Response to Gun Control

After reading my classmate's opinion on gun control in their blog, "Politically Inept? Not For Long." He discusses his view of this law and how it is unconstitutional as well as illegal. He brought up the Second Amendment and that the Founding Fathers had the vision of “protecting the types of weapons that the standing army would use.” Meaning that using or having a weapon is our God given right. The Constitution was ratified in the year 1795, this was 222 years ago in a different time. Guns have undergone so many changes since then, and I don’t think the Founding Fathers realized how much harm the Second Amendment would bring. The Second Amendment was meant to keep us from harm yet is has brought more harm than good. Guns are not meant for everybody, thankfully there are gun regulations made to limit America’s use of guns. The government that is in charge of these laws will do anything in their power to keep U.S. citizens safe from people that shouldn't have guns.

A New Era of Immigration

 During Obama's administration his immigration policies were vastly different then the one Trump is trying to impose. Obama focused more on "removing criminals rather than families, overhauling immigration courts, and making changes to the high-skilled visa system." Immigrants were allowed to stay in this country if they were parents of U.S. citizens or had a green card for at least five years. There was a limit to this though, there was a cap at five millions immigrants and no more would be allowed in even if they met these standards. There is 3.7 undocumented immigrants that are capable of registering and are protected for up to 3 years after they start to pay taxes as well as agree to a background check. If an immigrant arrived in the U.S. in the past five years they were not allowed to apply because the system is already saturated with immigrants trying to obtain citizenship. Obama also made more changes to The Department of Homeland Security and ICE; increasing border control. This gave legal immigrants easy access to traveling as well as changing jobs."We’re going to keep focusing enforcement resources on actual threats to our security," said Obama in one of his speeches."Felons, not families. Criminals, not children. Gang members, not a mother who’s working hard to provide for her kids. We’ll prioritize, just like law enforcement does every day. Now with a new president in office, Donald Trump, has come up with new immigration policies. Some of these policies are similar to Obama's but he has taken more action to keep this country safe. His three policy objectives are "border security: building a wall, interior enforcement: enforce our immigration laws and return visa overstays, and merit-based immigration system: establish reforms that protect American workers and promote financial success." 

Although not all immigrants are criminals, Trump's policy will make it more difficult for the criminals to obtain access to green cards and visa's, making our country a safer place. The merit-based immigration system will allow only immigrants who will add to our society,  making it a more advanced and educated country. Due to these important factors I beleive that Trump's immigration policy is better for America in the long run.