Immigration

1. Immigration Mary J. Espinosa Andrew Sedano

2. Agenda • Reasons why people immigrate here • Common immigration myths • Subtopics in immigration • Statistics and narratives

3. Successful Undocumented People • Jose Antonio Vargas • Well known journalist. He worked for the Washington Post and came out as undocumented in an essay in the New York Times.

4. Driver’s Licenses • Contrary to popular belief, only students that are DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) eligible can apply for a license.

5. Auto Insurance for Undocumented People • This process stays the same. • Before applying for a license, undocumented people still have to apply for non-owners liability insurance.

6. Social Security Numbers • “Why do they all have the same social?” • Yes, some people do buy social security numbers. HOWEVER, in the majority of cases, this is so that they can file taxes. • “Immigrants pay taxes?! What?!” • Yes, they do! Many undocumented immigrants pay annual taxes through and ITIN (Individual Tax Identification Number).

7. “Do they change their name?” • No. In some cases, people may change their names because of marriage (like many people do).

8. Medical Care • Some undocumented immigrants are afraid to seek medical attention because they fear deportation. • Fernando Garcia, a 21 year old man, died because he was afraid to seek medical attention after being beaten up.

9. “Anchor babies” • This term is used by people who are anti-immigrant. • The concept of “anchor babies” is not very realistic, as children would have to be at least 21 to file for their parents, simply so that they could try to begin the process.

10. Poem Jorge Acosta, 2012

11. We can all agree that illegal immigration, well is illegal. • The outrageous duration (Suites)

12. Newspaper • “Labor economists have concluded that undocumented workers have lowered the wages of U.S. adults without a high-school diploma — 25 million of them — by anywhere between 0.4 to 7.4 percent (Davidson 1-3).” • These are high school drop outs who expect to make great money without an education? • Our economy has forever been changing and with change we must learn to adapt. • We must be able compete with our competitors

13. Newspaper • “there is a consensus that, on average, the incomes of families in this country are increased by a small, but clearly positive amount, because of immigration(Davidson 1-3).” • “undocumented workers contribute about $15 billion a year to Social Security through payroll taxes. They only take out $1 billion(Davidson 1-3).”

14. Translators in Public Schools • Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C. § 794, requires programs which receive federal financial assistance to provide accommodations, such as qualified interpreters, real-time captioning (also called CART), assistive listening devices, or other auxiliary aids, to people with disabilities when necessary to ensure effective communication.(Stark) • Taxes are paid by all

15. Claims vs. Facts • Poor immigrants cost native taxpayers a fortune is social services. “a recent study of immigrants in North Carolina that reported that over the prior 10 years, Latino immigrants had cost the state $61 million in a variety of benefits — but were responsible for more than $9 billion in state economic growth.”(Beirich)

16. More untrue statements • ¾ of illegal immigrants do pay taxes *sales taxes *Social Security *Medicare “The Social Security Administration says these payments actually help keep Social Security solvent because they pay in but can take nothing out legally. It's estimated that in 2005, about $9 billion in Social Security taxes was paid by people who filed W2(Davidson 1-3)”.

17. Green Card • Is just a permanent resident card • The legal process can take up wards to twenty years? • “If I don’t (take the) risk, I’ll die anyway and my family will die of hunger, who wouldn’t like to come to the U.S. legally and avoid the fear of suffocating in a van, or dehydrating (in the desert), getting bitten by a poisonous insect, or killed… or drowning in the river” (Rivera)?

18. ITIN # and Tax Report ITIN Numbers Tax Return

19. ColorLines • Her parents, who are currently undocumented, brought her to the United States from Mexico City when she was 7. As a kid, she didn’t understand the concept of immigration status. “I grew up in Arizona in a predominantly white neighborhood. I didn’t really know what it meant to be undocumented because I just went to school,” “Mujer Because you gave me a dream”

20. Political Cartoon “The New World”

21. The U.S. population of Illegal Immigrants

22. Graph • Four percent of the United States population is here illegally. • And you want all of them to leave?? • That large of a number of people leaving could effect the whole economy.

23. The actual trip • The Gang Violence & Corruption (N/A)

24. “Over the past 10 years, traversing the U.S.–Mexico border illegally has become increasingly dangerous for would-be immigrants. Illegal immigrants face kidnapping, murder, and rape at the hands of violent drug cartels and ever more ruthless human smugglers (Walser)”.

25. (Valentina “The 2010 Mexican Massacre”) The Execution • “In August 2010, 72 would-be illegal immigrants from Mexico were lined up and executed, their bodies discovered on a remote ranch a mere 90 miles from the U.S. border. The drug gang responsible for the kidnapping and murders, Los Zetas, captured its victims as they traveled through Tamaulipas, presumably on their way to cross the border illegally into the United States. When the 72 people refused to work for the gang, they were executed(Walser)”. (Valentina)

26. The Execution • Nothing but respect for individuals who would risk their lives to offer their family a promising future. • Pay thousands of dollars for something that is never guaranteed.

