The Immigration Project
In the immigration project, we learned about immigration in the United States. At the end of the project, we participated in a four-way trial about immigration. The teams' positions are as follows: we should further enforce the current laws, there needs to be some sort of legalization process for those who are already here, we should allow temporary workers into the country to do the jobs that the undocumented immigrants are now doing, and there is nothing wrong with the system we have now. There are also three roles: witness/expert, lawyer, and lead attorney. The witness/experts testified their position in the case. The lawyers were in charge of one to three witnesses; working with them before the trial and the questioning them. The lead attorneys are like the leaders of the group. They do the opening and closing statements, and all cross examinations. I was a lawyer for the second team (Team B).
As a lawyer, we had to do many assignments. Some of those were for all students, like the Annotated Bibliography. Some had different variations depending on what role you were, like the Witness Statement/Trial Overview and Q&A/Trial Brief. Here are those assignments:
As a lawyer, we had to do many assignments. Some of those were for all students, like the Annotated Bibliography. Some had different variations depending on what role you were, like the Witness Statement/Trial Overview and Q&A/Trial Brief. Here are those assignments:
Annotated Bibliography:
(2010, January). Legalizing Unauthorized Immigrants Would Help
Economy. CNN. Retrieved from: http://www.cnn.com/2010/ POLITICS/01/07/immigration.economy/
This article is all about how legalizing unauthorized immigrants would help the economy. Legalization of the more than 11 million unauthorized immigrants in the United States would raise wages, increase consumption, create jobs, and generate more tax revenue. The study looks at three scenarios: deportation of undocumented workers, temporary worker programs, and legalization of the current undocumented population (our argument). It also states that Immigration Reform and The Control Act of 1986 granted legal status to three million unauthorized immigrants. If the government did this back then, why can’t they do it again now? This article also states that U.S. enforcement efforts are mainly along the 2,000 mile border with Mexico, and are costly and ineffective. The U.S. Border Patrol says its annual budget has increased by 714 percent since 1992, from $326.2 million in fiscal year 1992, to $2.7 billion in fiscal 2009. This article was relevant to the project because one of my witnesses is an undocumented immigrant, and this gives me more information on the costs and efforts that she has to go through to become legalized. Overall, this article will help me support my witness (Aidan’s character), which will help my team win the case.
(2013, April). An Immigration Stimulus: The Economic Benefits
of a Legalization Program. Immigration Policy Center. Retrieved from: http://www.immigrationpolicy.org/
just-facts/immigration-stimulus-economic-benefits-legalization-program
Through this article, I learned about the immigration policy and reform. It goes into more depth on what the immigration policy is right now and the basic principles of reform. In order to understand the project more, I wanted to learn about what the immigration policy is right now and what reform is. This helped me understand what I am fighting for and why we even need to change the immigration policy. Knowing more about immigration policy and reform will help me understand why each team is arguing for their topic. Most importantly, this site has helped me understand why I should and need to fight for my topic.
(2013, April). Immigration Policy Issues. News Batch. Retrieved from: http://newsbatch.com/immigration.htm
This article was about the issues of the immigration policy. Legal immigrants are basically entitled to the same rights as citizens, although they cannot vote or hold political office. About 40% of immigrants become citizens through a process called naturalization; in order to become naturalized, immigrants must reside in the U.S. for five years. Most must demonstrate a proficiency in English and a knowledge of U.S. history and government. On the other side of the controversy, there has been ongoing pressure from representatives of the Hispanic community to legitimize the millions of American residents who must live their lives in constant fear of government discovery, or harassment. This article was relevant to the project because one of my witnesses is an undocumented immigrant, and now that I know what struggles she goes through to become a legal immigrant, this will give me a motive for promoting an easier legalization process. One of the most useful pieces from this source is that is talks about the advantages and disadvantages of immigration. Overall, this source will help me support my witnesses, which will help my team win the case.
(2013, September). U.S. Immigration Policy: What should we do? The Choices Program. Retrieved from: http://www.choices. edu/resources/documents/immigration_options.pdf
This source explains the pros and cons of the U.S. immigration policy. It talks about immigration and how it has suffused the American experience, since the first European settlers set foot in North America. In recent years, the debate over immigration has expanded to incorporate a broad range of foreign policy issues. The discussion now features arguments on U.S. relations with Latin America, human rights, international trade, the worldwide refugee crisis, and our national security. Current proposals focus primarily on ways to resolve issues to border control, undocumented workers, and law enforcement. The article also gives a list of questions for and against our argument, which could be useful. Through
the article, I am informed about the basics of the immigration policy, and how it compares to our argument. By understanding how the immigration policy started, and what it means, I know what the other groups’ arguments would potentially be. I will use this information to have a better sense of what the other teams are arguing for.
