Thorton, James "Ati-Illegal Immigration Laws Would Benefit Society." Immigration: Opposing Viewpoints. Ed. Mary Williams. Greenhaven Press, 2004. 113-118. Print.
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James Thorton believes that anti-illegal immigration laws would benefit society. “Providing public benefits to these illegals is extremely costly; Proposition 187 will allow legal residents and citizens to take control of their lives by diminishing the aliens’ averse impact on society and the economy.” He states the outrageous number of immigrants that enter California every day. He says that taxpayers of California paid $3.6 billion per year. Thorton believes they are a danger to the citizens in California because, “60 percent of homicides, and 80 percent of drug-related crimes are traced to illegals and foreigners.” In his opinion illegals are potentially harming voting results because, “Investigators are discovering that many non-citizens are registered and voting in American elections.” He stands behind Proposition 187 and believes it is the answer to America’s problems. “Proposition 187 represents a potential turning point for our beloved country and it is proof that a few determined, patriotic citizens can stand up to cowardly politicians an public official to change the course of history.” Thorton’s opinion backs up everything that Proposition 187 stands for and potentially prevents.
Even if the Proposition was set aside for being unconstitutional, it is important that Thorton writes about it. This important piece of forgotten legislation potentially has the power to arise again if the support is present. This article is highly opinionated and is loaded with lots of statistics that really help the readers for there own opinion. “Health care for illegals in Los Angeles alone, one of the areas most heavily impacted by the immigration invasion, cost $203.1 million in 1992 and continues to escalate extremely every year.” Personal one question that comes to mind after reading this article is, “Do I feel sorry for someone who commits so much crime in my home country and costs me so much?” Thorton’s purpose is to make his readers think just as I did when responding to his article. He writes, “The reality is that illegals have chosen to live outside the law, so in turn they should choose to live outside American luxury resources.” In the same sense, if they choose to live outside the law, aren’t they choosing to take a risk? Readers may relate this risk to the hazard immigrants face when choosing to cross the Arizona/Mexico desert.
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Tuesday, November 23, 2010
A Day in the Life at the Hampton's
Thornburgh, Nathan. "INSIDE THE LIFE OF THE MIGRANTS NEXT DOOR." Time 167.6 (2006): 34-45. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 23 Nov. 2010.
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In Nathan Thornburgh’s opinion, illegal immigrants working in the Hampton’s are hard working people who deserve the chance to make their lives better. While comparing a small city in Mexico with New York’s wealthy Hampton’s, he believes both sides have benefited from immigrants, and both have paid a price. “They came with nothing, and many have managed to build a solid facsimile of middle-class American life.” Still, most of them “are--in the hard parlance of the immigration debate--illegal aliens.” Thornburgh writes, “Illegal immigrants are part of an emerging presence that was once seen as a blessing but has turned into one of the Hamptons' biggest controversies.” In his opinion, the wages in the U.S. are undeniably good for manual labor in the Hamptons. He mentions, as much as $15 an our for manual labor in the Hampton’s which is 10 times the rate for the same rate in Tuxpan Mexico. In Thornburgh’s opinion, the Hampton’s have long cultivated a climate, “of easygoing tolerance, and for years town leaders dealt with illegal immigration by simply looking the other way.” He believes that is changing, as the numbers grow larger and the complaints grow louder. According to Thornburgh, immigrants will always find themselves coming here, “Their safety comes in numbers: hundreds of thousands of migrants will always win a game of Red Rover with a little more than 11,000 border-patrol agents.”
This article is very important because you get to view immigration from an illegal alien’s point of view. The one theme that explains their arrival is their pursuit of happiness. To them being happy is feeding their children, and shelter. Thornburgh interviews and talks with some of the “better off” immigrants and stresses to his readers how hard and dangerous it is to get to America. After reading this article I personally gained a better respect for immigrants and their reasoning for finding their way to America and it has the potential to do the same for others. Thornburgh challenges his readers to put themselves in the shoes of these immigrants in order to better understand them. By explaining the domino effect immigrants’ fall into when one success story leads to 20 more immigrants attempting the same path, the readers can comprehend the huge number of migrants each year. “In 1985 he brought over his half brother Fernando. Fernando invited two friends, who started bringing their relatives. A handful became dozens. Dozens become hundreds.” This article helps form the reader’s opinion on immigration so that they may make wiser political and moral decisions in the future.
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In Nathan Thornburgh’s opinion, illegal immigrants working in the Hampton’s are hard working people who deserve the chance to make their lives better. While comparing a small city in Mexico with New York’s wealthy Hampton’s, he believes both sides have benefited from immigrants, and both have paid a price. “They came with nothing, and many have managed to build a solid facsimile of middle-class American life.” Still, most of them “are--in the hard parlance of the immigration debate--illegal aliens.” Thornburgh writes, “Illegal immigrants are part of an emerging presence that was once seen as a blessing but has turned into one of the Hamptons' biggest controversies.” In his opinion, the wages in the U.S. are undeniably good for manual labor in the Hamptons. He mentions, as much as $15 an our for manual labor in the Hampton’s which is 10 times the rate for the same rate in Tuxpan Mexico. In Thornburgh’s opinion, the Hampton’s have long cultivated a climate, “of easygoing tolerance, and for years town leaders dealt with illegal immigration by simply looking the other way.” He believes that is changing, as the numbers grow larger and the complaints grow louder. According to Thornburgh, immigrants will always find themselves coming here, “Their safety comes in numbers: hundreds of thousands of migrants will always win a game of Red Rover with a little more than 11,000 border-patrol agents.”
