Arizona did not think the federal government was doing enough to combat the problem and enforce the laws that are on the books and took matters into their own hands, Arizona had a few different proposals to combat the illegal immigration and the violence that was spilling over the border because of the drug war between cartels, and the government in Mexico. ... Crossing the border from Mexico to the United States continues on through both the day and the night every day of the year. Many illegal immigrants are trying to better their family and their lives because of the terrible conditions in...

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From 1815 to the start of the Civil War in 1861, five million people moved to the United States, about half from the British Isles, including Ireland. ... After the War with Mexico ended in 1848 with the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, Mexico acknowledged the 1845 annexation of Texas and ceded to the United States a huge expanse of land that included the present- day states of California, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah and parts of Arizona, Colorado, and Wyoming. ... Relatives on both sides of the border with Mexico continued to travel back and forth between the two countries to visit and to work. Pr...

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One would think having a diverse population would be a positive aspect and a good trait to have as a country, but knowing the United States social and economic situations right now, you can point a finger at many things that cause tension within our country, especially the war on drugs, immigration, and education in the United States. Although the United States isn't a cartel filled country like many other countries, we are still deeply involved with trying to settle the war on drugs as it can affect the economy and the employment rate in the US. ... Having family in Honduras and being fr...

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Since the 1920s, large numbers of people have emigrated from Mexico to get higher paying jobs so that their families can have access to better food, shelter, healthcare and other necessary items and services. ... Most recently, the U.S. war on Iraq has created well over two million refugees who have no home. ...

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According to data collected by the department of homeland security in 2012 fifty nine percent of the illegal immigrant population came from Mexico, six percent comes from EL Salvador, five percent comes from Guatemala, three percent comes from Honduras, and another three percent comes from the Philippines (BBC). ...

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Metropolitan America Evolution of immigration restrictions in the 20th century and President Wilson's role Some Americans need hyphens in their names because only part of them has come over; but when the whole man has come over, heart and thought and all, the hyphen drops of its own weight out of his name. This man was not an Irish-American; he was an Irishman who became an American. Woodrow Wilson (1914) When Woodrow Wilson arrived to the White House on March 4, 1913, the anti-immigrant sentiment was already established in society and politics in the United States. After the last two de...

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He gives an example of Mexican farmers who migrated to the United States even though they had land, but lack capital and infrastructures to generate financial sources to contrast upon the new economics of labor migration (Massey, p 303-310,1999). ...

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