Abstract The paper at hand aims at studying one of the most critical issues faced in the current-day United States – the issue of border security. Specific attention will be paid to how the perception of border security evolved over time to become what it is today. In particular, it...

1) Is current immigration policy seriously treated as a national security issue? How was it treated prior to 9/11? The immigration policy subsequent to the events of September 11, 2001 have not been treated with the seriousness of it being a national security issue as it was treated prior to...

Immigration in the United States is one of the most heated debates that the country has witnessed in the past decades. Immigrants account for more than 19 percent of the American population, approximately 60 million people. According to Nagel and Ehrkamp (2016), the country places itself as one of the...

Through the late 20th and early 21st centuries, illegal immigration from Mexico has been an important topic in political debates. Over the years, this issue has impacted a range of areas of American life, such as social, cultural and political matters. The matter that seems to gain the most discussion...

Barbara Ehrenreich’s 2007 article, “What America Owes to Its Illegals” touches the issue of illegal immigrants and the way that they are treated by the authorities and by companies. Her article is motivated by the immigration bill which states that illegal immigrants must pay $ 5000 to gain citizenship in...