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POLYSCI
Final Paper
If one were to attend anything from a sporting event like the Superbowl to any
kindergarten class in the United States, the words of the pledge of allegiance will be
blaring; repeated every time, claiming, according to the patriotic chant, that our
allegiance to this country is supported by not only us but by God. It’s strange how young
we get the patriotism ingrained in our minds and place our complete trust in the United
States, as well as most others do. As we go through school, what we learn about that
US is that it was a powerful nation, a force to reckoned with, functioning on the
principles of unity, democracy, and justice. Because this constructed concept we have
of the nation we live in, the “American Dream” has also developed. We have always
been a country that has thrived and developed on the backs of immigrants from a
plethora of countries; at least that is what we are led to believe. Today, we see divides
in the way the public sees immigration and undocumented people. Those against the
influx of undocumented peoples and immigrants at large, can’t understand why people
want to come to the United States and leave their home country. What we don’t see as
Americans are all of the ways in which the United States has occupied and aided in the
destruction of other lands, creating what is called a “push factor”. That ,however, isn’t
exactly packaged into history books or newspapers. Pre, during, and post occupation,
there is a huge disconnect between what the public sees and what is actually
happening. Through analyzing the United State’s past and present it is clear that that it
has engages in occupation in a physical, economical, and cultural way in many lesser
developed countries and these
occupations have in turn affected
immigration we see today. This
begins the first step in the cycle.
The cycle begins with the U.S.
occupying foreign lands, aiding in ...