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Reflections on Federal Immigration Policy
For your journal entry, you will explore aspects of your personal experience and/or beliefs regarding significant public policies and what you have learned in your readings. As you reflect, please address the following questions:
1. What are the major current federal immigration policy issues?
2. In your informed opinion, why is immigration policy such a controversial issue?
3. Describe at least two opposing viewpoints on federal immigration policy
4. What, if anything, has changed or is changing, and how does it affect you personally?
5. What were your thoughts prior to reading this week’s reading assignments?
6. How has your perspective been either reinforced or changed now that you are more informed?
There are many Recommended Resources that can assist you in this journal assignment.
Theodoulou, S. Z., & Kofinis, C. (2012). The policy game: Understanding U.S. public policy making [Electronic version]. Retrieved from https://content.uagc.edu
1. The policy game: Understanding U.S. public policy making
Chapter 7: Changing or Terminating Policy
Chapter 12: A case study in Implementation and Evaluation: The Debates Over Federal Immigration Policy
Chapter 13: Understanding Choices and Decisions about Policy
Articles
1. Botelho, G. (2011, September 20). “Repeal of ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ seen as ‘tipping point’ in gay rights movementLinks to an external site..” CNN. Retrieved from: http://www.cnn.com/2011/09/19/politics/military-dadt-policy/
(This article discusses the role that the LGBT rights social movement played in the repeal of the Don’t Ask Don’t Tell policy. Read this article to successfully complete this week’s discussion, “Policy Termination: DADT.”)
2. Boundless. “LGBTQ Civil RightsLinks to an external site..” Boundless Political Science. Boundless, 26 May. 2016. Retrieved 13 Jun. 2016 from https://www.boundless.com/political-science/textbooks/boundless-political-science-textbook/civil-rights-5/civil-rights-of-other-specific-groups-42/lgbtq-civil-rights-242-8705/
(This article provides an overview of the LGBT rights social movement and the role it played in the repeal of the Don’t Ask Don’t Tell policy. Read this article to successfully complete this week’s discussion, “Policy Termination: DADT.”)
3. Herek, G. (n.d.). “Lesbians and Gay Men in the U.S. Military: Historical BackgroundLinks to an external site..” Retrieved from: http://psc.dss.ucdavis.edu/rainbow/html/military_history.html
(This article provides an overview of movements to support integration in the U.S. military, with a particular focus on how the LGBT rights social movement fought to repeal the Don’t Ask Don’t Tell policy. Read this article to successfully complete this week’s discussion, “Policy Termination: DADT.”)
Recommended Resources
Articles
1. Aguirre, A. (2008/2009). Immigration on the public mind: Immigration reform in the Obama administration.Links to an external site. Social Justice, 35(4), 4-11. Retrieved from the ProQuest Central database.
(The article focuses on how the administration of U.S. President Barack Obama developed its plan for addressing issues surrounding Mexican immigration.)
2. Brezenski, T. F. (2011). Lessions learned? A comparison of modern state immigration laws and past federal health policy in the stigmatization of minority groups in the United States.Links to an external site. Journal of Multidisciplinary Research, 3(3), 25-37. Retrieved from the ProQuest Central database.
(This article reviews anti-illegal immigration laws and long term effects in stigmatizing minority populations.)
3. Dougherty, K. J., Nienhusser, H. K., & Vega, B. E. (2010). Undocumented immigrants and state higher education policy: The politics of in-state tuition eligibility in Texas and Arizona.Links to an external site. Review of Higher Education, 34(1), 123-173. Retrieved from the ProQuest Central database.
(In this article, differences between states and treatment of immigrants and eligibility for in-state college tuition is compared and discussed using the advocacy coalition framework and policy entrepreneurship theory of policymaking.)
4. Ewalt, J. G., & Jennings, E. T. (2004). Administration, governance, and policy tools in welfare policy implementation.Links to an external site. Public Administration Review, 64(4), 449-462. Retrieved from the ProQuest Central database.
(In this article, differences between states and treatment of immigrants and eligibility for in-state college tuition is compared and discussed using the advocacy coalition framework and policy entrepreneurship theory of policymaking.)
5. Givens, T. E. (2010). Immigration and national security: Comparing the US and Europe.Links to an external site. The Whitehead Journal of Diplomacy and International Relations, 11(1), 79-88. Retrieved from the ProQuest Central database.
