Arizona Immigration Law
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Arizona Immigration Law
Illegal immigration into our country, the highest percentage coming from Mexico, is a national policy issue that many politicians would rather steer clear from and many do. The State of Arizona, apparently frustrated with the lack of federal action, passed their own version of immigration legislation into law in the past few weeks. Firstly, I will describe what this issue means to me; then I will explore the main points of this new state law, the constitutionality of the law, and finally broadly define how this law affects the entire country.
The subject of immigration, especially when it pertains to the United States, has always interested me. After all, everyone of us has an ancestor that came from somewhere else. But, when I think of immigration, I don’t see the old days where thousands of Europeans were trying to pass through Ellis Island and gain access to America legally. No, what I see now are the thousands of Hispanics immigrating to our country illegally. This issue greatly interests me, because while we are fighting in the Middle East to protect Americans here at home, the world’s only superpower has the largest and least protected border in the world. 100 years ago, Pancho Villa and 1,000 of his men, invaded the Southern United States. The entire National Guard was mobilized
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to fight Villa, and push them back across the boarder. Fast forward to today and 5,000 to 10,000 Hispanics illegally enter the country everyday, and little is done to stop them.
These vast numbers of illegal immigrants puts a strain on our country economically. The census was created to know how many people are in the country, that way for example, we would know how many hospitals and schools are needed and where to put them. When these immigrants get sick, they simply go to the emergency room for treatment and then they don’t pay their bill. The citizens of America are the ones that pick up that...
Illegal immigration into our country, the highest percentage coming from Mexico, is a national policy issue that many politicians would rather steer clear from and many do. The State of Arizona, apparently frustrated with the lack of federal action, passed their own version of immigration legislation into law in the past few weeks. Firstly, I will describe what this issue means to me; then I will explore the main points of this new state law, the constitutionality of the law, and finally broadly define how this law affects the entire country.
The subject of immigration, especially when it pertains to the United States, has always interested me. After all, everyone of us has an ancestor that came from somewhere else. But, when I think of immigration, I don’t see the old days where thousands of Europeans were trying to pass through Ellis Island and gain access to America legally. No, what I see now are the thousands of Hispanics immigrating to our country illegally. This issue greatly interests me, because while we are fighting in the Middle East to protect Americans here at home, the world’s only superpower has the largest and least protected border in the world. 100 years ago, Pancho Villa and 1,000 of his men, invaded the Southern United States. The entire National Guard was mobilized
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to fight Villa, and push them back across the boarder. Fast forward to today and 5,000 to 10,000 Hispanics illegally enter the country everyday, and little is done to stop them.
These vast numbers of illegal immigrants puts a strain on our country economically. The census was created to know how many people are in the country, that way for example, we would know how many hospitals and schools are needed and where to put them. When these immigrants get sick, they simply go to the emergency room for treatment and then they don’t pay their bill. The citizens of America are the ones that pick up that...