Flannery, Nathaniel P. (2013, September). Immigration Debate: What's More Important, Border Security Or Protecting Immigrant Workers? Forbes Magazine. Retrieved from: http://www.forbes.com/sites/nathanielparishflannery
/2013/09/09/immigration-debate-whats-more-important-borde
r-security-or-protecting-immigrant-workers/
This article is a debate about which is more important, border security, or protecting immigrant workers? The overview of this source explains that most Republicans want to protect border security, while most Democrats want to legalize immigrants and focus on the current reality of the U.S. labor market. The reform debate focuses on updating U.S. legislation to account for the current economic and geopolitical reality. The Democrats are stating that immigrant workers are trying to stay out of sight, so they don’t get deported. Republicans on the other hand are stating that illegal drugs and undocumented citizens continue to pass over the border undetected. This source also states that construction, manufacturing, meat packing, food service, and maintenance are major sectors in the U.S. economy and also important employers of immigrant laborers. This information will help me better understand Aidan’s character (James Howlett), as he is an economy expert. I now know that economy experts focus on what is best for the people overall. This will affect my project because if I did not know what economy experts study, I wouldn’t understand why/how his character would support our argument.
Hinojosa-Ojeda, Raul. (2010, January). How Immigration Reform Would Help the Economy. Center for American Progress. Retrieved from: http://www.americanprogress.org
/issues/immigration/news/2010/01/14/7130/how-immigration-reform-would-help-the-economy/
This source is on immigration reform and how it would help the economy (Aidan’s character). Under comprehensive immigration reform, the real wages of less-skilled newly legalized workers would increase by roughly $4,405 per year, while higher-skilled workers would see their income increase $6,185 per year. A potential argument for us would be: A comprehensive immigration reform that includes a legalization program for unauthorized immigrants and enables a future flow of legal workers would result in a large economic benefit, a cumulative $1.5 trillion in added U.S. gross domestic product over 10 years. It also explains that mass deportation is costly, lower wages, and harms the U.S. economy. Mass deportation would reduce U.S. Gross Domestic Product by 1.46 percent, amounting to a cumulative $2.6 trillion loss in GDP over 10 years, not including the actual costs of deportation. This site also explains that an enforcement-only regime would result in job loss, farms closed, and farmland converted to other uses. Approximately 800 farms would be at high risk in New York alone, this is because all of the immigrant work there. Now that I have more insight on the real wages of newly legalized workers, it gives me a better sense of how my witnesses can portray their characters. This has also opened my eyes up to how unaware I was about what was going on in our country. This article helped me better understand Aidan and Daniela’s characters, and who/what the immigration reform would affect.
Lind, Michael. (2012). Unauthorized Immigration and the U.S. Economy. Educating About Immigration. Retrieved from:
http://www.crfimmigrationed.org/index.php/stuff/unauthori
zed-immigration-and-the-us-economy
This article is about the background of illegal immigrants and some facts behind it. Approximately, 12 million of the 37.5 million foreign-born people living in the United States are undocumented. Most of these unauthorized immigrants come to the U.S. to work and earn more money than they would make in their own countries. Supporters of the rights of unauthorized immigrants contend that unauthorized immigration causes no economic (Aidan’s character) harm. In fact, they claim that undocumented immigrants keep American industries competitive, help the economy by purchasing goods and services, and pay their fair share of taxes. The economists disagreed on whether unauthorized immigration harmed lower-income American citizens. This was a great source because I have more insight on Aidan’s character, which will give my team a better chance of winning the case. This article will help my case because I now understand why Daniela’s character immigrated to the U.S. This site will affect my project because I will use this information to know why an illegal immigrant will benefit from a legalization process.
