Monthly Archives: November 2014

Project Plans

I’m writing my paper on immigration, however I don’t exactly know what argument I’m going to take. I want to agree that illegal immigration shouldn’t be recognized as “illegal” and that the United States shouldn’t have strict policies towards it. I think I want to focus on the backgrounds of these illegal immigrants, and basically have a voice to stand up for them. I also want to include personal experiences of actual people.

Working with Sources

In the article “Immigration Reform: An Issue We Can All Support,” Judith Browne explores how racism is prevalent in determining the fate of immigration in the United States. She believes that immigration policies and regulations aren’t changing, if not getting stricter as the years have went by. She pays a lot of attention to ethnic patterns regarding immigration, “According to 2010 consensus data, less than 2 percent of unauthorized immigrants are from Europe or Canada, while 87 percent are from Latin America, 3 percent from Africa, and 7 percent from Asia.” She essentially uses these numbers to determine how race has impacted immigrants on not gaining citizenship. Browne introduces the Advancement Project, and as an advocate, she and other members of the NAACP are “demanding a path to citizenship for immigrants.” One of the larger ideas she introduces is the moral issues regarding immigration. Browne says that immigrants in states such as Alabama and Arizona are more racially profiled. Essentially, she believes that this is wrong and is one of the main problems with the perception of immigration in the United States.

A co-director of the Advancement Project, Judith Browne explores how racism has influenced immigration policies in the United States. In the article, “Immigration Reform: An Issue We Can All Support,” Browne pays close attention to the underlying causes of how and why immigration policies have become stricter within the past few years. She believes that it is injustice being done to innocent people and uses numbers to support her ideas; “According to 2010 consensus data, less than 2 percent of unauthorized immigrants are from Europe or Canada, while 87 percent are from Latin America, 3 percent from Africa, and 7 percent from Asia” (Browne).

Dianis, Judith Browne. “Immigration Reform: An Issue We Can All Support.” The Huffington Post. TheHuffingtonPost.com, 31 Oct. 2013. Web. 22 Oct. 2014. <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/judith-browne-dianis/immigration-reform-an-iss_b_4178580.html>.