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Dear Next President,

Abortion is a very controversial issue but it's up to the woman to make her own decisions over her own body because the government shouldn't have a say in a women's decision of being responsible for another life. There are 20 million unsafe abortions every year worldwide and about 68,000 women die of unsafe abortions annually.

If having an abortion ever becomes illegal, the amount of kids in foster care and being put up for adoption would increase significantly. According to AdoptUSKids, there are currently more than 400,000 kids in foster care in the United States. Only a quarter of the kids will be adopted, this leaves the other three quarters without a stable home. About 20,000 teens will age out of the system either when they turn 18 or 21, or in some cases, depending on what state they live in, when they finish high school. When an adolescent ages out of the system and doesn't get adopted, this makes it so they have more of a difficult time getting their life together.

As I said earlier there are 21.6 million women who experience unsafe abortions worldwide. Women will resort to unsafe abortions if there is no legal option. Each year 47,000 women die from complications in developing countries where there is not much access to have safe and legal abortions. Having access to professionally performed abortions that are legal reduces death that is caused by unsafe performed abortions. And having that access to safe abortions is an important aspect of a women's health care. Abortions is one of the safest medical procedures.

Furthermore,one of the reasons the president should care about making abortions pro-choice is because according to the University of San Francisco, women who are denied abortions have more of a chance of being unemployed, to be on public welfare, to be below the poverty line, and to become victims of domestic violence another study by obstetrics & Gynecology says that women who are denied abortions are most likely to have mental health problems the study also showed that the women who were denied "felt more anger and regret" and 91% of women who did have abortions said that "it was the right decision"

Overall women should have the right to have control over their own body. Women should have the ability to determine their future and that includes having the choice over when and whether she wants children. I don't you should make abortions illegal but i do think you should prevent more abortions, you could do this by having more access to sex education to prevent less unwanted pregnancies.

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It's women's choice by Victoria B. - Letters to the Next President 2.0

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Overall women should have the right to have control over their own body. Women should have the ability to determine their future and that includes having the choice over when and whether she wants children.

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Dear Next President,

First of all, congratulations on winning the elections and for taking up the challenge to lead us in the right direction when this country is clearly falling apart. Lately, I have been noticing the topic of immigration and deportation become more and more of an issue. On that note, I think you should mainly focus on deportation and immigration. I propose we make a law or program for the purpose of helping keep immigrant families together.

By the same token, unauthorized immigrants should not be forced to leave behind their US born children. Families need each other for support. According to Pew research, in 2014 there was a record of 42.2 million undocumented immigrants living in the United States making up 13.2% of the nation's population. Out of the 42 million immigrants, 4.5 million US-born children are at risk of having both their parents deported. What I proposed you did was to work on a law or a program that allows these 42.2 million immigrants to stay with their families. Although the DACA (Deferred Action for Children Arrivals) and DAPA (Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents) has protected 700,000 children from being deported, helped 92% of applicants got a higher education, 82% got their license and 69% got a higher paying job, it is currently on pause for the next president to choose whether or not to continue with the program. Bringing back both DACA and DAPA would help keep families together as well as give them other benefits.

This is an important issue because immigrant families are constantly being torn apart due to deportation. June 2015, my neighbor was deported while driving home from work. He left behind a wife and two children, both under the age of 4. Despite the DACA and DAPA helping thousands of undocumented immigrants, people still got deported. According to Huffington, in 2013, 71,214 parents of US-born children were deported. We shouldn't be deporting people that came to America looking for a better life, we should be helping them achieve that better life. Pew Research stated that in 2014 the Obama administration deported a record of 438,421 immigrants. Families migrate in hopes of escaping poverty, conflict/ violence, helping their children get more opportunities and to have a better life.

Others in the world may think that immigrants should be deported because they are "stealing their jobs". In recent polls done by Pew Research suggests that 63% of Republicans are "taking the jobs of Americans." In reality, immigrants create jobs and make U.S-born workers more prosperous. Urban's Maria E. Enchautegui studied a cohort of 16 million American workers without high school diplomas. "These findings suggest that immigrants and native workers with low levels of education may be competing for different jobs and even could be complementing each other. Immigration status can constrain a worker's job choices, but many immigrants are working different jobs from natives because they have limited English language or technical skills, or because they have insufficient exposure to the US workplace." The most common jobs taken by immigrants are maids/ housekeepers, cooks and construction laborers, while the most common jobs taken by native workers are cashiers, truck drivers and janitorial work. In other words immigrants are not at all taking/ stealing jobs, they are simply doing taking the unwanted ones.

