As the semester comes to a close, so does this personal political blog. This blog was kept up through a political science writing course at Northern Arizona University, with Dr. Stephen Nuno. Through this course we looked at how Immigration in the United States has evolved over time. As we can see through this blog, the immigration debate is not over and will remain until true immigration reform is met. As of now, government has been unable to meet half way to agree on true immigration reform. This is due to the political forces that dominate our political sphere. There are a few parties in power, but there are four forces that dictate how immigration will unravel. These forces are related to how representatives view reality, whether they are market expansionists, egalitarians, cosmopolitans, or nativists. These forces are hard to overcome, however, through true compromise these forces can meet in the middle.
This class has focused on many of the factors and relationships that are built to create the status quo. We can see through history how immigration of different people's has changed over time. In the beginning, it was a concern of other cultures in Europe coming over and being unable to assimilate. This concept has continued through every race we have decided to discriminate against and will more than likely be used in the future to discriminate against other minority groups.
Without looking through history and the current social relations, it is difficult to fully understand the status quo thoroughly. We are immersed within our culture, which makes us almost blind to many of the problems that have arose in both the past and in the contemporary world.
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