A Better Nation

           After the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) policy was passed, it allowed many illegal children that entered the country before June 2007 and before the age of 16 to receive a renewable two year working permit. Shortly after, President Obama went forward with the executive order protecting the millions of undocumented immigrants from deportation. Those who didn't qualify for DACA or are unable to establish a legal residency in the United States are now being protected with these policies. There are about 5 million undocumented immigrants living in the United States. Not only is this a huge relief for all the undocumented immigrants who immigrated to the land of hopes and dreams, but it's a leap for the United States as well. More people are going to be accounted for taxes, the money that the 5 million undocumented immigrants are going to be charged to move forward with this process is going to benefit the U.S in so many ways. This means that we may be able to reconstruct our nation into a better economy. All the money that will be coming into and circling in the U.S could be used for more parks, roads, reconstruction, education.

           As Connecticut takes the first step in supporting Obama's executive order by issuing licenses for illegal immigrants. They will be permitted to take the driving test so that more people will be driving on roads responsibly, registered, and insured. This will make roads safer, more people will be insured, our death rates will decrease. Hopefully other states in our country will take initiative by implementing driving tests such as Connecticut did, or offer more jobs to give the opportunity for families to make a better living. All these policies will only better our country!

Commentary on Darcus Goslin's blog.

In an article written by one of my fellow classmates Darcus Goslin written on September 19, 2014 , he addresses the topic about birth control being sold over the counter. Not only do I agree with him that women should be able to buy birth control over the counter if necessary, but the fight over the counter of birth control is becoming more of a battle of what party can get the most constituents on their side. The republicans are switching their focus in order to gain more women voters. Although, if the women decided to vote in the republicans favor it is possible that they could get this process to go through. However, with a time lag. As Darcus says "The world revolves around themselves and not the people-it is time for that to change." In which I agree with this statement.

As he states that the women would be paying much more out pocket because health insurance wouldn't cover the purchase of birth control over the counter. If Obama has already allowed for women to receive birth control through private insurance or their employers. Why is it that the republican party is focusing so much on this topic rather than trying to put to rest many other important problems in our country. So with this being said, if it is possible to buy the use of this contraceptive so freely. Will it really be benefiting the American women, or the republican party members? The republicans in this case are doing what will benefit them, now that we've gotten so close to the election.