Skerry, Peter. (2013). Splitting the Difference on Illegal
Immigration. National Affairs. Retrieved from:
http://www.nationalaffairs.com/publications/detail/splitting-the-difference-on-illegal-immigration
This source is about the law and disorder of illegal immigration. It is helpful to look at the debate over illegal immigration as fundamentally a disagreement between two very different understandings (one populist and one cosmopolitan) of the role of law in American society. The cosmopolitan view is alternately too complacent about the law’s malleability and too cynical about its reflecting the arbitrary needs of powerful but narrow interests. By contrast, the populist perspective on illegal immigration is overly rigid and unyielding. It begins with the reasonable premise that the immigration policy should advance the national interest. But it then assumes that the national interest is self evident and unchanging, rather than the outcome of continuing discussion and debate, shaped by shifting geopolitical and economic circumstances. I knew some information on this topic, but this source really helped me understand the difference between populists and cosmopolitans, and what arguments they agree with. This was a great source because I now know that both perspectives misapprehend the role of law in American society. This has helped me understand the importance of immigration and the need to reform the policy, particularly by legalizing undocumented immigrants.
(2010, January). Legalizing Unauthorized Immigrants Would Help
Economy. CNN. Retrieved from: http://www.cnn.com/2010/ POLITICS/01/07/immigration.economy/
This article is all about how legalizing unauthorized immigrants would help the economy. Legalization of the more than 11 million unauthorized immigrants in the United States would raise wages, increase consumption, create jobs, and generate more tax revenue. The study looks at three scenarios: deportation of undocumented workers, temporary worker programs, and legalization of the current undocumented population (our argument). It also states that Immigration Reform and The Control Act of 1986 granted legal status to three million unauthorized immigrants. If the government did this back then, why can’t they do it again now? This article also states that U.S. enforcement efforts are mainly along the 2,000 mile border with Mexico, and are costly and ineffective. The U.S. Border Patrol says its annual budget has increased by 714 percent since 1992, from $326.2 million in fiscal year 1992, to $2.7 billion in fiscal 2009. This article was relevant to the project because one of my witnesses is an undocumented immigrant, and this gives me more information on the costs and efforts that she has to go through to become legalized. Overall, this article will help me support my witness (Aidan’s character), which will help my team win the case.
(2013, April). An Immigration Stimulus: The Economic Benefits
of a Legalization Program. Immigration Policy Center. Retrieved from: http://www.immigrationpolicy.org/
just-facts/immigration-stimulus-economic-benefits-legalization-program
Through this article, I learned about the immigration policy and reform. It goes into more depth on what the immigration policy is right now and the basic principles of reform. In order to understand the project more, I wanted to learn about what the immigration policy is right now and what reform is. This helped me understand what I am fighting for and why we even need to change the immigration policy. Knowing more about immigration policy and reform will help me understand why each team is arguing for their topic. Most importantly, this site has helped me understand why I should and need to fight for my topic.
(2013, April). Immigration Policy Issues. News Batch. Retrieved from: http://newsbatch.com/immigration.htm
This article was about the issues of the immigration policy. Legal immigrants are basically entitled to the same rights as citizens, although they cannot vote or hold political office. About 40% of immigrants become citizens through a process called naturalization; in order to become naturalized, immigrants must reside in the U.S. for five years. Most must demonstrate a proficiency in English and a knowledge of U.S. history and government. On the other side of the controversy, there has been ongoing pressure from representatives of the Hispanic community to legitimize the millions of American residents who must live their lives in constant fear of government discovery, or harassment. This article was relevant to the project because one of my witnesses is an undocumented immigrant, and now that I know what struggles she goes through to become a legal immigrant, this will give me a motive for promoting an easier legalization process. One of the most useful pieces from this source is that is talks about the advantages and disadvantages of immigration. Overall, this source will help me support my witnesses, which will help my team win the case.
(2013, September). U.S. Immigration Policy: What should we do? The Choices Program. Retrieved from: http://www.choices. edu/resources/documents/immigration_options.pdf
This source explains the pros and cons of the U.S. immigration policy. It talks about immigration and how it has suffused the American experience, since the first European settlers set foot in North America. In recent years, the debate over immigration has expanded to incorporate a broad range of foreign policy issues. The discussion now features arguments on U.S. relations with Latin America, human rights, international trade, the worldwide refugee crisis, and our national security. Current proposals focus primarily on ways to resolve issues to border control, undocumented workers, and law enforcement. The article also gives a list of questions for and against our argument, which could be useful. Through
the article, I am informed about the basics of the immigration policy, and how it compares to our argument. By understanding how the immigration policy started, and what it means, I know what the other groups’ arguments would potentially be. I will use this information to have a better sense of what the other teams are arguing for.
