Discuss the Trumps Administration’s plans for patrolling/securing the border:
According to whitehouse.gov, Former President and his Administration’s plan for securing the southern border (border between the United States and Mexico) is to construct a physical wall on it, along with it to be “…monitored and supported by adequate personnel…” to prevent any type of illegal movement such as,”…illegal immigration, drug and human trafficking and acts of terrorism.” Recently President Trump and his administration also passed a policy that ban the entry into the United States from immigrants and refugees from 6 countries; those include Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen. According to BBC.com “…people from six mainly Muslim nations and refugees will be temporarily barred from the US unless they have a ‘credible claim of a bona side relationship with a person or entity’ in the country.”
B) Discuss the arguments in support (economic and national security):
Many believe enforcing the security in our current borders can prevent terrorist movements from happening along side drug and human trafficking. According to procon.org, “Opponents of illegal immigration say that people who break the law by crossing the border without proper documentation or by overstaying their visas should be deported and not rewarded with a path to citizenship”. They also state that some “…argue that people in the country illegally are criminals and social economic burdens to law-abiding, tax paying Americans.”
C) Discuss arguments against (other countries, civil rights groups) these proposals:
During the past year of our current president’s campaign, he promised Mexico would pay for the southern wall. Considering, he hasn’t come up with a serious plan, the washingtonpost.com states that “…the 1.6 billion down payment for the wall will be added to the government’s almost $20 trillion debt.” Aside from putting the United States in an even bigger debt, some may think our relationship with Mexico as our allies will eventually be destroyed along side creating larger implications when it comes to trade. Another argument that sparks up when talking about how President Trump and his administration have handled the security of this country involves his movement of the “travel ban’. Many believe this act has been processed as an “anti-muslim policy”, belittling and adding more fuel to the negative associations towards our Muslim-American brothers and sisters. As theconversation.com states and many others as well, this policy has been portrayed as a discrimination statute against people’s nationality and birthplace along with residence. The article also talks about one of the most important argument against these policies; separation of church and state, claiming that “…the government can’t favor one religious denomination over another.”
D) Provide a detailed explanation that supports your opinion on the proposal:
Although, I do agree with the idea of securing our borders for purposes such as illegal immigration, drug and human trafficking and acts of terrorism, it seams irrational to spend about 1.4 BILLION dollars on a “wall’ adding to our great national 20 trillion dollar debt. Aside from the fact that it is money thrown down the drain, this idea would take more time to actually finish than the term our current president has the ability to stay in office, leaving this concept as a problem for our next president. It is very important for the United States to keep a peaceful relationship with Mexico because of the North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA); which allows billions of dollars worth of good to cross the borders tariff-free each year. Keeping peace between other countries should be a priority for the United States, and this “travel ban” isn’t helping. When we talk about the so called ‘Travel Ban”, we all know our current President Trump meant “Muslim Ban”. He stated it several times during his campaign. This specific order has separated families for months along with students, permanently residents and hundred of green card holders. Furthermore, theconveration.com stated that the order our current President made “…relied on legal argument that it violated due process or equal protection under the Constitution.” In other words, ‘due process’ helps people get an advance notice and a chance to tell their point of view of the situation before a decision is made, and ‘equal protection’ means that the government can’t discriminate and must treat everyone equally no matter their race, legal statues, nationality or other factors, thus concluding that those constitutional rights were violated by this ban. These are basic human rights that should not be violated or used against anyone. Many of these people are legally aloud to be in the United States and this whole ban is discriminating their right to be here. No such ban will stop terrorist attacks from happening. If the whole concept of this “Travel Ban” was to secure citizens from terrorist attacks or from any type of threat of terrorism, they might as well prevent Americans from coming in as well. According to the forbes.com, “…every single jihadist who conducted a lethal attack inside the U.S. in the post 9/11 era was either a citizen or legal resident. No fatal attacks were committed by terrorist from the countries restricted by Trump’s travel ban.”
