Johnny Louangphom
ENG 100 Assignment #3: Film-Based Argument Draft #2 Together We Can Build a Better Place Dictionary.com defines “illegal immigrants as people who enter the U.S. without an entry or immigration visa, especially a person who crosses the border by avoiding inspection or who overstays the period of time allowed as a visitor, tourist, or businessperson.” Some Americans feel threatened by immigrants because they’re seen stealing jobs, not paying taxes, violating the law by not going through the right process to be in the United States. “Cutting ourselves off from the world is a dangerous thing. Immigrants bring with them practices and cultural knowledge from their homelands, so that these ideas can be integrated into the new country they call home. Diversity can strengthen a population and helps us grow as a nation” (Kelly). Illegal immigrants and refugees should be allowed in the United states because they help build our economy, makes us less globally detached from other countries, and it gives us a glimpse of the world's perspective on America. Shirey wrote in the immigrationtounitedstates.com states “the first immigrants to settle in what is now the United States were the ancient ancestors of modern Native Americans. During the seventeenth century, the first wave of European colonists began arriving. Most of them came from England and northern Europe. This wave peaked shortly before the American Revolution of 1776-1783. The second wave lasted about fifty years, through the mid-nineteenth century, and brought mostly Irish and Germans to the United States. That period was followed by the third wave, which lasted about forty years and brought in millions of Asians and southern and eastern Europeans. Finally, after U.S. immigration law abolished quotas based on nationalities in 1965, the fourth major wave began. It has continued into the first decade of the twenty-first century and has been the largest immigration wave in U.S. history. The majority of immigrants it has brought into the United States have come from Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean islands of the West Indies.” Why stop letting illegal immigrants in the United States if they were migrating to America since the seventeen hundreds. We the people should stay true our word and keep it going. Ushistory.org stated "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Seneca Falls 1848 Declaration Of Sentiments in precisely the same terms as the Declaration of Independence. We hold these truths to be self-evident," they said, "that all men and women are created equal". If immigrants go through the right process to obtain citizenship and pay taxes just like everyone else I don’t have a problem with them being here. “immigrants are a Plus for the Economy. Immigrants and their children bring long-term economic benefits to the United States as a whole. Immigrants add about $10 billion each year to the U.S. economy (Arizaga).” Today’s Federal Debt for the U.S. is 19,846,238,291,542.59 (Chantrill). The numbers are still climbing, without immigrants we the U.S. could be in much more debt. People don’t realize that immigrants are really helping out. People from all around the world want to come to America for many different reasons whether it’s coming to find the American Dream, Escaping war, natural disaster, or to start fresh for a better life. These people aren’t called illegal immigrants they call them refugees. Dictionary.com defines “refugee as a person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster.” Igielnik and krogstad stated in their article “Modern waves of refugees arriving in the U.S. reached their peak in 1980 when President Jimmy Carter signed the U.S. Refugee Act. The law established the Office of Refugee Resettlement, raised overall refugee quotas and provided a provision to deal with special humanitarian concerns. This was largely in response to the massive waves of refugees coming to the U.S. in the 1970s from Vietnam and Cambodia. In fact, more than 200,000 immigrants, largely from Southeast Asia, were given refugee status by the U.S. the year the Refugee Act was signed into law.” The Refugee act was created to provide a permanent and standardized procedure to be admitted into the United States. My mother and father are considered refugees back when they were living in Laos the United States was going to war with Vietnam but the war went beyond the borders of Vietnam. The war expanded to Laos and Cambodia. My parents barely escaped and made their way to the United States and got their citizenship. I’m thankful they made it out or I wouldn’t be here today. My mother tells me the story of how they escaped almost abandoning my brother leaving him by a tree just in case they were captured running from soldiers. I couldn’t even imagine how frightened and terrified they were running for their lives. Imagine the world without immigrants and refugees. Our economy would drop and we’d be in a major deficit. The world would be isolated and we wouldn’t get the chance to connect with other people from other countries. People all around the world would think that we are racist. Instead of becoming friends they would think of us as enemies. Everyone deserves a chance to try and better their lives they wanted to escape the nightmare for a better future. You can’t judge anyone if you don’t know what’s going on. Imagine if you were in their position. Would you be able to see yourself in a world where immigrants and refugees are being Discriminated, treated with Injustice, and Inequality. Work Cited Arizaga, Elizabeth “Why do immigrants come to the United States of America” On November 17, 2006 Web. >http://www.thegramblinite.com/news/view.php/394244/Why-do-immigrants-come-to-United-States- Chantrill, Christopher “U.S. Government debt” Sunday May 7, 2017 Web. >http://www.usgovernmentdebt.us/ Igielnik, Ruth and Krogstad, Jens Manuel “Where refugees in the U.S. come from” February 3, 2017 Web. >http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/02/03/where-refugees-to-the-u-s-come-from/ Kelly, Nataly “Seven Surprising Ways Immigration Helps Build a Stronger America” 01/23/2013 Web. >http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nataly-kelly/immigration-benefits_b_2523562.html Ushistory.org “The Declaration Of Independence and Its Legacy” Copyright ©2008-2016 Web. >http://www.ushistory.org/us/13a.asp
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Johnny Louangphom
