Posted: April 17th, 2016

how do we choose who deserves access and who should be denied a place in American society?

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Go to the resources tab and use the EBSCOhost link to search for the following articles:

Politzer, M. (2007). It’s our job to stop that dream. Reason, 38(11), 40-49. Silko, L. (1994). The border patrol state. (Cover story). Nation, 255(12), 412-416 Respond

It is easy to think about the illegal alien issue as a non-human problem, but every day there are plenty of good, hard-working, and otherwise law abiding people illegally crossing America’s borders just looking for a better way to support their families, to be safe in their communities, and to have better opportunities for themselves and for their children. Of course, there are also plenty of people illegally crossing America’a borders who have less than noble intentions.

After reading the above articles, how has your impression of this issue changed? How have our efforts at controlling the border backfired? How have they been successful? Of all of the plans to thwart the illegal problem presented by our various leaders, what seems to be the more logical plan? Why? As a nation built of immigrants, do we truly have a right to prevent other hard-working, industrious people from migrating to our nation? If so, how do we choose who deserves access and who should be denied a place in American society?