Flannery, Nathaniel P. (2013, September). Immigration Debate: What's More Important, Border Security Or Protecting Immigrant Workers? Forbes Magazine. Retrieved from: http://www.forbes.com/sites/nathanielparishflannery
/2013/09/09/immigration-debate-whats-more-important-borde
r-security-or-protecting-immigrant-workers/
This article is a debate about which is more important, border security, or protecting immigrant workers? The overview of this source explains that most Republicans want to protect border security, while most Democrats want to legalize immigrants and focus on the current reality of the U.S. labor market. The reform debate focuses on updating U.S. legislation to account for the current economic and geopolitical reality. The Democrats are stating that immigrant workers are trying to stay out of sight, so they don’t get deported. Republicans on the other hand are stating that illegal drugs and undocumented citizens continue to pass over the border undetected. This source also states that construction, manufacturing, meat packing, food service, and maintenance are major sectors in the U.S. economy and also important employers of immigrant laborers. This information will help me better understand Aidan’s character (James Howlett), as he is an economy expert. I now know that economy experts focus on what is best for the people overall. This will affect my project because if I did not know what economy experts study, I wouldn’t understand why/how his character would support our argument.
Hinojosa-Ojeda, Raul. (2010, January). How Immigration Reform Would Help the Economy. Center for American Progress. Retrieved from: http://www.americanprogress.org
/issues/immigration/news/2010/01/14/7130/how-immigration-reform-would-help-the-economy/
This source is on immigration reform and how it would help the economy (Aidan’s character). Under comprehensive immigration reform, the real wages of less-skilled newly legalized workers would increase by roughly $4,405 per year, while higher-skilled workers would see their income increase $6,185 per year. A potential argument for us would be: A comprehensive immigration reform that includes a legalization program for unauthorized immigrants and enables a future flow of legal workers would result in a large economic benefit, a cumulative $1.5 trillion in added U.S. gross domestic product over 10 years. It also explains that mass deportation is costly, lower wages, and harms the U.S. economy. Mass deportation would reduce U.S. Gross Domestic Product by 1.46 percent, amounting to a cumulative $2.6 trillion loss in GDP over 10 years, not including the actual costs of deportation. This site also explains that an enforcement-only regime would result in job loss, farms closed, and farmland converted to other uses. Approximately 800 farms would be at high risk in New York alone, this is because all of the immigrant work there. Now that I have more insight on the real wages of newly legalized workers, it gives me a better sense of how my witnesses can portray their characters. This has also opened my eyes up to how unaware I was about what was going on in our country. This article helped me better understand Aidan and Daniela’s characters, and who/what the immigration reform would affect.
Lind, Michael. (2012). Unauthorized Immigration and the U.S. Economy. Educating About Immigration. Retrieved from:
http://www.crfimmigrationed.org/index.php/stuff/unauthori
zed-immigration-and-the-us-economy
This article is about the background of illegal immigrants and some facts behind it. Approximately, 12 million of the 37.5 million foreign-born people living in the United States are undocumented. Most of these unauthorized immigrants come to the U.S. to work and earn more money than they would make in their own countries. Supporters of the rights of unauthorized immigrants contend that unauthorized immigration causes no economic (Aidan’s character) harm. In fact, they claim that undocumented immigrants keep American industries competitive, help the economy by purchasing goods and services, and pay their fair share of taxes. The economists disagreed on whether unauthorized immigration harmed lower-income American citizens. This was a great source because I have more insight on Aidan’s character, which will give my team a better chance of winning the case. This article will help my case because I now understand why Daniela’s character immigrated to the U.S. This site will affect my project because I will use this information to know why an illegal immigrant will benefit from a legalization process.
Skerry, Peter. (2013). Splitting the Difference on Illegal
Immigration. National Affairs. Retrieved from:
http://www.nationalaffairs.com/publications/detail/splitting-the-difference-on-illegal-immigration
This source is about the law and disorder of illegal immigration. It is helpful to look at the debate over illegal immigration as fundamentally a disagreement between two very different understandings (one populist and one cosmopolitan) of the role of law in American society. The cosmopolitan view is alternately too complacent about the law’s malleability and too cynical about its reflecting the arbitrary needs of powerful but narrow interests. By contrast, the populist perspective on illegal immigration is overly rigid and unyielding. It begins with the reasonable premise that the immigration policy should advance the national interest. But it then assumes that the national interest is self evident and unchanging, rather than the outcome of continuing discussion and debate, shaped by shifting geopolitical and economic circumstances. I knew some information on this topic, but this source really helped me understand the difference between populists and cosmopolitans, and what arguments they agree with. This was a great source because I now know that both perspectives misapprehend the role of law in American society. This has helped me understand the importance of immigration and the need to reform the policy, particularly by legalizing undocumented immigrants.