(Givens reviews the impact of immigration and national security and the formulation of national security policy and the difference in public opinion in the US versus Europe’s focus on the integration of immigrants for securitization.)
6. Hall, J. C., VanMetre, B. J., & Vedder, R. K. (2012). U.S. immigration policy in the 21st century: A market-based approach.Links to an external site. Cato Journal, 32(1), 201-220. Retrieved from the ProQuest Central database.
(In this article, the authors assert that differing philosophies on immigration do not run party lines with conflicting opinions existing within parties. Instead, a market-based approach is presented.)
7. Hardy, L. J., Getrich, C. M., Quezada, J. C., Guay, A., Michalowski, R. J., et al. (2012). A call for further research on the impact of state-level immigration policies on public health.Links to an external site. American Journal of Public Health, 102(7), 1250-1254. Retrieved from the ProQuest Central database.
(This article addresses public concern that the Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act, signed into law in April, 2010 in Arizona, is already adversely affecting public health.)
8. Lee, R., & Miller, T. (2000). Immigration, social security, and broader fiscal impacts. The American Economic Review, 90(2), 350-354. Retrieved from the ProQuest Central database.
(This article evaluates the long term fiscal impact of immigration on states with few immigrants versus states and communities with higher levels increasing costs of education and healthcare.)
9. Molina, N. (2011). Borders, laborers, and racialized medicalization: Mexican immigration and US public health practices in the 20th century.Links to an external site. American Journal of Public Health, 101(6), 1024-1031. Retrieved from the ProQuest Central database.
(In this article, Molina asks what the real reasons for illness are, and asserts that a focus on race rendered other factors and structures, such as poor working conditions or structural inequalities in health care, and invisible and impacted immigration policy in the United States.)
10. Waldinger, R. (2006). Immigration reform: Too hot to handle.Links to an external site. New Labor Forum, 15(2), 20-29; 149. Retrieved from the ProQuest Central database.
(This article examines the need to arrive at an immigration system that most Americans would deem wise.)
Multimedia
1. billolo94. (2010, April 27). Al Sharpton slams Joe Arpaio on Arizona’s law SB1070Links to an external site. [Video file]. Available from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iyj9C7MTRrA
2. illegalmovieproject. (2012, June 15). IllegalLinks to an external site. [Video file]. Available from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZhlScTZ-8Y (Transcriipt Download Transcriipt)
3. nauiocelotl. (2009, October 30). FBI vs. corrupt Joe Arpaio “CBS 5 News”Links to an external site. [Video file]. Available from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2F1jH6-3UeY (Transcriipt Download Transcriipt)
4. PBSNewsHour. (2012, July 15). Watch President Obama’s remarks on new immigration policyLinks to an external site. [Video file]. Available from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVzzGZfZXqw
Aguirre, A. (2008/2009). Immigration on the public mind: Immigration reform in the Obama administration. Links to an external site. Social Justice, 35(4), 4-11. Retrieved from the ProQuest Central databas
Brezenski, T. F. (2011). Lessions learned? A comparison of modern state immigration laws and past federal health policy in the stigmatization of minority groups in the United States. Links to an external site. Journal of Multidisciplinary Research, 3(3), 25-37. Retrieved from the ProQuest Central database.
Dougherty, K. J., Nienhusser, H. K., & Vega, B. E. (2010). Undocumented immigrants and state higher education policy: The politics of in-state tuition eligibility in Texas and Arizona. Links to an external site. Review of Higher Education, 34(1), 123-173. Retrieved from the ProQuest Central database.
Givens, T. E. (2010). Immigration and national security: Comparing the US and Europe. Links to an external site. The Whitehead Journal of Diplomacy and International Relations, 11(1), 79-88. Retrieved from the ProQuest Central database.
Hall, J. C., VanMetre, B. J., & Vedder, R. K. (2012). U.S. immigration policy in the 21st century: A market-based approach. Links to an external site. Cato Journal, 32(1), 201-220. Retrieved from the ProQuest Central database.
Hardy, L. J., Getrich, C. M., Quezada, J. C., Guay, A., Michalowski, R. J., et al. (2012). A call for further research on the impact of state-level immigration policies on public health. Links to an external site. American Journal of Public Health, 102(7), 1250-1254. Retrieved from the ProQuest Central database.
Waldinger, R. (2006). Immigration reform: Too hot to handle. Links to an external site. New Labor Forum, 15(2), 20-29; 149. Retrieved from the ProQuest Central database.
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