues in international policies. As of 2005, the number of people crossing the international borders was estimated between 185 to 190 million (Pécoud & de Guchteneire, 2006). The mobilization of the global population creates an adverse effect on nearly all countries in the world. The United States in particular is facing the same dilemma of growing immigration, as a result; the U.S. legislative body has resorted to constant amendments of its immigration policies (Lagrand, 2010). The past and present immigration laws were created to control migration for various reasons. Labor ...

Political science

PO 300 Unit 6 and 7 Discussions - Are there obligations to individuals that are not citizens? (watch the video and read the articles, including the New York Times article) What is David Stoll’s argument about citizenship? What are the counterarguments of Gold and Menjvar? Who seems to be correctly identifying the concept of citizenship? Why? Use the Arizona immigration law as an example to support your point. A non citizen is an individual who does not have the membership of the country in which he resides in and does not owe allegiance to that particular ...

The United States (U.S.) in the 21st Century has more than one serious problem facing it. Yet, it can be determined that the most fundamental crises facing the nation today is the influx of illegal immigrants crossing the border from Mexico into the U.S., taking jobs and using-up resources meant for its own citizens. Admittedly, this issue has caused a furious debate on benefits versus liabilities on both the federal and state levels.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has estimated that around 11.5 million illegal immigrants entered the country in 2011, of which 6.9 million arrived from Mexico ( ...

Article Summary

In his speech, Shaub discusses the four developmental phases of the acculturation process of immigrants in America. In particular, Shaub discusses how some immigrants want to be bicultural, that is, to retain their original personality while developing an American one. Shaub further discuss how culture and religion can influence the bi-culturality of Muslims.

Cited Passage

“Imagine groups of related individuals living together in primitive conditions but still developing some kind of coherent culture. In many cases there would come a day when the tribe had to move---perhaps the food ran out or there was some natural calamity. For whatever reason groups often ...

Arizona anti immigration laws and other anti Mexican laws passed in recent years.

Introduction Arizona Senate Bill 1070 which is simply referred to as Arizona SB 1070 is a United States legislative Act that was the strictest and the broadest action against illegal immigration in the history of United States at the time of its passage. This act has received international and national interest and has stirred up a lot of controversy. U.S national law demands that aliens who are in the age bracket of 14 and over and who stay in the U.S for a period that is longer than thirty days should register with United States government and should carry the registration ...

Arizona anti immigration laws and other anti Mexican laws passed in recent years.

Introduction Arizona Senate Bill 1070 which is simply referred to as Arizona SB 1070 is a United States legislative Act that was the strictest and the broadest action against illegal immigration in the history of United States at the time of its passage. This act has received international and national interest and has stirred up a lot of controversy. U.S national law demands that aliens who are in the age bracket of 14 and over and who stay in the U.S for a period that is longer than thirty days should register with United States government and should carry the registration ...

The passage of a new immigration law in Arizona has reinvigorated the national debate over the status of undocumented workers in the United States. In 2010, Arizona Governor Jan Brewer signed S.B. 1070 into law, which empowers law enforcement authorities to stop and question any individual they have reasonable suspicion of being an illegal alien. Anyone who cannot produce proof of residency status is subject to apprehension and deportation. The controversial Arizona legislation has raised concerns over racial profiling and other forms of police abuse, but of greater significance is the precedent for eroding what even the Internal Revenue Service ...

Introduction

Immigration law deals with the state administration policies which direct the occurrence of immigration to their nation. Illegal immigration is the movement into a country in contravention of the immigration laws of that authority. Illegal immigration brings about many economical, political, and social matters and has developed into a basis of chief controversy in the developed nations and the more flourishing developed countries (Proper, pg 203). This paper proposes to examine the U.S. Laws governing illegal immigrants and the need to be reformed.

The purpose of this proposal is to show an overview of my investigation of U.S. laws governing illegal ...

Netherlands Immigration

The historical background of a country plays an integral role in shaping the government’s activities in a country and the culture of the people. Netherlands as a country is not an exception in respect to this phenomenon. In fact, Netherlands is acknowledged in history as the first country to have a parliament through an election process. Apart from being associated with other affiliations, Netherlands is one of the founding member states of the European Union, World Trade Organization and the NATO. The headquarters of various Organizations such as Prohibition of Chemical Weapons and international courts such as the International Court of Justice, ...

ARIZONA IMMIGRATION LAW

The Arizona’s immigration law is one of the stringent laws aimed at combating illegal immigration in the state. Its passing had the main objective of identifying, prosecuting and deporting individuals residing in the state individually. The passing of the Arizona’s immigration law resulted to increased protests and diverse perspectives regarding the immigration reforms in the United States (National Conference of State Legislators, 2011). An overview of the provisions of the law reveals that the Arizona’s immigration law limits the capabilities if the counties and cities to law enforcement agencies especially the police. This provision is found ...

The status of immigrants, especially “illegal aliens” is a controversial topic in the USA. Even the word “immigrants” can lead to an explosive discussion because people have become so divided on the issue. Immigrants and those perceived as immigrants, illegal or not have found themselves having to put up with being called names and worse.

Lourdes Medrano, a correspondent for The Christian Science Monitor, has written an article titled “Russell Pearce, father of Arizona immigration law, now facing recall.” She was reporting from Phoenix, Arizona. The article was published on August 9, 2011.

Russell Pearce is an Arizona Senator facing a recall ...

Abstract

This paper gives an insight to the jurisdictions of crimes. It also establishes the similarities and differences of federal and state jurisdictions in criminal law. It also establishes the concurrent state and federal jurisdictions. All these concepts are illustrated in three different crime jurisdictions

Introduction

The United States of America’s Constitution bestows the individual states with the authority to rule themselves, however where the whole nation’s interests is at stake, Federal law overrules any state law. This is confined under the U.S. Constitution Supremacy Clause. Conversely, some criminal law quarters are concurrently engaged by the state and Federal ...

Introduction

There is a high likelihood for the developed countries such as the United States, Australia and Canada among others to attract immigrants who are looking for a place where they can have a better life. However, the trouble is that, many of these immigrants do not follow the right procedure to get in to these countries. Taking the case of the United States, this country is facing a problem of illegal immigration because people, for instance, move in to the country illegally across the U.S-Mexico border, or they enter the country and stay for a longer time than required. Currently, “the United States ...