ENG 100 Assignment #1 Hiraeth Draft 3 The Perfect Christmas Just like any ordinary kid one of your favorite holiday is Christmas. Christmas is a holiday where you spend time with your family exchanging gifts. The fairy tales of Santa Claus coming down the chimney at night dropping off present if you had been a good kid that year. It all began on 133 Overhill Rd, me and my family had just moved out Philadelphia and into Upper Darby a week before Christmas. Our new house was not as big as our first house but it was in a way better area. The two story twin home with an indoor porch was cool and I had the only room with a balcony. The wooden floor was as smooth as a baby’s butt. The kids on the block were very nice and playful. Everyone was getting ready to celebrate Christmas as you can see the decorations piling up out front of peoples houses. A couple of days passes by my brothers and I tried everything we could to help our parents, we wanted our first Christmas in our new house to be amazing. Christmas was approaching and there was still no tree or presents. The night before Christmas I went to sleep early because I figured we were not going to celebrate Christmas this year. Morning has arrived and it's Christmas day I see bright lights as I walked out of my room I didn't pay no mind to it, just thought someone was watching TV. As I walked down the stairs I spot a lit up Christmas tree with presents underneath them. Then I looked to the right to see my mom and dad passed out on the couch, guessing they had been up all night setting up while my brothers and I were asleep. We gathered around the tree and exchanged gifts. I was the youngest so I got to open my gifts first, as I ripped off the snowman wrapping paper I was excited to receive my favorite superhero toy the black and white Power Ranger. My brother Tip was up next he unwrapped his present and it was a nice size box I knew he had a big gift. He opened his box and there was another box my parents were messing with him, making work for his Christmas gift. When he finally got it open it was a remote control motorcycle that he was able to drive around on our hardwood floor. My oldest brother was a little too old for toys. My parents usually gets him clothes or gift cards but this year they got him the shoes that he always wanted! You could see the excitement and joy on our faces. My parents made it possible with everything going on. The best Christmas ever! Thinking that Christmas was gonna be the same every year, I thought wrong. My life was slowly falling apart we were on the verge of getting evicted. My oldest brother had got into some trouble with the police and was sentenced to ten to fifth-teen years in prison for trying to keep a roof over our head. Christmas would not be the same without him. As the years go by it was hard not having my brother there for Christmas but we visited him to make sure that he wasn't left out. I couldn't imagine the pain he was in being locked behind bars year after year waiting for another chance at freedom. In 2007 I received the worst news of my life. My second oldest brother was killed in a motorcycle accident after a car had cut him off coming off a side block. Our hearts were heavy and the pain was unbearable. All Christmases wasn't like it used to be, we barely enjoyed ourselves, and was not as happy as we should be. It was tough not having my brothers around for Christmas it felt as if apart of our happiness had died. We knew we had to be happy for Christmas, my brother would've never wanted us to feel this way because of him instead of mourning, we celebrated because that's what he would've wanted. In 2013 just when I thought things couldn't get any worse my dad was getting ill we didn't know what was wrong with him. We took him to the doctor to get him checked out and received news that he was sick with lung cancer. My father got lung cancer from working heating and air conditioning and never work a mask so the insulation dust got into his body. As the days past my dad was getting sicker and sicker everything was different. He wasn't the same and I knew I had to spend every minute of the day with him. January 14 2011 I was sitting right next to dad in hospice when he had lost his life to cancer. One minute we are watching Transformers the movie the next minute he’s not breathing. The pain and suffering is over and Buddha had plans for him. My mother and I were lost, we didn't know what to do or expect knowing that this Christmas it was just gonna be me and her. Christmas wasn't so bad that year we visited my brother and exchanged gifts. I would do anything to go back and relive that perfect Christmas but cannot due to the circumstances that happen over the years. I wish it was just a dream and that I could wake up from this nightmare. Things started to get better my brother recently got out of prison in April of 2016 the system gave my family hope. They gave my brother another chance at freedom. After being locked behind bars for over a decade my mom cried tears of joy to finally have her son back it made me happy to see her like that. Christmas this year was gonna be better! We celebrated a little differently we had a nice size tree and tried to light it up like the stars in the sky. We put pictures of my dad and brother around the tree. The good old feeling of happiness, being able to enjoy Christmas once again. Life can be very tough unexpected things can happen but just know that you will always find light and the end of the tunnel. With everything that has happened we are grateful for everything. We as a family didn't give up when times got rough instead we stuck by each other and help go through this process together. Better Days are ahead and we have many more memories to make our Christmas special again. Cherish every moment because tomorrow is never promised. As a kid I always wanted to go to Disney World but my parents never had the money. We had just enough to live and maintain. I was jealous of hearing other kids stories at school of how magical and fun they have had while on vacation. When I got older I started to realize that you only get one life to live so why not turn your dreams into reality. May 25th 2017 I will finally get the chance to take a trip to the infamous Disney World! I'm super excited I didn't want to look like a creep going alone so I decided to bring my God Daughter Zoey! She is only two years old but I know for sure that she will have an amazing time! All she says now "can't Wait to see Minnie, Elsa, and Olaf." My god daughter means the world to me and I wanna do things with her that I never got the chance to experience when I was younger. I wanna give her all the nice toys I never got as a kid. Its truly a blessing to see her smile! All my hard work is finally paying off! ill be sure to post pictures as soon as we get back from vacation! |
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