My fifth and final Artifact was another commercial about immigration. This commercial however, had a very different theme to it than the first one I analyzed. In this commercial many undocumented immigrants living in the US talked about how they were being denied healthcare. In America today, we have Obamacare, which was made so everyone in the US can be given healthcare. However, the immigrants in this commercial were not being given healthcare because they weren't documented US citizens.
To be perfectly honest, I'm not sure about my opinion on with this commercial. In the commercial, they make the point that in America, the government has promised affordable healthcare to "everyone". However, illegal immigrants aren't given such healthcare. They say that they want to be a par of "everyone" and they deserve healthcare just as much as any of us do. However, in a way their argument is completely flawed simply from the fact that they aren't lawful citizens of the United States.
This made me see that, though a lot has changed since the time period of The Distance Between Us, some things are still the same. In the book Reyna has to be taken to a dentist appointment pretending to be her dad's girlfriend's daughter, Cindy, because Reyna's family didn't have insurance. The commercial I examined has about how immigrants were being denied health insurance. So this shows me that, despite everything I've seen that has changed, some things, like it being hard for immigrants to get insurance have stayed the same.
Wednesday, August 20, 2014
Artifact Four Reflection
The fourth Artifact I found was a short clip from a fox new program. In the video, a news anchor expresses his opinion on the crisis of immigration in America, and he really helped me to understand the position America is in with whether we need to deport people or not. In the video clip, the news anchor talks about how, being the generous country that we are, America has let much too many illegal immigrants stay in America. However, this hasn't been much of a problem. He then goes on to say that it will become a problem if we let more waves of people come into America and stay without the United States deporting them.
The news anchor in the video then goes on to express his opinion on how this would become a huge problem in America if Obama doesn't promise there won't be more people moving into the US illegally and does something to prevent illegal immigration. He also says that it would be a very wise choice for politicians to favor the plan to not let any more illegal immigrants become residents because he claims that would get a politician eighty percent support from Americans.
In a large section The Distance Between Us, Reyna's family has a lot of trouble because they are in America illegally. Through the process of doing these reflections on the artifacts I've found, I've realized how much more difficult it would have been for Reyna's family if they had tried to immigrate in the modern time period instead of the time period that it was at the time. Now it has become a much more difficult process and in their situation in could have been almost impossible to make it as long as they did without being deported.
The news anchor in the video then goes on to express his opinion on how this would become a huge problem in America if Obama doesn't promise there won't be more people moving into the US illegally and does something to prevent illegal immigration. He also says that it would be a very wise choice for politicians to favor the plan to not let any more illegal immigrants become residents because he claims that would get a politician eighty percent support from Americans.
In a large section The Distance Between Us, Reyna's family has a lot of trouble because they are in America illegally. Through the process of doing these reflections on the artifacts I've found, I've realized how much more difficult it would have been for Reyna's family if they had tried to immigrate in the modern time period instead of the time period that it was at the time. Now it has become a much more difficult process and in their situation in could have been almost impossible to make it as long as they did without being deported.
Artifact Three Reflection
The third artifact I found was an article from the Wall Street Journal called Obama Weighing Business-Friendly Immigration Actions. The article stated that our president, Barak Obama, has been evaluating options to change the immigration policy so they could possibly change it to be more friendly to businesses. It would also make people in the United States illegally more protected. Many businesses are pushing to remove the requirement of dependents for employment green cards. This would double the amount of employment green cards per year to 280,000 green cards a year.
Based on the first two artifacts I examined, this could become a big problem in America. The article and commercial I first analyzed as artifacts talked a lot about how there is too many immigrants in fAmerica and that was causing a problem because not enough citizens of America are working. Based on these, it would appear to me that, should these changes be made to the immigration policy, they will not be good for people in America looking for work. This is because there will be many more people looking for work, making more competition for people already living in America and trying to find for work.
Though I don't agree with this action, I do think it would have been good for Reyna's family in The Distance Between Us. In the book, Reyna's dad illegally immigrates into the US for work. However, he didn't have a green card to be in America. If the action that is being considered now was activated when the events in The Distance Between Us were happening, it would have been much easier for Reyna's father to get his green card earlier on and it wouldn't have been as much of a problem in the book. They wouldn't have to hide the fact that they immigrated from Mexico, and would have to, and Grande describes it in the book, "hide in the shadows."
Artifact found here
Based on the first two artifacts I examined, this could become a big problem in America. The article and commercial I first analyzed as artifacts talked a lot about how there is too many immigrants in fAmerica and that was causing a problem because not enough citizens of America are working. Based on these, it would appear to me that, should these changes be made to the immigration policy, they will not be good for people in America looking for work. This is because there will be many more people looking for work, making more competition for people already living in America and trying to find for work.
Though I don't agree with this action, I do think it would have been good for Reyna's family in The Distance Between Us. In the book, Reyna's dad illegally immigrates into the US for work. However, he didn't have a green card to be in America. If the action that is being considered now was activated when the events in The Distance Between Us were happening, it would have been much easier for Reyna's father to get his green card earlier on and it wouldn't have been as much of a problem in the book. They wouldn't have to hide the fact that they immigrated from Mexico, and would have to, and Grande describes it in the book, "hide in the shadows."
