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4th Period - Immigration

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Obama Administration Announces Plans for Case-by-Case Deportation Reviews

The Obama administration has announced plans to conduct case-by-case reviews of all immigrants facing deportation. The move is expected to ease the way for undocumented immigrants who came to the United States as children and have already spent years in the country to stay and work legally. U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano revealed the new policy in a letter to Senators Dick Durbin and Richard Lugar. In April, the senators sent a letter to Napolitano asking her to stop deportations of immigrant students who could earn legal status under the proposed DREAM Act. The new policy was announced just days after a group of Latino groups held a nationwide day of protest against the administration’s deportation policy. The Obama administration has overseen a record number of deportations in each of the past three years. Under the new policy, administration officials have acknowledged the actual number of immigrants deported is not expected to decrease.
The National Immigration Law Center praised the new policy, but expressed concern over what will happen to immigrants already being detained for low-level offenses and minor traffic violations as a result of the Secure Communities program. Meanwhile, Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer, a Republican, slammed the new policy as a form of "backdoor amnesty."

MUN position paper

Delegate: Julio C. Alvarez

Committee: ECOSOC

Country: Mexico

Topic: International Cooperation in Prosecuting International Crimes

            International cooperation in prosecuting international crimes is when countries work together to prevent international crimes that endanger the countries’ security. Examples of international crimes that are affecting the world include terrorism, trafficking of drugs, people, organs and weapons, corruption, theft, counterfeiting, and cybercrimes such as hacking. These crimes in the world inflict damage to civilian life and international security and peace by harming the well-being and security of people, the economy, authorities, and also to other countries that are either bordering or from a long distance. The goal for this topic is to think about some solutions how to end these international crimes and corruption that is degrading the world.

            Mexico’s position on this topic is to cooperate with other countries to prevent and avoid any international crimes that are happening now and what will happen in the future. Mexico is aware and focused on what international crimes are active on the country itself and other countries and what negative impacts the crimes create on the world. Today, one major international crime that Mexico has problems with is the drug war that has been lasting for about a few decades. The drug war is caused by armed drug cartels that are fighting for conquest of different regions in Mexico, and the distribution of illegal drugs to other countries, such as the U.S.. Drug cartels now dominate the illicit drug market in the U.S. and Mexico is a major supplier of methamphetamine, cannabis, heroin, and crack to the U.S. and to other countries. About more than 30,000 people are killed and every year drug-related violence in Mexico keeps spiking up and matters go from bad to worse such as high levels of corruption to police and government. In 2006, 45,000 troops are fighting the cartels and this marked the start of the war between the government and the cartels. Other international effects caused by the drug war includes the growing demand of cocaine in Europe, conquest and deadly violence in Guatemala and Africa, and rising gang violence in Canada due to cocaine shortages. International help has also taken effect to help stop the drug war, which includes the captures of many organized crime members and leaders, law enforcement, and sending of troops.

            What Mexico has done to fight the cartels is cooperating with the U.S., sending troops, law enforcement, and technology. One domestic solution is that Mexico will keep sending its own troops to fight the drug cartels and to enforce border security. Mexico will be willing to work with other countries to help fight the drug cartels and stop any further corruption in the world. Another solution is that Mexico should replace the corrupted officers with a more secure and efficient force to promote security in the country and also in the border to prevent any further smuggling into other countries. Mexico will also help other countries fight any cartels that are hiding or smuggling drugs and arms in the countries.

MUN final

I think that the most important thing I learned in MUN is attempting to solve global problems. There are many different kinds of problems in the world such as starvation, genocide, terrorism, international crimes, natural disasters, dehydration, and many negative effects impacting the world. By getting on topic and focusing on a certain issue or problem during a stimulation, we are learning more on how to solve that international problem and our solutions' strengths and weaknesses and also we are learning about the moral value of cooperation with other countries. We are also learning more about the current issues from other countries and also about the countries themselves and their own status compared to other countries. MUN can be appied to everyday life because this shows cooperation with other countries and to solve international problems. This also applies to the knowledge for international issues and on how to solve them and their consequences.

