Illegal Immigration

There are more than ten million illegal immigrants in the United States today and this divides America. There are pros and cons to illegal immigration. The pros of illegal immigration some people would say are that all these illegal immigrants help the economy by adding tax revenue, they expand the low cost labor pool, and it increases the money circulation. Other reasons that illegal immigration is not bad is that some people say they bring good values, they are just trying to have the American dream, they do jobs that no one else wants to do, and opposition is just because of racism. The people who are against illegal immigration say that breaking the law by crossing the border illegally or staying longer than your visa permits should be deported and not rewarded with citizenship and access to social services. They say that these people are criminals and social/economic burdens to the average tax paying American citizen. There have been many ways the government has tried to solve the problem of illegal immigration. In 2010 during the lame duck session, a vote came up on the Dream Act. The Dream Act would allow citizenship for illegal immigrants who were between a set age range and enrolled in American Universities or the military for at least two years but it was not passed. This relates to class because of when the Dream Act came up. It came up during a lame duck session. We learned what a lame duck was in class. It is when someone who is in office who knows that they will not be getting re-elected. I think that the government needs to do more to stop all the illegal immigrants from coming into the United States because they take our jobs and they sometimes bring there gangs or violence with them to the US.

sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lame_duck_%28politics%29
 http://www.buchtelite.com/opinion/an-unpleasant-dream-illegal-immigration-students-and-the-dream-act-1.2132567
http://immigration.procon.org/

Japan Disaster

March 11, 2011 a disastrous earthquake and tsunami hit Japan. The earthquake was measured at 8.9, the largest in Japan's history. There are 11,257 people dead and 16,344 people missing. This has not just affected Japan it effected the whole world. The earthquake shifted Japan 13 feet toward America which shortened the day by 1.3 milliseconds because the earth's mass shifted more towards the center and caused the earth to spin that much faster. The tsunami has also hit Hawaii beaches. There were also nuclear power plants that blew up and some of the radiation spread into the water and could contaminate the fish. President Obama says that this earthquake is a "catastrophic" disaster and that the United States will sent over any help and supplies that Japan requests. The pentagon ordered some military ships to move toward Japan to assist and bring supplies if needed. This relates to class because the president is dealing with foreign affairs by deciding to help out and send supplies. This also relates to class because it involves all types of governments. I think that the United States is doing more than enough to help out Japan with all the relief efforts and the charity foundations.





sources:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42027612/ns/politics-white_house/
http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_thelookout/20110314/ts_yblog_thelookout/japans-earthquake-shifted-balance-of-the-planet