Illegal Immigration

The U.S. Legislation has been debating over an immigration bill, stating that it is a felony to be in this country illegally and a crime to dispense aid to the nation's 11 million illegal immigrants. Many Mexican students all over the states have walked out of their classes and gathered with the many other protesters against this bill. The main reason for this bill is to cut down on the illegal immigration that keeps coming into the U.S. from the California-Mexico border. President Bush's view on the immigration legislation is that he hopes that Congress comes up with stronger border controls and a program that “would create a legal way to match willing foreign workers with willing American employers to fill jobs that Americans will not do.” After many hours of debating, the U.S. Congress which was was 12-6 in voting, came up with the Illegal Immigration Bill.

St. Patrick's Day

St. Patrick was the the patron saint of Ireland. He is also one of Christianity's most widely known figures. Saint Patrick was born around the year 385 in Scotland. There is not a great abundance of information about this saint, but in the secular world today, he among with other saints, such as Saint Valentine are celebrated. Why do we celebrate St. Patrick's Day? St. Patrick's Day is celebrated on March 17, the date in which St. Patrick died. In the fifteenth century, ST. Patrick's Day was celebrated as a religious feast day and the anniversary of St. Patrick's death. The holiday is of St. Patrick's Day is definitly a major Irish holiday, but it is not only for the Irish. Many people all over the world celebrate St. Patrick's Day . Over the many years that this holiday has been around the reasons and purpose for its celebration have changed. Some people still celebrate for the original reasons of St. Patrick. Others celebrate the holiday for reasons of being able to dress up in green, and go party. As for the Blarney stone, it is just a legend that has come up over the years. The first original purpose of the St. Patrick's Day holiday is to celebrate, feast, and pray for St. Patrick and what he did for Ireland. Its purpose was also to pray for many other missionaries and saints around the world. In largely populated Irish cities and towns people will go all out for the holiday. They will dress in green, have parades, have great amounts of Irish food and drinks, dance and sing to music, and celebrate the true meaning of the holiday.

World War 2

World War 2 was a devastating time in history. Hitler was the man responsible for the killing of so many innocent Jews. The things the Jews were put through during this horrific time at the concentration camps were that they were gased, placed in crematories, and shot for no reason. The followers of Hitler became known as Nazis. This war of human torture lasted from 1933 to 1945.