HW: If I was ruler of the world

If I was ruler of the world, I would change the relationship between the U.S. and Mexico. I'd make it easier for immigrants to get visas, and green cards so they could come to the United States and work. Not only would that help the immigrants get better lives, but it would also help lessen the amount of drugs coming through the border. Me and my partner found evidence during the project, stating that the more we strengthened the border, the more business there was fro drug dealers. There would also be less deaths of immigrants trying to cross the border. If the U.S. keeps strengthening its borders, the more obstacles illegal immigrants will go through to get across it, resulting in more deaths.

HW: How to benefit the border region

There are many problems near the border in Mexico. Poverty, environmental poverty, drugs, gang violence, kidnapping, and pollution all help make the border less appealing to travel across. We could help poor people in need, try to find some way to stop gang violence, help clean the environment and donate to orphanages to help clean up the border and make it a better place to live in.

High School Drama

Highschool Drama.
Relationships form, and friendships are made, But whose to say they couldn't end in an instant. Hurtful words are said, hurtful things are done, and people break apart. You see friends sitting in corners, angry, lonely, and sad. You want to help them but you can't. You wonder if even trying to help them would only make things worse. Its the best of things when everyones together, happy, and having fun. But what about when times aren't like that, and people are angry at others who feel hurt. What happens when you turn another friends smile upside down?

Where do stereotypes come from?

Where do stereotypes come from? Stereotypes are generalizations about races, religions and other types of people. Examples of stereotypes are things such as 'Asians are smart and know karate' or 'English people have bad teeth.' Stereotypes are mostly negative due to the fact that most people dont fit into those stereotypes and feel that its unjust. Stereotypes can be taken as truth, so they can lead to the wrong beliefs about people. They can cause a regions economy to go down, due to loss of tourism because of stereotypes about that region causing tourists to stay away from those places.
Stereotypes start when people are still just children. 'Boys play with toy cars, girls play with dolls. Girls wear pink, boys wear blue.' They are also passed down by adults who make stereotype comments.

Heres one place where I got my info.
http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/CITE/hc_stereotyping.pdf

Borders

Why do countries have borders? The definition of a border is a boundary for governments. Without borders, countries could not keep their enemies out. Borders keep order in a country too. For example, if their were no borders, who could tell which land was who's? This piece of land could belong to Canada or the U.S., but without a boundary, people couldn't tell which is which. If it was Canadian land, Canadas' laws would be enforced there. If it was U.S. territory, the U.S.s' laws would be in effect. If there were no borders, and no borderer patrol, people could bring in anything they wanted from country to country. They could bring in weapons, drugs, or any other illegal possesions. There would also be overpopulation in countries. Borders help regulate the flow of people into a country, so if the borders were to just disappear, people could decide that they don't like their own country, and flock to a better one.

OT HW: U.S. harms Mexico & vice versa

How does the U.S. harm Mexico? How does Mexico harm the U.S.? One way that Mexico harms the U.S. is with illegal immigrants. The government is trying to pass an amnesty bill, which would over 60 million illegal immigrants over the next 20 years. They'll need jobs, education, and other services that are already being used for the people who have lived here most, or all of their lives. Its estimated that the cost of the amnesty bill would be about $127 billion over the next 10 years. The bill would essentially erase our border. Not only that, but there have been cases where the U.S. accommodated to demands from Mexico about our law enforcement. Two border patrol agents were sentenced to about 11 years in prison for allegedly wounding a drug smuggler who was fleeing them. They were sentenced to prison, while the drug smuggler was given immunity. Something else happened like this in Texas, where a deputy was persecuted for wounding a smuggler who was trying to run him down with a vehicle.
There are ways that the U.S. harms Mexico too. Border patrol brutality, and white supremacists who do use too much force with the illegal aliens to the point of death. Gangs can kill the Mexicans as they sneak around the border or even leave them crippled and wounded. If the illegal immigrants do get into the U.S. and get jobs, it's likely they will be exploited and given very little pay for hard work.


Most of my info was found on these 2 sites about the amnesty bill.


http://www.diversityalliance.org/docs/article_2006sep08.html

http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-33247278_ITM

OT HW: Immigration Policies

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2004/01/20040107-1.html

This is a like to a site that shows the President's proposal on Immigration reform. It talks about protecting our borders, prevent exploitation of illegal foreigners-who would get temporary workers status-and returning them home after their period of work has concluded.

OT Immigration HW

"Why do people immigrate?" There are several reasons why people would choose to live in other countries. One of them could be that their life is boring to them, and they want to see some place new. They want to see new sights, experience new things and meet new people. It could also be to better themselves. Things might not be working so well where they live, so they go somewhere else to see if they can fare any better. Immigrants could be living in poverty, and hope for a better future in different countries. The problem is the available number of jobs. These are called push factors and pull factors. Sometimes, the main reason people will immigrate, is for education. Like I said before, some of these immigrants could be living in poverty where they live, and therefore wouldn't get very good schools for learning, so they might move so their children might have a better life then they did. Immigrants could be refugees, escaping from a war in their country. They could be being persecuted for crimes they committed and could be evading criminal justice. Or their reason could be just the opposite of that. They could be part of a witness protection program. Some move because of a romance in the country they are moving to, or to re-unite with far off relatives. A few could be moving due to bad health and pollution in their region. There are a lot of reasons a foreigner might want to move to another country, but I probably won't be able to list them all.