Media on ImmigrationMedia on ImmigrationHow do the different U.S. mainstream media such as newspapers and other types of news like television networks portray recent debates about illegal immigration? There will be a main focus on the New York Times representing the U.S., being one of the top prestigious papers of this nation, and the trusted channel CNN. With the variety of sources now established, we can now compare and point out its differences as well as similarities, and analyze the point of views of the people involved. As we compare these two sources, I will not only observe the article’s facts and interviews, but also, the way they portray immigrants and officials on the chosen images. We will also see distinguish the real facts from the ones that framed as facts by pundits. We only want to focus on articles dealing with the immigration laws, and who and how it affects people. HR4437 is the law that has caused chaos throughout the whole nation, especially in heavily Latino populated cities. HR4437 states the following things: Better protection at the U.S. Mexico border which is being funded by military funds. Rise of penalties to undocumented immigrants and criminalize assistance. Some of these precious demands were considered a bit harsh and unreasonable, so a guest-worker program was introduces that can eventually build a path to legalization.
My primary U.S. sources for news are the NY times and CNN. Since the HR4437 issue arose, the NY Times has posted a front page article about this issue every single day. As a reader, this says to me that it sees the importance of the issue and knows that its readers want to read about it, so it puts out what the people want. It is a great paper because of it, but I will compare it to other sources to check its credibility. CNN is also known for its great reporting, but there have been some cases where it been biased in the way they present the news or portray immigrants. Other that here in the U.S., sources are very scarce, especially those from countries which aren’t as developed as the number one superpower of the world. It seems lie most of the information one can find on the immigration laws lies here in the U.S. This can mean that either foreign media is weak in producing new or that it is just simply difficult for the information to reach them, since its taking place here in the U.S.
As a reader, one has doubts about trusting a particular source. One has to investigate the background of that source to decide whether it can be considered a pundit. Pundits sometimes introduce ignorant arguments that are decorated by their sophistication and ability to hide their lack of authoritative knowledge” to the viewers and readers by making these arguments seem legitimate. People can easily be tricked, but an investigation like mine, demonstrates how important it is to find two or more sources in which case you can sometimes point out a pundit, “…these pundits while their voices are often the loudest, they are not necessarily the wisest.”
Unemployment, over-population, and crime are issues that come into play when discussing the compelling exodus that undocumented immigrants face. Not only politicians like but his followers believe only citizens should be granted natural rights in this country. They believe the undocumented are the major cause of unemployment because they are taking the jobs that belong to legal citizens. Will those citizens be willing to work in the fields with little or no benefits at minimum or less than minimum wage? That’s a question that will forever be until immigrants are actually booted out. The crackdown on immigrants continues because they cause over-population which essentially leads to other problems
The Immigration and Naturalization Service has also announced that the government is using the issue to target “underrepresented” labor in its backlog of cases and will start issuing more deportations, including people who are undocumented (i.e. noncitizens or legal residents who do not have legal status).
What if, instead of hiring workers to secure the jobs that make up the labor supply, Immigration and Naturalization Service hires unemployed in a single day for work? I think you can see the problem. What if in a few weeks more people move to Canada, this time out of work and back to the United States?
We are already seeing a trend of this effect. Now, we would like the government to change, if we were going to move people all over this country to go to Canada.
We are also seeing that the immigration officers in Canada have already created a problem with the “resettlement” program.
We have a very high rate of legal immigrants, and while there are people in Canada that have some of the legal rights that we do not, those citizens, which are illegal aliens, have no legal status and are on the government’s payroll. We have a system that is designed for those of us with legal status whose work is in this country because our job is being held by some company that has no business coming in Canada.
The Immigration and Naturalization Service has worked to build up resources to protect immigrants from deportation and has created more and more cases in response. To do this we created a policy that allows these individuals to apply for unemployment Insurance (a program designed to ensure the most talented members of Canada can pay the necessary legal taxes) and are working to close the border to allow these applications to begin. It is important to note that the government has been reluctant to provide this information to anyone outside the legal system.
Another problem with the new system is its lack of a national process. In my experience, there has not been an official process for every immigrant or person who is deported. (Note: I am not comparing the current legal status of citizens to those who have not yet been deported, or were denied a status for lack of a common-law or legal remedy). It seems that the U.S. government has been unable to come up with a satisfactory answer on that issue.
As mentioned above, the government’s proposed immigration reform plan would require every Canadian to get work authorization. This change would ensure that most undocumented immigrants are working at the lowest subsistence level possible. This would greatly benefit the immigrant or person and would provide more room for them to get married and have children.
If immigrants have done the hard work to secure and secure jobs, the government’s proposal is just plain stupid and ignores the real problem of over-population.
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