health related fitness

  Health related fitness is the measure of the physical, general well-being for a person's body. It is the target of exercise to improve in any of the components of health related fitness. Different activities and sports require some components of health related fitness to a higher level while some only a low level, and this is why some athletes struggle to acheive these high levels of some components of health related fitness to improve and to achieve.
  There are about 5 types of components of health related fitness: cardiovascular endurance, muscular strength, flexibility, muscular endurance, and body composition. Cardiovascular endurance (a.k.a. aerobic fitness) measures the ability to exercise that demands the circulatory and respiratory system over a long period of time. Muscular strength measures how much force a person can produce with their muscles. Muscular endurance should not be confused with strength as endurance measures the ability of muscles to repeatedly apply force over a long period of time. Flexibility measures the amount of joint movement, and body composition measures how much fat a person has.
  The activity that I will be showing is push-ups. Push-ups do relate to improving health related fitness because it is one of the simplest ways to improve muscular strength and endurance. Push-ups target the biceps and triceps muscles in the arms when performing this exercise. If a person want to build muscle, he should do push-ups as many as he can without feeling any pain or a feeling of tiredness, but it is recommended to start with a small number of push-ups to avoid injury. If a person starts to fell a bit of pain when doing push-ups, he should stop and take a rest, then when the perosn fells alright he can continue with the exercise.
  One of the health related fitness activities that I am planning for the summer is walking or running and this focuses on cardiovascular endurance. Another plan is stretching and practicing some martial arts move and these may involve in flexibility. I would also like to work out a bit and to increase my muscular strength and endurance for the summer by either doing push-ups, or weight lifting.

persistence essay

            I  believe  in  persistence, because  it  is  one  of  the  most  important values  in  life. In  order  to  achieve  a  goal, a  person  who  wants  to  work for  it  and  accomplish  it  must  have  persistence  because  life  is  not  always easy  and  there  might  be  obstacles  that  might  make  achieving  success  a tough  job. I  believe  that  in  order  to  accomplish  a  dream  into  reality, you  must  not  let  anything  opposing  or  negative  get  in  your  way  and  defeat 

you, be  strong-minded  and  determined, and  keep  on  the  path  to  success.

            One  of  my  major  goals  in  my  life  is  accomplishing  for  my  career. I  have  blessed  with  knowledge  and  strengths  of  mathematics  and  science so  I  have  a  good  advantage  for  reaching  my  goal. Like  many  to  all  people, there  are  some  obstacles  in  my  path  to  success, but  I  keep  at  my own  accomplishments  without  a  real  problem. However,  these  obstacles  have  made  my  path  harder  to  reach, but  I  am  still  standing. 

            For  example, last  year  I  had  to  take  a  full  year  of  AP  Chemistry class. It  was  really  hard  and  it  required  a  lot  of  thinking, so  it  was  very  difficult  to  catch  up  with  this  class. I  thought  I  wasn't  going  to  make  it but  I  tried  my  best  at  the  class  and  worked  the  hardest. Then at  the  end of  the  year, the  unthinkable  has  ocurred. I  have  passed  the  class  by  my  extra  credit  and  then  I  wouldn't  have  to  worry  about  it  anymore  about  going  to  summer  school. So, I  enjoyed  my  summer  with  no  worries  or  hassles, and  relaxed  along  the  way.

            Another  example  was  in  7th  grade  when  I  moved  here  from  a  small  town  in  the  Rio  Grande  valley. I  took  algebra  in  the  small  town, but I  couldn't  finish  my  class  because  of  my  moving, so  I  had  to  take  a  regular  math  class, but  that  wasn't  the  problem. The  problem  was  that  when  we  were  taking  the  standarized  tests, I  have  passed  everything  except  the  Stanford  reading  portion. I  have  no  idea  of  the  Stanford  test  because  I  never  took  it  in  the  Rio  Grande  Valley. I  didn't  have  enough  time  to  study, so  I  had  to  go  to  summer  school. I  did  everything  like  a  pro  like  I  am  and  successfully  got  promoted  to  the  8th  grade.

            So,  There  are  also  some  obstalces  that  only  seem  to  be  created by  my  own  thoughts. For  example, sometimes  when  we do  a  test  or  project, negative  thoughts  rise  in  my  mind  but  I  easily  ignore  them. Sometimes  my  own  family  is  the  obstacle, because  my  brother  and  sister  make  a  lot  of  noise  and  disorder  and  I  can't  concentrate, but  I  do  not  succumb  by  that. Life  is  not  always  easy  because  there  are  some  difficult  issues  going  on  in  the world, but  I  keep  staying  strong and  I  have  to  be  thankful  for  the  life  I  have  to  dwell  on  for  an easy  and  successful  path  for  a  better  life, while  there  are  some  people  who  are  suffering  more.