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Summary Many people have different opinions on the issue of immigration. Some people feel that there should be strict laws against immigration, and other people feel that it is a beneficial thing to have immigrants in America. The article presents to opinions relating to immigration. The people who support immigration argue that Americans should be grateful because immigrants are given the low paying jobs that most Americans do not want to do. Those that argue against immigration say that the immigrants are taking the jobs of the American peoples, regardless of the type of labor. Many of the southern states have laws offer restrictions to the immigration population, and although it is a controversial issue, Mississippi just passed an Immigration Bill. It requires police officers to keep track of the immigrant population. Officers are also in charge of keeping track of any immigration arrests. The bill makes it illegal for immigrants to take part in business transactions and obtaining or renewing their drivers and business license. It is also supposed to help promote jobs for the immigrants.  The immigration bill of Mississippi presented the issue with Arizona. Arizona has one of the “strictest immigrant reform laws in the country.” This statement means that the laws that set back immigrants are extremely strict. Two of the sections in Alabama’s immigration act were at one point disabled by Congress, due to their severances. Many of the southern states started to create immigration laws after Arizona, which was one of the first states to pass an Immigration Act. Arizona’s immigration act was not very practical. For example, one act required the police to run background checks and to investigate any person that they suspected to be an illegal immigrant. Not only is this not practical, but it is also an invasion of privacy and can be root to future problems. Due to Arizona’s immigration provisions, the United States Supreme Court is going to question the act in April. Relevance Originally America was founded by immigrants, but now immigrants are not very welcomed into the country. In class, we discussed in detail about the different groups that were large in the 1920’s. A major group that was popular was the Ku Klux Klan (KKK). When people hear about the KKK, they think that they were only impartial African Americans, but in reality, they showed hatred to those who were not white and anyone who did not follow their religion or beliefs. Amongst the groups that they disliked, immigrants or colors were one of them. The KKK believed that the white race was superior and any people of different beliefs and color should be murdered. As the 1920 progressed, there was an increase in African American and immigration murders.  During a late time in America, one of our past presidents, Franklin D. Roosevelt was a supporter of immigration. He felt that if the immigrants needed to come to America, then there must be a good enough reason. Anyone living in America should have equal rights, even if they are not native to the United States. FDR thought this way because he wanted everyone in America to have equal rights, and that would help to resolve any inequality issues. There was one obligation that Roosevelt had when it came to immigrants, and that was to have immigrants learn English in their first five years in America. If they did not oblige then they would be deported back to their native country. Even in history it is clear that there were mixed opinions on immigration just like there is now, and just like there always will be. Theme Reform is “ Diverse movements focusing on broad range of issues .” It covers a large variety of social issues that are present throughout America. These issues are shown through voting rights, immigration, gay rights, education, and many more. Immigration is related to reform because of the different opinions that immigration presents. There are always changes going on when it comes to America. For example, there was one point in American history when many people from East Asia were coming to America. This lead to Congress’s decision to create an act that temporarily closed its boarders to the immigration. Today, immigration is legal, but the immigrants need to apply for a green card, which gives them permission to live legally and work legally in the United States. Immigration issues are very controversial, and there are always arguments supporting each side. The article covers only a couple of them, immigration and voting because in the article the author discusses how the Immigration Bill of Mississippi passed 70-47. Questions 1. Are there any other reasons that the Supreme Court wants to challenge Arizona, and when they challenge Arizona what are the chances that something will change? 2. If the people of Mississippi were to vote on the Immigration Bill, would they have passed it? 3. Are there any southern states that do not have immigration laws or bills? 4. Other then the southern states, are there any other states that have laws dealing with immigration?

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