Illegal immigration
1. Correa-Cabrera, Guadalupe and Miriam Rojas-Arenaza. "The Mathematics of Mexico–US Migration and US Immigration Policy." Policy Studies, vol. 33, no. 4, July 2012, pp. 297-312.
This article analyses remarkable ‘numbers’ behind the migration phenomenon and immigration policy design in the USA. The main goal of this research is to evaluate the use of numeric data and analyses regarding migration, migration statistics, and the mass media perspective to support the approval or justify the failure of recent point break reforms that affect undocumented or illegal immigrants in the USA, primarily immigration coming from Mexico.
The author concludes that the perversion of numbers, the production of media "spectacles" that present illegal immigrants as dangerous people for the US economy and society, and the politicization of the immigration process in general, have had a significant influence on recent failed attempts to correct the dysfunctional immigration system of the United States.
As a whole, the ‘mathematics’ of Mexico–US migration are not always trustworthy. Some questionable numbers have been recently used to justify non adequate and inefficient migration policies; For instance, this factors led to the approval of Arizona's SB 1070 in 2010m and the recent support of other anti-immigrant legislation in different states.
Texas has been subject to several reforms this last year; with the new federal administration further reforms are close to arriving and the numbers the media bombards Texas population with, are still a significant factor in the development of Texas migration policies
2. SHEPHARD, ALEX. "Anti-Sanctuary Armies." New Republic, vol. 248, no. 12, Dec. 2017, pp. 9-10.
The article reports on the declaration by several metropolitan areas in the U.S. that local law enforcement will not support President Donald Trump's fight against undocumented immigrants. However, Texas Governor Greg Abbott has approved a bill which will enable local police to examine immigration status of those detained by them.
Even though critical liberal cities have opposed the president on this matter, many other local and state authorities have welcomed the agenda of deporting undocumented immigrants. This spring (2017), The Governor of Texas Greg Abbott signed a bill, Senate Bill 4; this effectively outlaws sanctuary cities in the state of Texas and authorizes local police to investigate the immigration status of anyone they arrest or detain. The bill also instructs local officials to cooperate with federal immigration agencies and threatens those who don’t comply with jail time and fines of up to $25,500 per day.
The author comments how America grows more polarized over time; Metropolitan areas are growing more pro-immigrant, while rural areas are becoming more nativist. The president may have galvanized sanctuary cities to oppose his immigration agenda. But he’s also started jurisdictions where anti-immigrant sentiment eagers to make deportations the top priority.
3. Becerra, David, et al. "Policing Immigrants: Fear of Deportations and Perceptions of Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice." Journal of Social Work, vol. 17, no. 6, Nov. 2017, pp. 715-731.
This study explored the connections between the fear of being deported and the perception immigrants have of the police, the criminal justice system, and their willingness to report a crime. This research looks at the correlation between increased immigration control and fear of deportation. The author states that public safety can improve by enhancing the relationships between the police and Latino communities.
The research found that immigrants who had a more significant fear of deportation. Had less confidence that police would not use excessive force, few to no certainty that police officers would treat Latinos fairly, limited willingness to report a crime; and less confidence that the court officials would handle Latino cases fairly.
The Latino population in Texas is an excellent example of this problems. Cultural competence training for police officers and criminal justice personnel is necessary for this state as much as teaching Latinos to protect their rights when co-operating with police and the criminal justice system.
4. Olmos Alcaraz, Antonia and Raquel Martínez Chicón. "A Comparative Approach of Dealing with Diversity: The Managing of Immigration and Education in Spain and Immigration and Health in Usa.". Revista De Ciencias Sociales Y Humanidades, vol. 28, no. 55, pp. 1-14.
This article looks at the administration of cultural diversity and the construction of racial separation in two separate contexts; the United States and Spain. Focused on the areas of policy intervention, management, education, and health. By studying these two cases equally, the author shows the existence of several patterns that create or maintain biases and cultural-ethnic boundaries, and how these behaviors generate inequality between groups. The research takes into account that the public policies of each country, trying to understand them as processes of identification of cultural diversity.
This article tries to show how two different, self-defined “intercultural” models implemented to manage cultural diversity may be creating ethnocultural barriers that produce inequality and differences between groups.
5. Correa-Cabrera, Guadalupe. "Security, Migration, and the Economy in the Texas- Tamaulipas Border Region: The 'Real' Effects of Mexico's Drug War." Politics & Policy, vol. 41, no. 1, Feb. 2013, pp. 65-82.
This article analyzes the consequences of Mexico's drug war on migration, security, and the economy on the east U.S.–Mexico border between the state of Texas and the Mexican state of Tamaulipas. The situations on both sides of the border are described and contrasted simultaneously. The author explains how the extreme violence that Mexico is experiencing has helped U.S. border cities while holding a negative impact on Tamaulipas.
The positive effects that this war has shown regarding U.S. border economy and security are evident, even though American public discussion and the reporting of U.S. media claim the opposite.
This article is five years old, though these years is Texas economy has been growing relentlessly; and the effects of this war don't seem relevant for the regular American since life on the north side of the border is going well, but it's important to keep these events in mind to understand immigration.
6. Chavez, Linda. "On 'The Wall'." Commentary, vol. 144, no. 4, Nov. 2017, pp. 20-21
The article addresses the promise made by U.S. president Donald Trump during his campaign to build a wall along U.S. border with Mexico, his ideas on illegal immigration and the plan of removing the temporary protection for young people called Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) under former U.S president Barack Obama. It discusses young adults signing up for DACA, an informal agreement called Hastert Rule and broadening priorities for detention and removal who are suspected of committing a crime.
7. Lachica Buenavista, Tracy. "Model (Undocumented) Minorities and “Illegal” Immigrants: Centering Asian Americans and US Carcerality in Undocumented Student Discourse." Race, Ethnicity & Education, vol. 21, no. 1, Jan. 2018, pp. 78-91.
As the numbers of immigrant arrests, detentions, and deportations increase, and in context of anti-immigrant sentiment, education authorities must adequately contend with the way that "carcerality" affects undocumented students. Carcerality refers to the social and political systems that formally and informally encourage discipline, punishment, and confinement. This article retrieves data from 15 undocumented Asian Americans students that show that the likeness of undocumented student exceptionalism that typically characterizes the conversation on their experiences disguises the effects of carcerality in determining how young people with undocumented status drive their lives. The stories of undocumented Asian Americans portray a shift in undocumented discourse as these students de-emphasized their educational mobility, demonstrated a hi awareness of disciplinary immigration policies, and were traumatized by deportation threats.
Undocumented Asian American experiences illustrate the crooked relationship within the criminalization of undocumented immigrants, race, and education, and how a legacy of carcerality is vital to revealing the contemporary educational experiences of undocumented students in the US
8. Williamson, Kevin D. "Discriminating Discrimination." National Review, vol. 67, no. 24, 31 Dec. 2015, pp. 16-17.
This article shows the political critics to U.S. Presidential nominee and television celebrity Donald Trump on his viewpoints against the illegal immigrants entering the United States. It mentions Trump's draft proposal on the ban for admission of Muslim people immigrants and visitors and the end to visa-waiver program for visitors from specific countries to enter the country without obtaining a visa. The draft proposal also prohibits Muslim immigration as part its national security measure.
This article is a couple of years old. The once nominee for the presidential election Donald Trump is now president of the United States, and it's essential to review his plans for the country before the election. All the comments he made during his campaign are undoubtedly the more blunt ones and this specially targeted the illegal immigrant's population in the southern states just as much as the Muslim community.