Children of illegal immigrants go through many struggles throughout their lives. One of the main struggles they may have to deal with is education. I believe that children of illegal immigrants should be granted rights to education due to the matter being unconstitutional, an amount of social injustice against children of illegal immigrants, and prejudice against the children. Not allowing children of illegal immigrants can be unconstitutional in many ways. A few of those can be violating previous supreme court decisions, violating an amendment, or even a Title of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. If children of illegal immigrants are not given rights to education, it can disrespect the 1982 Supreme Court decision in Plyler vs. Doe, in which the Supreme Court decided that states cannot constitutionally deny students a free public education on account of their immigration …show more content…
Evidence for my decision is due to not wanting an illiterate population, the threat of being deported by others/unable to find help due to their illegal status, along with basic human rights that most of the population should have. While many are against teaching children of illegal immigrants, I believe that teaching these children can not only help to avoid an illiterate population but also can help our current day society’s psychology of what cannot be done by others and how we should act around those that are different than ourselves. Additionally, the threat of being reported by another citizen and then deported back to their original country can be an obstacle children of illegal immigrants face as they strive to get a proper education. Furthermore, basic human rights, such as education, should be granted to children of illegal immigrants because if our society continues to practice these unfair procedures and exclusions, we will truly be a dishonorable
...mmigration reform is still a much contested issue today. Unfortunately most of the negativity is due to money and resources. The issue in Plyler V Doe arose because Texas was trying to find a pay for the education of its illegal children without burdening its legal aliens and citizens. Plyler v Doe brings up bigger themes such as the fairness of our children and how society will treat its illegal children. The children of illegal immigrants should not be held accountable for the actions of their parents; therefore, they should not be punished for their parents’ decisions. Our children are our future and for the betterment of society we have the obligation to provide an education to everyone.
Do you believe all children should have the opportunity to go to college? Most importantly many children want to go to college in America to better themselves and to live comfortable. There are many children who are undocumented who want to attend college (Tamer). Now only 18 states allow undocumented students to go to college and only five offer financial aid (Anderson). Some people think that undocumented children should not be able to attend college because it would encourage too much immigration. In fact, immigration makes America more diverse and makes America respected and a strong independent country. Undocumented children should be allowed admission to college, be eligible for financial aid and scholarships in order to support a diverse and economically strong society.
In the U. S today, the approximated population of undocumented immigrants stands at averagely 11 million. Therefore, this has created a hot debate in Congress about the action to take over the undocumented immigrants. Those opposed to illegal immigrants suggest that, their stay in the United States effects U.S citizens on the job market negatively . In addition, illegal immigrants are viewed in certain quarters as takers in the sense that illegal immigrants benefit more from public resources than the american-born citizens of the U.S. However, the reality is that immigrants contribute positively to the U.S economy and pay significantly into the system compared to what they send back home. In addition, the contributions associated with undocumented immigrants involve sustaining the solvency of the SSTF (Social Security Trust Fund). In this sense, the use of cost benefit analysis by those supporting immigration restrictions are unfounded and do not reflect the facts on the ground (Nadadur 1037). The opponents of undocumented immigrants believe that having more undocumented immigrants in the U.S is costly; however, there are no solid reasons to prove that undocumented immigrants are a burden to the treasury. Instead, the undocumented immigrants play an important role in boosting the economy and in particular by taking up jobs those citizens perceive as demeaning because the money they earn goes back to the economy through taxes resulting from consumer spending when they send money back home.
During the 1900’s through 1950’s the United States experienced an influx of immigrants coming in from Mexico seeking employment opportunities, as many of them wanted to avoid the Mexican Revolution occurring from 1910 to 1920. Methods for arriving in the United States varied for each individual’s preference of the destination, but the means of transportation had been constant throughout. These methods of transportation consisted of contractors seeking unskilled workers willing to partake in hard labor in steel, railroad, or agriculture companies. Contractors traveled to towns close to Mexico’s boarder such as Laredo or El Paso seeking Mexicans citizens for labors. In some instances, immigrants traveled on their own will based on the advice
Having the opportunity of staying in school is very important to illegal immigrants because that means they can realize the American Dream. It is something that every immigrant that comes to the U.S wants to achieve. By applying to the dream act illegal immigrants from the age of sixteen through thirty five can go to school. They are eligible to stay in school and or go to college if they have not done so. For example some of the immigrant students have immense talents that can be used for America’s assistance, but not being able to stay in school they can not succeed. “Thousands of young people have worked hard. But they are being denied that chance to build a better future for themselves and to contribute their skills, talents, and creativity to the country” (Duncan). By having the choice of staying in school, as well as the help it is more exciting to those students that want to become someone in life. Some of the illegal aliens possess some amazing talent...
We don’t realize how hard it is for immigrant parents to get their children education, and we judge and hate on something we have never been through. I guess it’s true you never know someone’s pain unless you go through it. Not everyone has the same privileges as others, some have to work twice as hard to try to give their children an opportunity towards an education on the contrary some American families have it simpler. I not blaming people who have families who were born here or say it’s wrong, but many people tend to affront children of immigrant parents and feel like they have the equitableness to say they aren’t suitable to receive public education.
