course materials: Textbook David L. Paletz, Diana Owen, and Timothy E. Cook’s American Government and Politics in the Information Age, v. 3.0<\/p>\n
A. Current Issues: Asylum, Caravans and the Southern Border<\/p>\n
Border Crisis:<\/p>\n
1. Watch: “https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wgbh\/frontline\/film\/separated-children-at-the-border\/(Peabody award winning documentary by Frontline July 2018)<\/p>\n
Background:https:\/\/www.buzzfeednews.com\/article\/adolfoflores\/border-record-apprehensions-month-migrants-trump?bfsource=relatedmanual.Migrant Caravan: What is it and Why does it Matter? (https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-latin-america-45951782) (BBC News Nov. 2018)<\/p>\n
A Record Number of Migrant Families are Showing up at the Border (https:\/\/www.buzzfeednews.com\/article\/adolfoflores\/border-record-apprehensions-month-migrants-trump?bfsource=relatedmanual. (April 2019)<\/p>\n
Asylum:<\/p>\n
“I’m a Survivor of Violence”: Portrait of Women Waiting for Asylum (https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/pictureshow\/2019\/01\/16\/684812592\/i-m-a-survivor-of-violence-portraits-of-women-waiting-in-mexico-for-u-s-asylum. (BBC Jan 2019)<\/p>\n
Background: Trump Wants Asylum Seekers to Wait in Mexico; it’s not that simple (http:\/\/time.com\/5464757\/donald-trump-asylum-border-migrant-caravan\/)(Time)<\/p>\n
US Judge Stalls Enforcement of Trump Asylum Restrictions (https:\/\/www.apnews.com\/9ba57ad1383f41c3afe1baa5b2d9c3bf. (AP Nov. 2018)<\/p>\n
B. Following the Issue: For future reference<\/p>\n
Buzzfeed: Adolfo Flores (https:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/adolfoflores (journalist filing regular reports from the border region)<\/p>\n
In the Thick (https:\/\/www.inthethick.org\/episodes\/) (Podcast by two journalists covering immigration and other relevant issues) See especially episodes: “LIVE in Mexico: More than a Passage Route” and “The American Nightmare”)<\/p>\n
National Immigration Law Center (https:\/\/www.nilc.org\/ (information and resources about legal rights and current events)<\/p>\n
United We Dream (https:\/\/unitedwedream.org\/about\/ (largest youth-led immigration organization in the U.S.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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