When people glance back to November 9, 1989 the headline everyone will see on every newspaper is “Berlin Wall Tumbles.” The wall separated communism from freedom, East Germany from West Germany. This essay isn’t about a wall, however; this essay is about the Mexican border fence, a fence United States must not build. It would violate the United States Constitution and it would violate many democratic ideals such as the common good. People today talk about wanting to build a border fence to slow down the illegal immigrants and to protect Americans along the border. However, this fence is something the United States must not build, because it’s something we can’t afford, it will demote house value, put Americans on the wrong side of the fence, damages the international view of the United States, and Mexico doesn’t want a fence built!
Illegal immigration has been around in the United States since 1875, when a federal law was passed which prohibited entry of prostitutes and criminals. Then in 1882, President Chester A. Arthur passed a law banning Chinese from immigrating to the United States. Today’s high levels of illegal immigration originated during the war years of the early 1940s, when labor shortages caused the federal government to set up a program to import Mexican laborers to work temporarily in agriculture. This was called the Bracero Program. Ever since then, Mexican illegal immigrants have been pouring in (Gheen, “History of Illegal Immigration”).
So why can’t the United States afford to build a border fence along the Mexico and United States border? Well, if the United States built the fence, the United States will be wasting over approximately six billion dollars to build it, and seven billion to maintain it every twent...
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...r; whether it’s digging a tunnel, or climbing over the top, they will find a way over. So building a fence won’t be protecting our democratic ideal of the common good, since no one that would be affected by the fence wants it!
Ralph Basham, former commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection said “building a fence is not a solution, it is a tool. It’s like putting a band-aid on a broken leg,” (Basham, “Why a Border Fence Wouldn’t Work). Even though people say it would support the democratic ideal of the common good, it won’t! And we can’t afford the material and labor costs of the fence, the fence puts Americans on the wrong side, demotes house value, damages the international view of the United States, and Mexico doesn’t want a fence. If you agree with me, then you should vote no to build a Mexican border fence and tell people “no” for voting for this fence.
In the year 1961, the building of Berlin Wall called upon disasters in Germany. United States controlled the west of Berlin while German Democratic Republic held the East. Being stuck under the rule of day to day terror, people from East Berlin were making their way to the West Berlin. West Berlin was a safe spot and freedom checkpoint in the middle of terror. To stop the moving of East Berliners, the East German government decided to build a barrier that limited and halted the East Berliners from leaving. But the battle to control Berlin between, the United States and the Soviet Union, had been taking place since after the division of Germany. The German Democratic Republic wanted better control over its people to spread its communist ideas
The border wall debate has become one of the most significant talking points in the United States and countries around the world. Many people believe that the wall is unnecessary and many think that it is necessary. Building a border wall may cost billions of dollars, but it might be able to save the country money as well. Some positive impacts of a border wall are for example a decline in apprehension rates, creating a safer America and putting a damper on the flow of illegal drugs. As well as the positive impacts, we will look at the negative implications as well. Some of these are that the symbolism, cost, effect of diversity, environmental impact and the higher death impact.
It has been said that immigration is as old as America itself. Immigration traces back as far as the 1500's when the West faced the coming of the Spanish. At that time, the Americas had been settled by the Indians, who were soon threatened by the first immigrants of America. These Spanish conquerors threatened to undermine the culture of the Indians as well as their way of life. Evidently, immigration started from the beginning of our country's time and has had an everlasting effect on America today.
Illegal immigration has been an ongoing problem in America for many decades. The form of law that currently governs the immigration process is, the Immigration and Naturalization Act, and it has been broken for many years as immigrants still continue to pour into the states illegally. The immigration acts enacted in the past that have been continuously modified leads up to the current policy that falls under the Incrementalism model. However, it is important to note that the current American Immigration system is broken and is in dire need of reform. There are 11 million people living in the dark and too many employers cheating the system by hiring undocumented workers in exchange for offering lesser pay. The current system is hurting the economy and bringing down our country as a whole.
Immigration has always, and will always, be an essential part of America’s demographic and cultural diversity. Our country was founded on the immigration of Europeans to the New World. Without them our nation would not be as advanced as it is today. Over the past three centuries, America’s immigration policies have evolved, both positively and negatively. Although we are moving forward, several episodes in our country’s immigration policy have targeted and attacked certain ethnic or cultural groups.
Outline THESIS: From research and historical analysts, we can conclude that in many cases the people of Germany have been affected socially and economically by the building and construction of the Berlin Wall. & nbsp ; & nbsp ; & nbsp ; & nbsp ; & nbsp ; I. Background A. Beginning construction B. Closing borders C. Pre-Berlin Wall II. History A. Cold War B. World War II C. Economy III. Post- Berlin Wall effects A. Economic examples B. Political examples & nbsp;& nbsp;& nbsp;& nbsp;& nbsp;Conclusion In the last fifty years the German Democratic Republic has been a nonstop changing country.
Illegal immigration was an issue in the past and is a pressing problem in the present. The U.S. Government has been trying to find a resolution to this issue for years. The United States approved the Immigration Reform and Control Act in 1986, which allowed the American Government to punish American companies that consciously employed illegal immigrants (Nadadur 1037-1052). The United States’ Government Immigration Reform and Control Act has been unsuccessful in controlling illegal immigration. It is estimated that illegal immigration into the U.S. has a yearly interval of three hundred fifty thousand people (Rousmaniere 24-25). It is apparent that the 1986 act was not able to keep a handle on illegal immigration. Illegal immigration continues due to the fact that immigrants only take the jobs available to them, which in turn helps support the United States’ economy, so measures should not be taken to halt immigration.