This article is very important because you get to view immigration from an illegal alien’s point of view. The one theme that explains their arrival is their pursuit of happiness. To them being happy is feeding their children, and shelter. Thornburgh interviews and talks with some of the “better off” immigrants and stresses to his readers how hard and dangerous it is to get to America. After reading this article I personally gained a better respect for immigrants and their reasoning for finding their way to America and it has the potential to do the same for others. Thornburgh challenges his readers to put themselves in the shoes of these immigrants in order to better understand them. By explaining the domino effect immigrants’ fall into when one success story leads to 20 more immigrants attempting the same path, the readers can comprehend the huge number of migrants each year. “In 1985 he brought over his half brother Fernando. Fernando invited two friends, who started bringing their relatives. A handful became dozens. Dozens become hundreds.” This article helps form the reader’s opinion on immigration so that they may make wiser political and moral decisions in the future.
Thursday, November 18, 2010
DO NOT ENTER!
Davis, Garrett "America Should Discourage Immigration (1849)." Immigration: Opposing Viewpoints. Ed. Mary Williams. Greenhaven Press, 2004. 25-31. Print.
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In 1849 Garrett Davis delivered a speech promoting America to discourage immigration. In his opinion immigrants endanger America. “It is because the mighty tides of immigration, each succeeding one increasing in volume, bring to us not only different languages, opinions, customs, and principles, but hostile races, religions, and interests, and the traditionary prejudices of generations with a large amount of the turbulence, disorganizing theories, pauperism and demoralization of Europe in her redundant population thrown to us.” He admits that among masses of immigrants there are men of noble intellect and great moral worth, “but the number is lamentably small.” He states that there is no way to distinguish the noble from the vicious. Davis mentions a problem in the government with the German and Slavonic races and how they attempted to elect candidates of their own blood to congress. “This is the beginning of the conflict of races on a large scale.” Davis says he has anxiety for the future of America and that, “No well-informed and observant man can look abroad over this widespread and blessed country without feeling that way.”
Davis’ opinion is very important because his main concern is the safety of Americans. He has evidence that nationalism has become a threat to the government and his fear comes out in his writing. He also questions the nobility of the immigrants and their loyalty to the country. By purposing that immigration is a threat to American’s safety he challenges his audience to consider agreeing with his point of view in order to fix this so called problem. Davis stresses that immigration is and always will be a problem and as far as fixing it, “the sooner the better.” Davis writes very convincingly, “If they are more vicious, they will corrupt; if less industrious, they will promote idleness; if they have different ideas of government, they will contend; if the same, they will intrigue and interfere.” Davis’ fear of the future comes out in his writing, which can potentially strike fear in his readers. He makes a believable argument that is very enticing for readers that feel that immigrants possible pose a threat to the safety of American citizens.
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In 1849 Garrett Davis delivered a speech promoting America to discourage immigration. In his opinion immigrants endanger America. “It is because the mighty tides of immigration, each succeeding one increasing in volume, bring to us not only different languages, opinions, customs, and principles, but hostile races, religions, and interests, and the traditionary prejudices of generations with a large amount of the turbulence, disorganizing theories, pauperism and demoralization of Europe in her redundant population thrown to us.” He admits that among masses of immigrants there are men of noble intellect and great moral worth, “but the number is lamentably small.” He states that there is no way to distinguish the noble from the vicious. Davis mentions a problem in the government with the German and Slavonic races and how they attempted to elect candidates of their own blood to congress. “This is the beginning of the conflict of races on a large scale.” Davis says he has anxiety for the future of America and that, “No well-informed and observant man can look abroad over this widespread and blessed country without feeling that way.”
Davis’ opinion is very important because his main concern is the safety of Americans. He has evidence that nationalism has become a threat to the government and his fear comes out in his writing. He also questions the nobility of the immigrants and their loyalty to the country. By purposing that immigration is a threat to American’s safety he challenges his audience to consider agreeing with his point of view in order to fix this so called problem. Davis stresses that immigration is and always will be a problem and as far as fixing it, “the sooner the better.” Davis writes very convincingly, “If they are more vicious, they will corrupt; if less industrious, they will promote idleness; if they have different ideas of government, they will contend; if the same, they will intrigue and interfere.” Davis’ fear of the future comes out in his writing, which can potentially strike fear in his readers. He makes a believable argument that is very enticing for readers that feel that immigrants possible pose a threat to the safety of American citizens.
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