Artifact found here
Tuesday, August 19, 2014
Artifact Two Reflection
The second artifact I found was a anti immigration commercial. In the commercial they drew a lot of attention to the fact that illegal immigrants were taking jobs that should be taken my US citizens, not immigrants. In the commercial, they claimed that because of immigrants, American citizens are incapable of getting jobs and it's making our economy worse. However, this commercial wasn't only against illegal immigration. It also said that unless the lack of working citizens is fixed soon, we need to keep some legal immigrants from immigrating into the US, as it would keep citizens from getting jobs.
This commercial made some very good points. It said that unless we slow legal immigration the work crisis in America will only get worse. However, I don't think that's our best course of action. I think we mostly need to focus on stopping illegal immigration and work on keeping illegal immigrants from getting jobs and start trying to find illegal immigrants to send them home. Though I do think we shouldn't stop legal immigration I like the plan they had in the commercial. They said we should slow legal immigration, and I think that is a great idea.
I think everybody deserves an equal chance in their life including the aspect of work, and I understand that America is one of the best places to go for that opportunity. However, I agree that we need to slow the amount of legal immigrants. In The Distance Between Us, Reyna and her family illegally migrate to America. In the book they try very hard to hide the fact that they illegally migrated because their dad could lose his job and they would have to go back to Mexico. This partially gave me an idea to solve the problem in the commercial. Instead of stopping immigration, we should give the citizens of areas with job a crises a priority to get jobs and send immigrants to places with more job opportunities.
Artifact found here
This commercial made some very good points. It said that unless we slow legal immigration the work crisis in America will only get worse. However, I don't think that's our best course of action. I think we mostly need to focus on stopping illegal immigration and work on keeping illegal immigrants from getting jobs and start trying to find illegal immigrants to send them home. Though I do think we shouldn't stop legal immigration I like the plan they had in the commercial. They said we should slow legal immigration, and I think that is a great idea.
I think everybody deserves an equal chance in their life including the aspect of work, and I understand that America is one of the best places to go for that opportunity. However, I agree that we need to slow the amount of legal immigrants. In The Distance Between Us, Reyna and her family illegally migrate to America. In the book they try very hard to hide the fact that they illegally migrated because their dad could lose his job and they would have to go back to Mexico. This partially gave me an idea to solve the problem in the commercial. Instead of stopping immigration, we should give the citizens of areas with job a crises a priority to get jobs and send immigrants to places with more job opportunities.
Artifact found here
Artifact One Reflection
The first artifact I found was an online article called Americans Worry that Illegal Migrants Threaten Way of Life, Economy, an article on reuters.com by Alistair Bell. This article focuses on how most americans, seventy percent to be precise, believe that people illegally moving into the United States threatens the current way of life of americans. These same Americans also believe that the ecomony will not be stable if too many illegal immigrants come to America. According to the poll done in this article, 70 percent of Americans actually believe that illegal immigrants are threatening are way of life and customs, not just the economy. However, they do also believe that they are hurting the economy.
This article clearly relates to the events in The Distance Between Us. In the book Reyna, her dad, and her siblings Mago and Carlos illegally cross the border. During their time in America you can clearly tell that Reyna's father knows the threat they could be putting on Americans because he often times reminds Reyna, Carlos, and Mago to never tell anyone that they illegally crossed the border because they would be treated terribly in America if people knew that and eventually they would be deported back to Mexico. However, in The Distance Between Us Reyna's family doesn't ever pose any threat to America's culture or way of life. In fact they conform to the culture in America more than they oppose it. Though they keep certain things from Mexico, mostly the family tries very hard to act American in any way possible. When they get to America, everyone in Reyna's family tries very hard to learn english so they can fit in in America.
In conclusion, I think that, though in some cases their claims may be legitimate, most of the people who feel threatened by immigrants are basing their claims mostly around stereotypes and biases. I believe that these claims are exaggerated and not very legitimate. Any beliefs based around stereotypes or biases are often far from the truth. I believe that though they might cause some small problems with our economy, most immigrants will not threaten American culture in any way whatsoever.
Artifact found here
This article clearly relates to the events in The Distance Between Us. In the book Reyna, her dad, and her siblings Mago and Carlos illegally cross the border. During their time in America you can clearly tell that Reyna's father knows the threat they could be putting on Americans because he often times reminds Reyna, Carlos, and Mago to never tell anyone that they illegally crossed the border because they would be treated terribly in America if people knew that and eventually they would be deported back to Mexico. However, in The Distance Between Us Reyna's family doesn't ever pose any threat to America's culture or way of life. In fact they conform to the culture in America more than they oppose it. Though they keep certain things from Mexico, mostly the family tries very hard to act American in any way possible. When they get to America, everyone in Reyna's family tries very hard to learn english so they can fit in in America.
In conclusion, I think that, though in some cases their claims may be legitimate, most of the people who feel threatened by immigrants are basing their claims mostly around stereotypes and biases. I believe that these claims are exaggerated and not very legitimate. Any beliefs based around stereotypes or biases are often far from the truth. I believe that though they might cause some small problems with our economy, most immigrants will not threaten American culture in any way whatsoever.
Artifact found here
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