From the beginning of the United States, immigrants have always played an integral role. The nation itself was built on immigration, whether to escape persecution or war; however, the United States, as it progressed has had instances where immigrant groups have had issues assimilating into society whether due to the political wave running through the nation or from an economic depression. One group, that has been experiencing this difficulty assimilating into society has been Mexicans who have, since the beginning of the 1960’s, have been coming over in droves to escape the poverty, corruption, and drugs that run rampant in Mexico. So, although the United States was established on immigration, the United States has had an issue with the incoming
... such a large border with the United States has created problems for their own country, in the past few years Mexico has begun to change this point of view. Mexico now believes their proximity to the United States is an asset and that “Mexico is the envy of almost any other country in the world for being the neighbor to the United States.” (Rice) Mexicans do not completely trust the United States and there is still to some effect an “anti-gringo” sentiment, but Mexico has learned to prosper from their position and not fight it. The public in the United States changed their attitude towards Mexico, but there is still a feeling that the U.S. is superior. “Only recently, with NAFTA has Mexico begun to revamp its formerly insular and defensive stance vis a vis the outside world. Only recently has the U.S. begun to view Mexico with newfound respect and interest.”
The U.S. govemment has faced the struggle for various decades to put an end to unauthorized immigration from Mexico and into the United States. Immigration as a whole has increased from 71,877,120 in 1960 to 213,316,418 in 2010 according to the data created and also reported by the World Bank. The government has made multiple attempts to stop the immigration process by implementing harsher measures along the U.S. and Mexico border and at work sites across the entire country. These measures however, have failed to end unauthorized immigration as a whole as immigrants still find a way to sneak by, settle, and make a living.. Americans who have a reason to oppose immigration argue that the safety and the strength of the nation’s economy are greatly threatened. However, strong supporters argue that instead of damaging and putting the economy at risk they provide a more stable environment.
The United States and Mexican border has been the focus of an abundant amount of controversy the past decade in the States. The border wall, or border fence, is one of several barriers preventing illegal Mexican and South American immigrants from entering the United States. However, as statistics prove, immigration and drug smuggling has been on the rise the past few decades and our “three prong approach” is not confronting the escalating issue at hand. America’s border security is not resilient enough to deter these illegal immigrants and drug smugglers; our border wall must be fortified immediately.
Over the past 10 years the number of illegal immigrant in the United States has risen from 5-12 million. This eventually opens the eyes of policyholders to the effects of illegal immigration on incomes and public finances, as well as potential safety threats posed by unauthorized entry into the states. President Bush signed into the secure fence act which authorized the spending of $1.2 billion for the construction of a seven-hundred-mile fence along the U.S- Mexico border. I guess this was the only solution to actually try to cut down the amount of illegal immigrants that were invading the U.S.
On August 13, 1961, the residents of East Berlin found themselves cut off from friends, families and jobs in the West by a tangle of barbed wire that ruthlessly cut the city in two. Within days the barbed-wire became a 103-mile-long wall guarded by three hundred watchtowers. The wall symbolized the struggle between Soviet Communism and American capitalism—totalitarianism and freedom. This would take place for the next thirty years (Taylor)
“As he was about to scale the Wall, a border guard opened fire. Peter continued to climb the Wall, but ran out of energy just as he reached the top. He then tumbled back onto the East German side of the Berlin Wall” (Rosenberg, About.com). At the end of World War II, the multiple nations united together in order to bring down Germany. The fall of Germany will always be remembered as a significant breakthrough in history that resulted from the cooperation of the Allied Powers. A decision was made to split Germany into four different sections, each under the separate rule of The United States, Great Britain, France, and the Soviet Union. Unfortunately, the separation of territory caused tensions to rise. The once mutual relationship quickly turned into a competitive and aggressive standoff between East Germany and West Germany. In East Germany stood the Soviet Union and in West Germany stood France, The United States, and Great Britain. Eventually, the living conditions within the two districts became distinctly different. The East quickly became poor as the Soviet Union neglected its new spoil of war. The West prospered with its new capitalist society and rapidly growing economy. Mass emigration quickly took place as people in the Communist East rushed across the border to the democratic West. The Soviet Union out of desperation quickly erected a wall in East Berlin, separating the East from the West. This massive, makeshift bulwark divided the East from the West and came to be known as the Berlin Wall. The establishment of the Berlin Wall caused terrorizing social effects, surprising economic outcomes, and corrupt political impacts throughout East Germany.
Illegal Immigration can occur for various reasons but one of the main causes over years has been civil wars which made people cross borders of other countries. One more factor can be poverty where people migrate from other countries legally or illegally to higher paid jobs, better living conditions and one of the main examples of these are thousands of people who apply for H1-B (highly skilled workers) every year to legally work for a company in America. Another factor could be persecution in their own country for person’s wrong doing in religious or political beliefs and fleeing to adjacent country to take sanctuary. According to Anderson, immigrants come to America from neighboring countries especially Mexico to benefit fr...