Jan. 7-11

There are just under 11 million illegal immigrants in the United States today. Some believe 20 to 21 million. Most from Mexico. If you have a green card then you are legal until it expires. Most come illegally for a better life, or their country is under poor conditions. Not all of them are good people. It takes 5 to 10 to 15 years to become legal depending on the country. the average illegal immigrant  has been here for about 15 years.Kids who were brought here from their parents are called dreamers or dacca. Most kids living with illegal parents were born in America making them legal. Anchor baby is a child that was born in the US making the parent having to stay in America. Trump doesn't like this. Birth tourism is when someone goes on vacation in America then has a kid making them a US citizen. About 340,000 illegal immigrants are deported. 

Women make up 1/5 of congress. 332 men and 102 women. Women want that number to be 1/2. Women has really been pushing the Me Too movement. 19 days the government has been shut down. The record is 21 days in 1996. Government shut down freequently in the 80s for short periods. Partial government shut down is what we are going through right now. Essential workers aren't getting paid because of this shut down. They continue to work because they'll get back pay when the government starts back up. Furloughed workers are workers who are laid off during the shut down and will come back when the government starts up again. NASA isn't working right now because of the shut down. If the president declares a National Emergency then he can go against the congress and use money from the military to build his wall. Eminet Domain is when the government wants a part of land that is owned by someone so they make a deal with the owner. If the owner denies the deal then the government can still take the land if the get premission from the congress. 

Nationalist = 1 white supremist 2 facist/Nazi.  Basic definition is someone who is loyal to your own country. Because of the shut down both a wife and husband can't afford to finish adopting their daughter. They don't have enough to through their child a birthday party. Someone else can't afford to pay rent because they wasted all their money getting to DC. Another person has little to no food at home because they haven't received their food stamps for the month. One man isn't getting paid but is working up to 64 hours a day. His daughter is about to be born as well. Most without jobs are getting very stressed. People are saying Jim Acosta helped prove that building a wall would stop imigration. The wall is just under 2,000 miles long. Only 5ft deep made from precasted cement panels, may turn to steal, 8 to 10 inchest thick. 5 billion pounds of renforced steal. Could be done in 4 years. No one wants to back down in fear of being seen as weak. The fence at the boarder now is full of gaps. There are huge stretches of land without wall. The longest gap is 600 miles. Trump is still stating that Mexico will pay for the wall. Isn't stating how though. 

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