https://padlet.com/rafaulkner19/pt38hdbpvw6q en-us 2017-04-07 16:58:45 UTC 2017-04-10 16:31:10 UTC hello@padlet.com rafaulkner19 https://padlet.com/rafaulkner19/pt38hdbpvw6q/wish/165435212 http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/ovic/ViewpointsDetailsPage/ViewpointsDetailsWindow?disableHighlighting=true&displayGroupName=Viewpoints&currPage=&scanId=&query=&source=&prodId=OVIC&search_within_results=&p=OVIC&mode=view&catId=&u=j243905&limiter=&display-query=&displayGroups=&contentModules=&action=e&sortBy=&documentId=GALE%7CEJ3010962203&windowstate=normal&activityType=&failOverType=&commentary=true]]> 2017-04-07 16:59:45 UTC https://padlet.com/rafaulkner19/pt38hdbpvw6q/wish/165435212 rafaulkner19 https://padlet.com/rafaulkner19/pt38hdbpvw6q/wish/165715510 "For more than 200 years, our tradition of welcoming immigrants from around the world has given us a tremendous advantage over other nations. It's kept us youthful, dynamic, and entrepreneurial. It has shaped our character as a people with limitless possibilities—people not trapped by our past, but able to remake ourselves as we choose."]]> 2017-04-10 16:17:27 UTC https://padlet.com/rafaulkner19/pt38hdbpvw6q/wish/165715510 rafaulkner19 https://padlet.com/rafaulkner19/pt38hdbpvw6q/wish/165715538 Currently, the immigration laws are dysfunctional and desperately need to be fixed.]]> 2017-04-10 16:17:32 UTC https://padlet.com/rafaulkner19/pt38hdbpvw6q/wish/165715538 rafaulkner19 https://padlet.com/rafaulkner19/pt38hdbpvw6q/wish/165715709 Obama took many steps towards immigration reform as president. Not only did he help strengthen the borders, Obama also pushed for an easier pathway ti legal status for deserving immigrants. This greatly helped the economy.]]> 2017-04-10 16:18:19 UTC https://padlet.com/rafaulkner19/pt38hdbpvw6q/wish/165715709 rafaulkner19 https://padlet.com/rafaulkner19/pt38hdbpvw6q/wish/165716195 "And that's why we're going to keep focusing enforcement resources on actual threats to our security. Felons, not families. Criminals, not children. Gang members, not a mom who's working hard to provide for her kids. We'll prioritize, just like law enforcement does every day."]]> 2017-04-10 16:20:07 UTC https://padlet.com/rafaulkner19/pt38hdbpvw6q/wish/165716195 rafaulkner19 https://padlet.com/rafaulkner19/pt38hdbpvw6q/wish/165716470 Deportation rates went up 80% within six years of Obama beginning his presidency, but that was almost exclusively for criminals and undeserving immigrants.]]> 2017-04-10 16:21:12 UTC https://padlet.com/rafaulkner19/pt38hdbpvw6q/wish/165716470 rafaulkner19 https://padlet.com/rafaulkner19/pt38hdbpvw6q/wish/165716563 Obama wanted to build a bridge between the American government and illegal immigrants. Instead of forcing the immigrants to live in fear, he wanted to bring them out and let them live to help the economy by helping the immigrants gain a legal status to stay and work in America]]> 2017-04-10 16:21:29 UTC https://padlet.com/rafaulkner19/pt38hdbpvw6q/wish/165716563 rafaulkner19 https://padlet.com/rafaulkner19/pt38hdbpvw6q/wish/165716586 "And let's be honest—tracking down, rounding up, and deporting millions of people isn't realistic. Anyone who suggests otherwise isn't being straight with you. It's also not who we are as Americans.]]> 2017-04-10 16:21:32 UTC https://padlet.com/rafaulkner19/pt38hdbpvw6q/wish/165716586 rafaulkner19 https://padlet.com/rafaulkner19/pt38hdbpvw6q/wish/165717467 Mass deportation would be impossible and against American morals.]]> 2017-04-10 16:24:52 UTC https://padlet.com/rafaulkner19/pt38hdbpvw6q/wish/165717467 rafaulkner19 https://padlet.com/rafaulkner19/pt38hdbpvw6q/wish/165717606 Though Obama wanted reform, he made it clear that he did not seek to offer amnesty. This is because amnesty would require and go hand-in-hand with the current (flawed) system. Instead, he searched for a middle ground to appease everyone.]]> 2017-04-10 16:25:25 UTC https://padlet.com/rafaulkner19/pt38hdbpvw6q/wish/165717606 rafaulkner19 https://padlet.com/rafaulkner19/pt38hdbpvw6q/wish/165717761 "I know some worry immigration will change the very fabric of who we are, or take our jobs, or stick it to middle-class families at a time when they already feel like they've gotten the raw deal for over a decade. I hear these concerns. But that's not what these steps would do. Our history and the facts show that immigrants are a net plus for our economy and our society."]]> 2017-04-10 16:25:56 UTC https://padlet.com/rafaulkner19/pt38hdbpvw6q/wish/165717761 rafaulkner19 https://padlet.com/rafaulkner19/pt38hdbpvw6q/wish/165718359 Throughout American history, immigration has been a positive factor for the nation's net economy.]]> 2017-04-10 16:28:07 UTC https://padlet.com/rafaulkner19/pt38hdbpvw6q/wish/165718359 rafaulkner19 https://padlet.com/rafaulkner19/pt38hdbpvw6q/wish/165718661 Many people fought against Obama (Democrats and Republicans) because they felt that he was turning on his previous values. However, he pointed out that the ideals he hoped for were shared by nearly all past presidents of both parties; it just seems that he was the first to try and take action to make a difference.]]> 2017-04-10 16:29:17 UTC https://padlet.com/rafaulkner19/pt38hdbpvw6q/wish/165718661