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This causes big problems when parents in the country illegally are arrested and put in deportation proceedings. The children have a legal right to live here and the parents don 't. When parents choose to leave their US citizen children here, the US government is blamed for separating families. While you can deport the parents, doing so creates two major problems. One, you suddenly have an orphaned child that the US government must care for costing untold dollars and nearly ensuring that that child will not grow up to be a contributing member of society and two taking a child away from its mother - thus showing the world that we are a heartless
Politicians and high profile people have been referring to these children as “anchor babies”. That phrase is offensive and insinuates that the child’s only purpose in life is to fix the papers of their illegal parents to allow them to stay in the U.S. It must be acknowledged that the children had no choice in how or where they were born and blaming/incriminating them will do nothing but create a dividing line within in United State citizens. This could create a larger issue. Citizens feeling as though they are more significant than others simply because their parents are legal citizens is silly. This situation has the potential have a similar reaction to the difficulties in ethnicities in the U.S. It should not matter how a person gains citizenship as long as they have it. To say one way of gaining citizenship is better than another is hypocritical because the only reason the majority of this nation’s citizens have citizenship is because their grandparents or parents migrated here. In actuality, their parents would be considered “anchor babies”. Alienating and dehumanizing a certain group is not what America stands for. There have been many movements to ensure equality for everyone. America welcomes all types of people with all different types of backgrounds because that is what this nation was built
Education, in my opinion and many others, is the most important thing someone can possess. I know some people are born with a passion for what they are going to do for the rest of their life, but education can open up so many more opportunities than just a blue collar job. I think education should be available to everyone who is in the U.S.. Cristian was one of the highest-ranked kids on the team, who beat MIT, and now he sits at
To achieve great opportunities in the United States you have to be educated. Most undocumented immigrants are very smart but unfortunately they just can’t afford to pay for college expenses because they are not giving the chances to receive financial aid. I believe once you are living in America for more than five years you should automatically become a citizen, because you start to pick up America lifestyle. Most immigrants contribute to our country, whether it is them cleaning up the park or working in factory they help America function because the job they are doing many American wouldn’t do it, so therefore I feel that American should give them the opportunity to receive financial aid.
Although it is very difficult for these children who come to find this country as their own, it doesn’t take away from the fact that their parents broke the law when they came here illegally. For every heartbreaking story that one of these children would tell, there is another heart breaking story from a child who is waiting through the legal immigration process to be reunited with their parents. I believe the DREAM Act would unfairly allow one group of people to benefit while there is other groups of people who are doing the right thing, would have to wait even longer due to the immigration laws that applies to them. You cannot bend for one group of people, everyone should follow the law because if not the whole law system falls apart. According to Senator Johanns, "I am not unsympathetic to the plight of children in this country illegally who are facing difficult circumstances… yet offering citizenship to illegal immigrants would not be just while so many are waiting to enter the country legally and also desire an American education for their children" (Johanns 1). I don’t believe that they shouldn’t follow their dreams and become part of the “American Dream,” but it is important to go through the process that is there right now that applies to
In some school districts, it's as much as 50 percent higher (Menge). Consequently, the FAIR organization concluded that immigrants who lack in the English language would have to pay up to 50 percent more for schooling. Furthermore, according to the Congressional Budget Office, legalizing 2 million illegal immigrants would cost the government $25.9 billion over the next decade, as those now-legal people would claim more tax, education and other benefits they haven’t been able to get before (Betz). Alternatively stated, giving dreamers the opportunity to be part of society will cost the government an immense amount of money, which would be going toward the financial needs of these immigrants. All in all, America should not embrace an illegal immigrant bill that disrupts the United States financial
Three years ago, I witnessed an incident where a child was denied access to a local school because she didn’t have the relevant document needed by the school for registration. She was only nine when she migrated along with her parents to the Bahamas and her dream was to get into a primary school as soon as possible in order to pick up the necessary education needed to proceed to the next level, since she didn’t had the opportunity to get a start up education back at home. The document needed was a student permit or as many would call it a student visa that must be issued before migrating to other countries if a person wishes to further their education elsewhere. Since the child was unable to present this required document, admission was disapproved. Every child despite her legal status should be afforded the right to education. Many adults migrate voluntarily to other countries in search of a better life or future. Many dreamt of leaving their native land and seeking asylum in other countries in order that their children would be able to obtain proper schooling that they weren’t able to neither acquire nor provide. As a result, a lot of children are obliged to wander to other countries along with their parents not by choice but because their parents had to. One cannot blame or penalize a young child who had no decision in what her parents did in coming to a country. A child shouldn’t have to pay the consequences for an act she didn’t commit. The right of admission to education, the right to quality education and the right to respect within the learning environment should be granted to a child once she is able and willing to learn. According to Wikipedia, ...
I believe that the current interpretation does encourage more illegal immigration. I also believe that increasing illegal immigration has a negative impact on our economy. Illegal immigrants often get paid “under the table” and therefore do not have to claim wages and can avoid paying taxes on said earnings. Illegal immigrants are often willing to work for lower wages and this contributes to the unemployment rates among American citizens. I do believe that immigration and diversity is a good thing for America as a whole, but it is also my opinion that the current practice of birth tourism is taking advantage of the Citizenship Clause. For these reasons, I believe that the Fourteenth Amendment should be reinterpreted to require one parent to be an American citizen. This does not mean they can’t be immigrants but that I believe they should take the steps to become an American citizen themselves in order for their child to be able to enjoy the same title. Part of the reason birth tourism, and immigration in general, is popular in America is because America does have great opportunities that might not be available in immigrants’ native countries. If immigrants want to establish a life in America to have access to these opportunites, I believe they have just as much right as anyone else to become an American citizen and reap the benefits. I do not believe American citizenship