Migratory Consolidation As A Key To Propel U.S. Economy
This assignment was created by students at The City College of New York for the Freshman Inquiry Writing Seminar, Web Discourse. Students are researching a social issue in one of four large topics: Urban Life, Public Health, Immigration, and Education. This will result in a final research paper that explores both how the conversations surrounding the issue are enacted and how a CCNY student may enter that conversation in a meaningful way.
“Turning immigrants into Americans is a mission
tied intimately to this country’s self-interest and identity,
if not its very soul”. (The NY Times)
The need for Congress to reform the nation’s immigration laws is the golden opportunity to activate the frozen U.S. economy through awakening incentives on all parties (illegal immigrants, businesses and government).
Since the Congress requires the Immigration & Naturalization Services (INS) be self supported and that it does not operate on taxpayer dollars but at user fee, it can be run as a corporation where a budget has to be founded for every project. So let’s work from INS.
Let’s say the INS project is to:
- BIOMETRICIZE all illegal immigrants that could prove have lived for 10 consecutively years in the U.S. and all naturalized residents becoming this the official ID of a new U.S. era (let’s the government deal with the regular citizen).
- CONCED civilian first world class benefits _details below_ to those who can prove to be working under contract (temporary and non-temporary).
- BENEFIT the employer by relieving him of a tax payment percentage per biometrized legaly contracted worker.
- PROMOTE multicultural forms of art to create BOUNDS that could atone actual diversity discrepancies.
“We cannot care of what we don’t love and we cannot love what we don’t know”
The project would be self-financed by the will-be biometricied applicat (plus an adequate penalty fee for all illegal immigrant clearances).
The biometricized tax-payer citizen would acquire:
- FREE FRONTIER pass to all proved neighbor U.S. country born (Mexico, Canada, D.R. and Caribbean countries TBD)
- EQUAL OPORTINITIES for equal wages in work places.
- FREE public EDUCATION.
- FREE public HEALTH CARE.
- GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE attained EXCLUSIVELY for all who could prove having a definite physical disability (by not granting it to those capable to work/study the government would finance public schools and hospitals).
This proposal is projected to live in a more EQUALLY world, to make ourselves better, more humane people, be treated and treat people with dignity and honor.
The most difficult issue I’m afraid I’ll have is the persuasion in communicating the importance of the POWER of unity through co-operation between assorted and distant cultures. Without fraternal unity and the abandon of prejudices the U.S. won’t overcome a faulty economy.
In this research I’ll look on scholarly and non-scholarly works about politics, human history, philosophy, sociology as on actual opinions as well.
The most compelling challenge would be to COMPOSE this research in a vivid and rhythmic yet light way as opposed of heavy and monotone investigative study.
Comments
Alejandra,
You begin your post with a very powerful quote. You also have a good sense of what you want to write about, a neat outline, and key ideas that will build the core of your research topic.
Your challenge, as you mentioned, will be to construct this paper into an organized yet free-flowing one, not too serious but convincing, and scholarly without being detached.
I can feel that you have very strong feelings about this topic and that you already have a lot to say. Enjoy your research. I think you are on your path to a great essay. Good luck!
Posted by: Akiko | October 26, 2009 02:57 PM
Akiko mentions your use of powerful quotes and a convenient outline form, all of which make your proposal easily read and comprehended. It's a great idea; very focused, with a great deal of literature on the subject.
You might run into problems with the healthcare change, since that is a very important issue at present. Readers might think you're setting up a socialist state. If you are, merely explain why. If not, show how.
(though this is probably unimportant if its not the central focus of your paper)
On question: Is this your plan, or are you researching the efficacy of such a project? (it's hard to tell) Overall It sounds very interesting.
Posted by: Andrew Bastidas | October 27, 2009 09:46 AM