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Research essay 5/10/2018

Julia Labbe ENG 100 Dr. Sabine Klein 10 May 2018     According to the Federation For American Immigration Reform there is an estimated 12.5 million undocumented immigrants in the United States. This number was obtained by census bureau data. In 2017 there were approximately 226,000 undocumented immigrants deported. T here is a big problem with undocumented immigrants being deported. Another problem that comes along with this is that a lot of the undocumented immigrants are employed and they are trying to support themselves and a family here in the United States since they can’t financially get the support they need in their home country. A solution to this problem is a green card, but not all undocumented immigrants can get a green card, and it is a hard, big, and slow process to obtain one. A green card is “ a permit allowing a foreign national to live and work permanently in the US.” When and if an undocumented immigrant receives a green card to live and work in the United S
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News round up 05/ 01/ 2018

https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/30/entertainment/diane-guerrero-superior-donuts-immigration/index.html This article talks about how tv shows are starting to bring up the topic of immigration in their tv shows, but it can be a really hard issue to convey in a 22 minute episode, and theres so much to immigration that it can be a hard topic to discuss. http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2018/apr/30/don-blankenship/don-blankenship-claims-illegal-immigration-costs-1/ This article talks about how having illigal immigratns here in the United States costs a lot of extra money and how some people are fed up with how much it costs. https://www.teenvogue.com/story/yarely-and-aracely-duarte-are-13-year-old-immigrants-rights-activists This article talks about how two teenagers who are twins are immigration rights activists and they help other families who are threatened being deported back.
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News Round Up 04/24/18

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2018/04/23/melvindale-immigration-arrests-family/34185403/ This article is about a family who were on their way to get groceries and they got pulled over by ICE and are threatened to be deported, which would separate the kids from their parents. http://www.ketv.com/article/families-fear-future-after-dozens-arrested-in-immigration-raids/19998075 This article talks about how families are scared of being torn apart from deportation. http://www.wbur.org/news/2018/04/23/vineyard-immigration-supreme-court This article talks about how a man has lived pasted his visa and has lived on maratha's vineyard, and because the supreme court didn't put a date or time, this is a case in court that could allow him to stay here, because of their mistake.
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Days of Siege (Camden) Paper

Julia Labbe Dr. Klein English 04 April 2018 Days of Siege In the chapter “Days Of Siege”” Hedges and Sacco mention problems in Camden New Jersey that are still important and relevant in today's society. It brings up the issues of poverty, violence, and government. All of these issues affect Camden's community, because if you take one of these problems, it will lead to one of the other two and it is a vicious cycle that is hard to break. With no control or say in the government, these issues are hard to look at and take serious action against. With a little hope and help from each other in the community, Camden can start to slowly get out of the hole it is stuck in. Poverty in Camden affects the whole community. Making the point of poverty in this chapter is to show how it affects individuals of Camden and show the type of lifestyle the people of Camden live when they are poor. The purpose is to explain why Camden is the way it is, because of how poverty can ruin
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News round up 04/17/2018

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-california-border-troops-immigration-20180416-story.html This article talks about how California rejected Trumps proposal duties for boarder troops. Brown " was clear last week that California troops will help go after drugs, guns and criminal gangs, but not immigrants.  " https://www.rollcall.com/news/policy/trump-strategy-immigration-court-backlog-may-not-work This article talks about how Trumps plan to shrink the amount of undocumented immigrants here is not working. The is an enormous backup of cases, and each case takes about 561 days to be closed. He is not happy with how slow the process is. https://news.sky.com/story/police-evacuate-immigration-officer-caroline-nokes-office-after-suspicious-substance-found-11335018 This article talks about how after Caroline Nokes admitted that some Windbrush generation  Britons may have incorrectly been identified as illegal immigrants and deported, that a white "suspicious&
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News Round up 4/13/ 2018

http://wqad.com/2018/04/12/monmouth-police-encourages-victims-of-crime-to-come-forward-regardless-of-immigration-status/ This article talks about how they want people to come forward with crimes even if they are not a citizen or if they are an undocumented immigrant. https://www.texastribune.org/2018/04/12/trump-charges-forward-immigration-enforcement-texas-detainees-are-leas/ This article talks about how immigrants in Texas have had the least help with representation in immigrant cases. https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/policing/2018/04/12/daca-immigration-cops-trump/494357002/ This article talks about how there is a barrier between the police and the community because people fear or reporting crimes if they are an undocumented immigrant.
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News round up 04/03/2018

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/03/us/politics/fact-check-trump-twitter-immigration-policy-.html This article talks about how Trumps tweets are misleading people on the immigration policy. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/02/world/americas/caravans-migrants-mexico-trump.html This article talks about how immigrants are now heading into Mexico, and Trump is blaming it on the democrats, and how because of the catch and release law, it causes danger. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/apr/03/trump-immigration-mexico-caravan-loopholes-nuclear-option This article talks about how he is going to deploy the US to guard the border with Mexico.
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