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1. Statement of Prospective Claims (600- 900 Words)

why the issues with illegal immigrants matter and how we should try to understand it?

I believe the issues with illegal immigration matter today largely because of the issues portrayed in social media, and with the Presidency of Trump targeting laws against refugees and Mexican Immigrants because the border to Mexico is very close. My focus for this paper will be on a social form towards how society, and politicians take the view of immigrants. Largely when  people think of immigrants in America they think of Mexican’s just because of Mexico’s nearness to the U.S.  This also takes into account how the recent mass deportations might have been targeted at mexican’s because when Americans think “illegal immigrant” they do not think of Irish, or Jewish immigrants, but rather Mexican immigrants who look dark skin and brown hair with brown eyes. The case will bring into question the centerpoint of the first amendment and how Mexican immigrants should receive the right to be considered as part of the people in the United States Constitution. The recent focus with Trump’s big plan building the Wall with Mexico also takes into account discrimination this group will phase and how important it will be in present day america for Mexican immigrants to be able to hold a voice in American courts, aor when marching in protests in the United States.  The focus, however, for this paper will be the immigrants who have began a life in the U.S. and have lived here for at least five to  ten years creating a segmented life rather than the illegal immigrants who have just now recently entered the United States. In regards to if we owe the illegal population the right to benefit from the Constitutional rights I will explore the benefits they give the country while also  taking into account the statistical imprisonment or detention of the individuals, and seeing as how law is applied to this groups by comparing laws in early African American and Woman treatment not being taken into context when White American man where the only ones who received Constitutional rights. With this in mind I will also take into account the role of citizens through which a political sense of “the people” means and who it has been controversially been assessed to be part of the people.Lastly, I will focus on those who became citizens through a bureaucratic channel vs. those who are here and invested their money and time here, and what it means to potentially end up advocating that we should change the law with regards to this issue by using previously argued solutions to this problem. I will attempt to take into account who citizens are connected to in regards to the people.

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III. The Abstract: A Prospectus (50-200 Words)

Abstract:

Immigration is a topic of controversy in the U.S. Particularly, in today’s society the role of illegal immigration portrays a large role in politics, and the issue of the if illegal immigrants have rights similar to citizens and residents with regards to the Constitution and the Bill of Rights which America was founded upon. Their roles in the U.S. are shaped by their voice; therefore, this paper focuses largely on the meaning of who “the people” which the Constitution addresses are meant to encompass in its rights to illegal immigrants. This paper will also target the role of free speech and its context in terms of the treatment of Mexican immigrants as one of America’s social minority groups, and how the first amendment also includes this group. With regards to assessing this issue there will be a large focus on society’s treatment of Mexican’s post Trump election, and prior to his election in regards to the issue, and why something has to be done present day rather than ten years from now.