2. Deportation
Discuss the Trump Administration’s policies to deportation:
President’s Trump and his administration have created an aggressive plan for deportation admonishing millions of undocumented immigrants living in the United States that they are susceptible to deportation at any time. According to the NYTimes.com, the Department of Homeland Security states the president’s ambition in regards to deportation were to “…publicize crimes by undocumented immigrants; strip such immigrants of privacy protections… and ultimately speed up deportations.” Aside from that, the propublica.org explains that Trump’s Administration also plans on deporting any undocumented immigrants to “…the southern order to Mexico, regardless of where they are…push[ing] hundreds of thousands of Guatemalans, Hondurans, Salvadorans, Brazilians, Ecuadorans, even Haitians into Mexico.”
B) Discuss the arguments in support (economic and national security):
Similar arguments apply to the topic of Deportation as they did for Border Security. As I stated before, according to proton.org, many “…argue that people in the country illegally are criminals and social economic burdens to law-abiding, tax paying Americans.”
C) Discuss arguments against (economic, political, and moral) these proposals:
Some believe that the idea of more undocumented immigrants getting deported, has no correlation to less crime in the United States. President Trump repeatedly stated in his campaign that undocumented immigrants are a threat to public safety by stating many stereotypes and false statements. According to the nytmes.com “Analyses of census data from 1980 through 2010 show that among men ages 18 to 49 immigrants were one-half to one-fifth as likely to be incarcerated as those being in the United States.” They also state that “Across all age and sexes, about 7 percent of the nation’s population are noncitizen… [and] about 5 percent of inmates in sate and feral prisons are noncitizen.” Concluding that undocumented immigrants are less likely to commit a crime or be incarcerated than citizens of the United States. In regards to undocumented immigrants being a burden to social economic, according to aol.com “…the institute’s report estimate the average tax rate for immigrants in the country illegally is higher than the rate paid by America’s top earners.”
D) Provide a detailed explanation that supports your opinion on the proposal:
This massive deportation plan is inhumane. Deportation has ruined the life or many immigrants living in the United States. As for someone who has crossed path with people who struggle to create a better living for their family under illegal circumstances, it is crucial to deport and ruin their many aspirations of living the “American Dream”. Although, I do believe it is wrong to come into a country illegally, many of the people living undocumented in the United States today never really had a choice. My problem with many of the proposal’s our current president and his administration have made, include children and young adults classified as “DREAMers”. According to thehill.com “DREAMers” consist of “illegal immigrants who [claim] they came into the country before the age of 16, [have] been here continuously for five years, and [are] current under 35 years old.” Many of these people, who had no decision in the idea of entering a country illegally, are now threaten to being thrown into a country they probably can’t even remember. According to the washingtonpost.com, DHS spokesman, David Lapan, stated that the secretary of Homeland Security, John F. Kelly, told members that the program supporting and protection immigrants brought into this country as children (also known as DACA), is at risk. He also stated that “This is what [Kelly’s] being told by different attorneys, that if it goes to court it might not survive.” The article continues to state that many members of the Hispanic caucus urge Kelly to support the Bridge Act that could preserve the DACA program “…but they expressed skepticism that the Republican controlled Congress would pass any law to spare undocumented immigrants from deportation.” Many of these people have lived for many years working for salaries and paychecks below the minimum wage. And many people still have the mentality that its simple to just became a US. citizen. It isn't easy along side cheap. It is very difficult to come into this country legally, so they proceed to come illegally and pay the consequences of living in fear for one purpose only; to create a better life. Although, there are a serious amount of cases where undocumented immigrants have committed serious crimes, that isn't the case for the majority of them. If someone has lived here for all their life or at least for a greater amount, who also pay taxes and have no criminal record, it seams unfair to throw them out even if they came here illegally. Contributing to society, putting your part, and being a good civilian, should be enough to help these undocumented people achieve greatness and make them feel welcoming in a country they know and respect.