Here is a brief summarization of the controversial and sensitive issue of immigration (i will work on this periodically as it is very complex).
Immigration and the complex struggle to understand it all
-Definitions to know - citizen, alien, immigration, legal immigration, illegal immigration, visas, repatriation, discrimination, smugglers, border patrol, minute men, viva la raza, stash houses, gayoti, drug cartels, corruption,-Evolution of immigration - late 19th century/early 20th century, post-world war II, post-civil rights movement, and early 21st century.
-Who immigrates -
-reasons why people immigrate
-the results of immigration - make it, don't make it (and try again), or die trying to make it (starvation, heat exhaustion, homicides. mention facts numbers, unmarked graves).
-negative impacts of illegal immigration - locally, socially, financially, politically, familial, though are relative
-positive impacts - same as above
-politics and policies (past and present) that encourage or denounce immigration reform
-organizations that address this issue: their goals, objectives, and purposes of each
-underlying respect for the human
Links:
FAQ - Immigration and Law - pro-immigration slant
Article - Illegal Aliens and American Medicine - health reprocussions
Debate - Alberto Gonzalez's grandparents - public concerns (unscholarly)
Resource - CIS - independent, non-partisan, and nonprofit organaization
Article - Japanese Immigration - history of Japanese Immigrants
Essay - Schuck's Evolving Civil Rights Movement - comparison to 1965 movement with modern views
~saosin