Trial Overview:
Currently in the United States, immigration has become a big impact on America. The process of simply becoming naturalized is a big factor to why there is such a great population of immigrants coming illegally. Our group is arguing that there needs to be some sort of legalization process for those who are already here, due to the ridiculous length of becoming naturalized. We need to fix the immigration policy, for it is currently unfair to the undocumented citizens in the U.S. My first witness, Josefina Martinez (Daniela Garcia), is an undocumented citizen who originated from Tijuana, Mexico, and is now a mother trying to support her five year old daughter without a decent paying job. She helps our argument because she will be telling her personal story and the challenges she has to face as being an undocumented citizen. However, if there was an easier way of becoming legal, then she would not have to worry about having less opportunities than an American citizen. My second witness, James Howlett (Aidan Dressler), is an expert on the economy, and is currently living in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He helps our argument because if the United States were to create a new legalization process for undocumented citizens, the new citizens would boost the economy, benefiting everybody. Legalization of said immigrants would give them higher paying wages because being ‘legal’ means they would have to be getting paid at least, minimum wage. While the immigrants are still undocumented citizens, they are getting less than minimum wage because they have less rights being an undocumented citizen.
Josefina is here today to explain to others her personal experience of crossing the border. She crossed when she was 27 years old, and to make things worse, she was pregnant! Her and her husband decided to take the risk crossing the border, so they could start a better life for them and their daughter. Once they arrived in America, they found it very difficult to find a job where people wouldn’t expose them of being undocumented citizens. As undocumented citizens, they do not receive the same health benefits and do not have as many opportunities as American citizens. She is afraid that sooner or later, her and her husband will be deported and she will lose everything she had worked for. James is here today to explain to others how legalizing citizens that are currently living in the United States would boost the economy. “The example of the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) demonstrates that workers with legal status earn more than workers who are unauthorized. And these extra earnings generate more tax revenue for federal, state, and local governments, as well as more consumer spending which sustains more jobs in U.S. businesses.” (American Immigration Council, 2013).
Daniela:
How long does it take to become legalized?
The process to get legalized is extremely long. The process of receiving an arbitrary visa can take up to 20 years. If I am already 32 years old, then by the time I’m allowed to legally come to America, I will be at the age of 52, which is close to the retirement age.
Are you sure undocumented citizens get paid less than minimum wage?
Yes we do. Since we don't want our employer or colleagues to expose us to the government, we accept as much as they pay us.
If you work a twelve hour day, then where do you leave your daughter?
When I am gone at work, I leave my daughter with one of my close relatives that crossed the border before me.
How did you get passed border security?
I got passed border security with a Coyote. My husband and I payed $4000 for him to help us.
How did your husband get deported but not you?
My husband got spotted at a near Seven Eleven while on his way to work by a government official, and got deported shortly after that. It was around 5 A.M. My daughter and I were not present.
Aidan:
Wouldn’t giving work visas to all the undocumented citizens still boost the economy without having to go through the trouble of legalizing them?
With temporary work visas, they could not be here all the time bringing in less tax in versus being here full-time, also it would be a more complicated process to keep giving out work visas over and over again.
What is wrong with our current state on immigration?
It is obviously not working, people are not happy with it and there could be major improvements on it. Take all the undocumented citizens we already have flowing in. Clearly how we currently have it, is not working and should be changed.
(2013, April). An Immigration Stimulus: The Economic Benefits of a Legalization Program. Immigration Policy Center. Retrieved from: http://www.immigrationpolicy.org/just-facts/immigration-stimulus-
economic-benefits-legalization-program
Duncan, Jessica. (July 8 2012). "Life of an Illegal Immigrant in WNC." Retrieved from: www.thewesterncarolinajournalist.com
Glock, Allison (April 2012) "What It's Like to Be an Undocumented Immigrant in America. "Retrieved from: www.Oprah.com
Gorman, Anna. (2010, January). Legalizing Unauthorized Immigrants Would Help Economy, Study Says. CNN. Retrieved from: http://articles.latimes.com/2010/jan/07/local/la-me-immig7-2010jan07
Jamieson, Robert. (July 4 2011) "Illegal Immigrants Live Life in the Shadows."Retrieved from: www.seatlepi.com
Currently in the United States, immigration has become a big impact on America. The process of simply becoming naturalized is a big factor to why there is such a great population of immigrants coming illegally. Our group is arguing that there needs to be some sort of legalization process for those who are already here, due to the ridiculous length of becoming naturalized. We need to fix the immigration policy, for it is currently unfair to the undocumented citizens in the U.S. My first witness, Josefina Martinez (Daniela Garcia), is an undocumented citizen who originated from Tijuana, Mexico, and is now a mother trying to support her five year old daughter without a decent paying job. She helps our argument because she will be telling her personal story and the challenges she has to face as being an undocumented citizen. However, if there was an easier way of becoming legal, then she would not have to worry about having less opportunities than an American citizen. My second witness, James Howlett (Aidan Dressler), is an expert on the economy, and is currently living in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He helps our argument because if the United States were to create a new legalization process for undocumented citizens, the new citizens would boost the economy, benefiting everybody. Legalization of said immigrants would give them higher paying wages because being ‘legal’ means they would have to be getting paid at least, minimum wage. While the immigrants are still undocumented citizens, they are getting less than minimum wage because they have less rights being an undocumented citizen.
