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Make sure you include your works cited with your letter when you submit it.

1. “Immigration Policy.” Issues & Controversies, Infobase, 24 Jan. 2025, https://icof.infobase.com/articles/QXJ0aWNsZVRleHQ6MTY1MjU=?aid=99152.

2. Sonenshine, Tara. "The US Is Struggling to Handle an Immigration Surge—Here's How Europe Is Dealing with Its Own Influx." Gale Opposing Viewpoints Online Collection, Gale, 2025. Gale In Context: Opposing Viewpoints, link.gale.com/apps/doc/QROMHG721106287/OVIC?u=nhmccd_main&sid=bookmark-OVIC&xid=35aa5e3d. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025. Originally published as "The US is struggling to handle an immigration surge – here's how Europe is dealing with its own influx," The Conversation, 19 Jan. 2024.

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Immigration and Asylum Seekers

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"Immigrants in the United States, by Race and Citizenship Status, 2017." Gale Opposing Viewpoints Online Collection, Gale, 2019. Gale In Context: Opposing Viewpoints, link.gale.com/apps/doc/FUTUDB660824006/OVIC?u=nhmccd_main&sid=bookmark-OVIC&xid=4d2fdf94. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.

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"Refugees and Asylees in the United States: Process and Politics." Gale Opposing Viewpoints Online Collection, Gale, 2023. Gale In Context: Opposing Viewpoints, link.gale.com/apps/doc/QYOBYO590703991/OVIC?u=nhmccd_main&sid=bookmark-OVIC&xid=3c848689. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.

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Step 5 - Create Letter and Audio Reflection and post in D2L

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Step 5 - Create Letter and Audio Reflection and post in D2L

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To be clear, as someone who personally understands the difficulties of immigration and the process that it takes to be able to legally live within this country, I know the importance of making revisions to the system to become more accessible as many believe their odds are better making the trip across border. Fortunately, there is change that can be made and with that many immigrants can join in creating a more prosperous nation, finding opportunity, and adding to the vast history our nation has being built by immigrants.

Sincerely,

Anthony Balteri

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With the potential revisions to the immigration system there is the likely possibility that people who want to abide by our laws can easily apply to be admitted into a pathway to citizenship. A large impact that would happen is that not only will there be a reduction in the political divisiveness this issue has but also would overall bring a more stable flow of immigrants while also restoring a sense respect for the law that may have been diminished similarly with prohibition

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Par. 2 Proposed solution to the social issue

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Par. 2 Proposed solution to the social issue

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What I propose to solve the crisis at our southern border is to direct attention to updating the process to legally enter the country and make it more streamline for people who are determined to find opportunities while abiding by our laws and upholding the integrity of our country as it was meant to be since the early days of this country.

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With respect to opposing views on the issue, many argue that the process to legally immigrate is issue gilded in corruption whereas the political tension on the subject is keeping it from currently being resolved as needed funds are not being delivered to properly assess the problems with wait times and conditions for those seeking asylum before being admitted.

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Provide supporting evidence (throughout letter)

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Provide supporting evidence (throughout letter)

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List the three quotes that you are going to use from your research:

1. "as of March 2023 the average wait time for cases pending an immigration hearing before a judge was 762 days."

2. " In March 2021, more than 172,000 immigrants

—of which more than 18,800 were unaccompanied children—were detained"

3. "One answer has been to reform their immigration systems to make deportation easier."

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The issue currently within the United States is the problem of immigration and asylum seekers. Many people choose to make the perilous journey across our southern border and endure harsh conditions when the legal option is right there. The reason so is because of the rules and regulations needed to become a citizen or to gain asylum it is very complex and takes a lot of time which deters many from trying to causing an influx on otherwise innocent citizens trying to find opportunity within our nation.

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1)     Opposing Viewpoints: https://link-gale-com.lscsproxy.lonestar.edu/apps/OVIC?u=nhmccd_main

2)     CQ Researcher: https://lscsproxy.lonestar.edu/login?url=http://library.cqpress.com/cqresearcher

3)     Issues & Controversaries: https://lscsproxy.lonestar.edu/login?url=http://online.infobaselearning.com/Direct.aspx?aid=99152&pid=WE57

4)     US Major Dailies (newspapers): https://lscsproxy.lonestar.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/usmajordailies/news/fromDatabasesLayer?accountid=7054

5)     Newspaper Source Plus: https://lscsproxy.lonestar.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&profile=ehost&defaultdb=n5h

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Krugman, Paul. "Immigrants Make America Stronger and Richer." New York Times, 6 Feb. 2024, p. A19. Gale In Context: Opposing Viewpoints, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A781513561/OVIC?u=nhmccd_main&sid=bookmark-OVIC&xid=a45047da. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.

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Issues & Controversies - Immigration Policy

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Step 3 - Research your social issue in the online databases and post articles

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Step 3 - Research your social issue in the online databases and post articles

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Step 2 - Choose the Social Issues that you will write about in your letter. List it here. 

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Step 2 - Choose the Social Issues that you will write about in your letter. List it here. 

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Use this to make sure you have all the necessary components!

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Step 4 - Create Persuasive Letter Outline

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Step 4 - Create Persuasive Letter Outline

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Dear Ur M. jaddou,

In regards to recent events I want to reach out to you on the importance of immigration within our country.