All things considered, with said law and/or program we will be helping millions of children and adults get a higher education and a higher chance at success. As well as helping adult get better paying jobs. This law/program will reduce the number of separated families and poverty levels in immigrant families.

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Dear Next President, First of all, congratulations on winning the elections and for taking up the challenge to lead us in the right direction when this country is clearly falling apart. Lately, I have been noticing the topic of immigration and deportation become more and more of an issue.

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Amendment Rap by Ryan S. - Letters to the Next President 2.0

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Dear Next President, Will you reform the Justice System? Shouldn't everyone have justice? The haves AND the have-nots? Listen to this Hamilton-inspired rap by Ryan S. and Zohra A.

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Racism by Woqi - Letters to the Next President 2.0

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Letters to the Next President 2.0 engaged and connected young people, aged 13-18, as they researched, wrote, and made media to voice their opinions on issues that mattered to them in the 2016 Presidential Election.

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Stricter Gun Control Laws by Raquel H. - Letters to the Next President 2.0

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My video explores the reasons why we should aim for stricter gun control legislation and the collateral damage in urban communities resulting from our current lax laws.

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Dear Next President,

Abortion is a very controversial issue but it's up to the woman to make her own decisions over her own body because the government shouldn't have a say in a women's decision of being responsible for another life. There are 20 million unsafe abortions every year worldwide and about 68,000 women die of unsafe abortions annually.

If having an abortion ever becomes illegal, the amount of kids in foster care and being put up for adoption would increase significantly. According to AdoptUSKids, there are currently more than 400,000 kids in foster care in the United States. Only a quarter of the kids will be adopted, this leaves the other three quarters without a stable home. About 20,000 teens will age out of the system either when they turn 18 or 21, or in some cases, depending on what state they live in, when they finish high school. When an adolescent ages out of the system and doesn't get adopted, this makes it so they have more of a difficult time getting their life together.

As I said earlier there are 21.6 million women who experience unsafe abortions worldwide. Women will resort to unsafe abortions if there is no legal option. Each year 47,000 women die from complications in developing countries where there is not much access to have safe and legal abortions. Having access to professionally performed abortions that are legal reduces death that is caused by unsafe performed abortions. And having that access to safe abortions is an important aspect of a women's health care. Abortions is one of the safest medical procedures.

Furthermore,one of the reasons the president should care about making abortions pro-choice is because according to the University of San Francisco, women who are denied abortions have more of a chance of being unemployed, to be on public welfare, to be below the poverty line, and to become victims of domestic violence another study by obstetrics & Gynecology says that women who are denied abortions are most likely to have mental health problems the study also showed that the women who were denied "felt more anger and regret" and 91% of women who did have abortions said that "it was the right decision"

Overall women should have the right to have control over their own body. Women should have the ability to determine their future and that includes having the choice over when and whether she wants children. I don't you should make abortions illegal but i do think you should prevent more abortions, you could do this by having more access to sex education to prevent less unwanted pregnancies.

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It's women's choice by Victoria B. - Letters to the Next President 2.0

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Overall women should have the right to have control over their own body. Women should have the ability to determine their future and that includes having the choice over when and whether she wants children.

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Gun-Control and Mass Shootings by Rory Fitzgerald - Letters to the Next President 2.0

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Gun Control Australia shows that Australia's famously effective gun restriction law was passed in 1996 after a single mass shooting. This law does not allow personal protection as a legitimate reason to own a gun. Australia's gun law has been extremely effective.

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Education in America by Sofie O. - Letters to the Next President 2.0

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Ah, education. The bane of the existence of students everywhere, though in few places is it more pronounced than in America. And it's not difficult to see why. According to apa.org, every year 48% of students attend counselors for mental health concerns, 10% are hospitalized for mental health concerns, 23% injure themselves without suicidal intent, 30% consider suicide, and 8% attempt suicide.

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Immigration (DACA) by Paola A. - Letters to the Next President 2.0

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As a daughter of immigrant parents, I have found the importance of supporting and advocating for immigrant children whose chances of succeeding in United States are low due to the lack of immigration policy. Did you know that in the last 4 years about 700,000 immigrant children were protected from deportation because of DACA?

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College Tuition

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Tuition Takes Off: College Ed. Cost Skyrockets by Tommy Lindbloom - Letters to the Next President 2.0

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Dear Next President: As college education costs skyrocket, student loans are at an all time high. Need data? This infographic provides examples of the increasing debt our college graduates take with them. What will your presidency do to change this?

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SAWP Super Saturday on Letters to the Next President!

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SAWP Super Saturday on Letters to the Next President!

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https://letters2president.org/