Com 220 Week 9 Persuasive Research Paper

COM 220 Final Project Immigration Reform Addressing Illegal Immigration Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door This slogan has been quoted by congressional and common men alike. There comes a time when we have to amend and update the great ideas from our past to protect our future. Illegal immigration is exactly what it is, Illegal. America is known to the world as a nation of immigrants. Our genealogy can be traced to all documented regions on the planet. We came to America for an escape from a cruel and harsh climate. We traveled miles of seas to have our families know of a life we wanted for them as well as ourselves. We walked from one country to another to seek prosperity that we saw fit to have. Some of us came without hesitation to seek out the unknown in a land considered unexplored. Some of us resisted, fought and died to escape those who sought to bring us here against our wills. We have melted in a melting pot of