Josefina is here today to explain to others her personal experience of crossing the border. She crossed when she was 27 years old, and to make things worse, she was pregnant! Her and her husband decided to take the risk crossing the border, so they could start a better life for them and their daughter. Once they arrived in America, they found it very difficult to find a job where people wouldn’t expose them of being undocumented citizens. As undocumented citizens, they do not receive the same health benefits and do not have as many opportunities as American citizens. She is afraid that sooner or later, her and her husband will be deported and she will lose everything she had worked for. James is here today to explain to others how legalizing citizens that are currently living in the United States would boost the economy. “The example of the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) demonstrates that workers with legal status earn more than workers who are unauthorized. And these extra earnings generate more tax revenue for federal, state, and local governments, as well as more consumer spending which sustains more jobs in U.S. businesses.” (American Immigration Council, 2013).
Daniela:
How long does it take to become legalized?
The process to get legalized is extremely long. The process of receiving an arbitrary visa can take up to 20 years. If I am already 32 years old, then by the time I’m allowed to legally come to America, I will be at the age of 52, which is close to the retirement age.
Are you sure undocumented citizens get paid less than minimum wage?
Yes we do. Since we don't want our employer or colleagues to expose us to the government, we accept as much as they pay us.
If you work a twelve hour day, then where do you leave your daughter?
When I am gone at work, I leave my daughter with one of my close relatives that crossed the border before me.
How did you get passed border security?
I got passed border security with a Coyote. My husband and I payed $4000 for him to help us.
How did your husband get deported but not you?
My husband got spotted at a near Seven Eleven while on his way to work by a government official, and got deported shortly after that. It was around 5 A.M. My daughter and I were not present.
Aidan:
Wouldn’t giving work visas to all the undocumented citizens still boost the economy without having to go through the trouble of legalizing them?
With temporary work visas, they could not be here all the time bringing in less tax in versus being here full-time, also it would be a more complicated process to keep giving out work visas over and over again.
What is wrong with our current state on immigration?
It is obviously not working, people are not happy with it and there could be major improvements on it. Take all the undocumented citizens we already have flowing in. Clearly how we currently have it, is not working and should be changed.
(2013, April). An Immigration Stimulus: The Economic Benefits of a Legalization Program. Immigration Policy Center. Retrieved from: http://www.immigrationpolicy.org/just-facts/immigration-stimulus-
economic-benefits-legalization-program
Duncan, Jessica. (July 8 2012). "Life of an Illegal Immigrant in WNC." Retrieved from: www.thewesterncarolinajournalist.com
Glock, Allison (April 2012) "What It's Like to Be an Undocumented Immigrant in America. "Retrieved from: www.Oprah.com
Gorman, Anna. (2010, January). Legalizing Unauthorized Immigrants Would Help Economy, Study Says. CNN. Retrieved from: http://articles.latimes.com/2010/jan/07/local/la-me-immig7-2010jan07
Jamieson, Robert. (July 4 2011) "Illegal Immigrants Live Life in the Shadows."Retrieved from: www.seatlepi.com
Courthouse Field Trip:
Reflection: For this field trip, we went to the Vista Courthouse to look at the procedures associated with trials. We did a (partially scripted) mock trial. For the most part, we got to see the courtroom, where the mock trial took place. It was surprisingly quiet in the halls, and in the courtroom before the trial. During the trip, I learned about a bunch of court terms, and also the methodology for things during court. It was really helpful to learn about professional trials because then we knew what was going on during our actual trial.
Border Angels Field Trip: