Blog stage 7 

I decided to state my opinion on the new bill that just got passed by the House of Representatives. This one desition to ban "sanctuary" jurisdictions in Texas. This is one of the few discutimos that has been made recently. That one decision to ban sanctuaries led to the agreement to not only ban the only place where immigrants can go and shelter to not be deported in shame in front of their families, that punishment doesn't stop there. They have also decided to "extends the scope of the bill and allows local peace officers to question the immigration status of people they legally detain. " the article states. This is unlawful and unjust. This isn't the vision of life liberty and persist of happiness. This is just wrong. People are being filled away from their freedom and their rights. 

Should marijuana be legal or not ?

Study's show that in 2013 for the first time ever, more than half of the voters were in favor of legalizing marijuana. As more and more states are legalizing marijuana, more people are coming on board and being okay with the idea of weed legalization to take action.

There has never been one death reported to being related to a marijuana overdose. Compared to the death rate of cocain, heroin, or other hard drugs it has been reported to marijuana to causing the least amount of internal harm. It has been proven that there has been more death, more violence, and most internal harm drinking alcohol and smoking cigarettes than marijuana.

The crime rate would go down because there wouldn't be a need to go behind the law illegally and traffic marijuana. Thus less people would be sent to jail because marijuana would be sold in stores making people in the cartel business to be affected.

Marijuana isn't doing any harm, so why would someone be opposed the idea. There are more positives than negatives. Legalize.

Stage Three: Critique an editorial or commentary from a national newspaper

The authors intended audience is those who are a product of immigrants or refugees. The credibility of the author is fairly high taking into consideration that he put down into words his own story and what he has gone thru being an immigrant and having to start all the way from the bottom working as a dish washer for 12 hours straight to owning a few of his own firms in austin. The authors argument is stated in the commentary as  "Immigrants are the foundation of this country. We are all products of immigrants or refugees — and each of us has contributed to make America the great country it is. My personal story proves that an inclusive and well-executed immigration policy works."  I agree with the author that a well executed immigration policy works because majority of all the immigrants that come to the United States are looking for a better future not only for them but also for their families. "If we weaken our foundation with reckless immigration policy, we are deconstructing what our ancestors and founding fathers worked so hard to build."

Hi all, my name is Emily and I would highly encourage you all to read the article "Trump administración can't enforce travel ban, federal appeals court rules" by Jordan Rudner in the dallasnews.com. The article talks about the new president, Donald Trumps views and where he stands on the topic of refugees. Trump strongly opposes all the muslims to STAY AWAY. He states how they are not welcome and how he will go to any measure for the muslims to keep out. That goes for any refugees. Many people strongly disagree from trumps opinion.The executive branch's "authority and expertise in such manners do not automatically trump the court's own obligations to secure the protection that the Constitution grants to individuals," the judges wrote, "even in times of war."
"National defense cannot be deemed an end in itself," the judges added.  Travelers afected by the ban will continue to be admitted into the country including visa holders from Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen and any refugees that have passed the extensive screaming system already in place.

 http://www.dallasnews.com/news/donald-trump-1/2017/02/09/setback-trump-administration-federal-judges-rule-prevent-travel-ban-enforced

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