Immigration System

 Immigration has been a huge problem in the US and building a wall that will cost the US billions of dollars is a poor idea. Agreeing with my colleague Kristin Grill on the fact that majority of the illegal immigrants are coming into this country legally and staying permanently after their visa expires. The correct approach is to invest those billions of dollars in our Immigration system and taken control of the USCIS making sure all the regulations are being ensured. One of the examples that proving that we in fact need more focus on our Immigration system is back in 2016 when the government miserly granted citizenships to at least 858 immigrants and the majority of these given to immigrants coming from countries of concern or this year when some of the DACA applicants received an extension of work permits from 2 years to 3 years another mistake from the USCIS. This just shows that our system needs improvements and needs more focus on instead of a wall that is technically already there between Mexico and the US.

Science Matters!

On April 17, 2017, New York Times published Scientists and “Activist Look Beyond the March for Science.” Thousands of people came together on Earth Day to show their support on all of what science has to offer and defending the right for all scientist to continue their research and put a stop on the budget cuts the presidential administration was trying to do. By the president's administration seeking to do a budget cut and suppressing science can have a significant fall back on how advanced the country is in all research, compared to other countries where they invest in it. The protest shows how much the country has evolved, we can separate the faith we have, and science can still have our beliefs but respect the scientific world we live in today. For example, all the nonscientist that marched in behalf of science just to show their support even though they are pro-religion but anti-science. Science has been a huge part of our life’s, giving us an understanding of things that we do not understand or why cycles are the way they are as per climate and medicine. Our modern world is run by science that without, we wouldn’t be where we are today in health, environment, and other natural hazards.

Should Marijuana (Cannabis) be legal?

Marijuana has been considered to be a very dangerous drug and yes it does have negative side effects but what doesn’t these days if not consumed in a moderate way? For example caffeine, too much of it can cause headaches, insomnia, nervousness and one can get addicted to it but drinking less than 400 mg can just be considered a healthy consumption level. Sugar, most people in their lifetime don’t realize that they can go a couple of hours without eating sugar which can over time cause diabetes, obesity and metabolic syndrome but controlling these sugar cravings wouldn’t be as harmful as it could be. Painkillers, such as Vicodin, OxyContin, and Percocet even Ritalin which is a prescription for people with ADD or Antidepressants these are common medication that a large percentage of the population are addicted too but our country has created a system that controls the access to these prescriptions and can easily tell if one is abusing its access. So yes I agree with Hannah that Marijuana should be legalized and agree that it can bring significant benefits to our economy and reduce crime rates.

Foreign Affairs

               Having an idea on how important our foreign relations and reading a Huffington Post on how our president is not very informed of our US foreign interactions is overwhelming. A president is supposed to represent its country, and it’s the people, ignoring besides the fact that Trump is disliked at least you would think he would try to be a better president in representing us through the eyes of our allied countries and make them know we take our foreign policies as a crucial matter. Reasons that our foreign policies are essential to our nation is because it keeps a peaceful mutual relation between the countries, the majority of our consumption generated from other countries, all countries need each other no country can be self-reliable or self-sufficient, and many of the overseas problems can have a major impact in the US. Going back to our history in what caused the majority of our war history was because of the lack of control in our foreign relations. In not making the foreign policies as a top priority and not being better represented this could lead to a recession in the future.

Refugees

On Wednesday February 1, 2017 Michelle Malkin wrote an article about the risks we would be taking upon on receiving all refugees into our country. Malkin also mentions the cultural and social influences these refugees would bring with them. To be more specific, this article explains the reasoning behind why the president might have considered a systemized tracking system. Such tracking system would be better at monitoring people coming in and out of our country. This gives you a different point of view as to how precautious we should be when receiving all refugees and making sure all possible obstacles are taken into consideration.

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