Final reflection!

Obama decides to try bypass congress

As I have already posted, the GOP and Obama are at a standstill, so Obama is really taking matters into his own hands by using his executive powers to do as much as possible without having to go through congress. One of the things he has been doing is giving visas to immigrants, especially the minors from Central America who are fleeing from violence. This is an important step in solving the immigration problem in North America; however I feel that this is a highly impermanent solution and more steps need to be taken.

The major connection I feel between this article and The Distance Between Us is a less direct one than other connections I have been reviewing. In this book, when Reyna, her siblings, and her dad went across the border and were stopped they were just thrown back, and allowed to pretty much try again. Now there are far more migrants, so they are not simply thrown back, and the border is far harder to cross. We need to fix the issue of undocumented immigration and lower the number of undocumented immigrants crossing the border, be it by making immigration easier, or making illegal immigration harder if not both.

Immigration has gone up and down in the United States. I had learned about the different periods and which people migrated when in history class, but I didn't get personal stories of migrants until this time. I believe that even after the Mexico / Central America migration ends, more migrants will come from new places. Immigrants will always be on the rise going from one place to another as the socioeconomics of the world changes. The United Sates needs long term solutions not only for the rising numbers of unaccompanied minors currently entering the US, but also for future migrants. Doing this will require both political parties to cooperate.

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