27. Personal Experience My father came to the United States illegally when he was only 15 years old. • Loosing ties with family • Foreign Country • Not knowing the language • No where to stay • Not knowing what to expect • Never seeing your love ones again

28. Dream Act • Provides undocumented individuals who have gradated from a high school or have a GED with a chance of continuing their studies. • Great idea. • These kids are trying to better their education thus providing our future with more highly skilled and educated individuals. • Thus boosts our economy in the United States. • Offers young individuals a chance to succeed. Given it wasn’t their choice to come to the United States when they were young.

29. Which Way Home • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b43dYQG4kuY * 5:40min – 6:45 min • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgaPU9rzTHQ *4:00min – 4:35 min *4:45min – 5:40 min *6:30min – 9:07 min

30. Citation Page • Suites, Orchid. Breaking the Poverty Cycle. 2013. Photograph. Spark Media, Washington, D.C.. Web. 10 Apr 2013. http://www.sparkmedia.org/ht/d/sp/i/ 1322/pid/1322. • Potential Child Killer DREAM Act Will Be Back. 2010. Photograph. Limits to GrowthWeb. 10 Apr 2013. http://www.limitstogrowth.org/articles/ 2010/09/23/potential-child-killer-dream-act-will-be-back/. • Rivera, Selene. "Study: Long Wait for Green Cards." IMdiversity where Careers, Opportunities and Diversity Connect. Eastern Group Publications, 19 Nov 2012. Web. 26 Mar 2013. • Beirich, Heidi. "Getting Immigration Facts Straight." . Southern Poverty Law Center, 05 Jun 2007. Web. 10 Apr 2013. <http://www.splcenter.org/get-informed/ intelligence-report/browse-all-issues/2007/summer/paranoid-style-redux/ getting-immigrat • Davidson, Adam. "Do Illegal Immigrants Actually Hurt the U.S. Economy?." New York Times[New York, New York] 12 February 2013, 1-3. Web. 10 Apr. 2013. <http:// www.nytimes.com/2013/02/17/magazine/do-illegal-immigrants-actually-hurt-the-us-economy.html?pagewanted=all>. • Stark, Jason. "K-12 Education." Section 504 and ADA Obligations of Public Schools. National Association of the Deaf. Web. 10 Apr 2013. http://www.nad.org/ issues/education/k-12/section-504-and-ada-obligations. • Passel, Jeffrey. Chart of Unauthorized Immigrant Population Compared to the Total US Population. 2011. Graphic. ProCon.org, Santa Monica. Web. 10 Apr 2013. http://immigration.procon.org/view.resource.php?resourceID=000844.

31. Citation Page • Walser, Ray. "The Human Tragedy of Illegal Immigration: Greater Efforts Needed to Combat Smuggling and Violence." . The Heritage Foundation, 22 Jun 2011. Web. 10 Apr 2013. http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2011/06/the-human-tragedy-of-illegal- immigration-greater-efforts-needed-to-combat-smuggling-and-violence. • Valentina, Isabella. "Borderland Beat: How Many More Bodies Need to Be Found?" Borderland Beat: How Many More Bodies Need to Be Found? Borderland Beat, 27 Aug. 2010. Web. 10 Apr. 2013. http://www.borderlandbeat.com/2010/08/how- many-more-bodies-need-to-be-found.html. • Gardner, David. "The Dream Act." US Immigration Reform. Law Office of David B. Gardner, Inc., n.d. Web. 10 Apr 2013. http://www.usimmigrationreform.com/the-dream- act.htm. • Cammisa, Rebecca, dir. Which Way Home. HBO, 2006. Film. 10 Apr 2013. <http:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgaPU9rzTHQ>. • Cammisa, Rebecca, dir. Which Way Home. HBO, 2006. Film. 24 Apr 2013. <http:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=b43dYQG4kuY>. • Davidson, Lee. "Fact or fiction? The myths and realities of illegal immigration ." Desert News [Salt Lake City] 28 June 2012, 1-3. Web. 24 Apr. 2013. <http:// www.deseretnews.com/article/700043538/Fact-or-fiction-The-myths-and-realities-of-illegal-immigration.html?pg=all>. • A, Jorge. "Where I am From, A Poem." No Papers No Fear Ride for Justice. N.p., 03 Sep 2012. Web. 30 Apr 2013. <http://nopapersnofear.org/blog/post.php?s=2012-09-03-where-i- am-from-a-poem>. • Hing, Julianne . "Undocumented Youth Pay Tribute to the Original Dreamers." Color Lines News for Action. 29 Mar 2013: n. page. Web. 30 Apr. 2013. http://colorlines.com/ archives/2013/03/ undocumented_youth_pay_tribute_to_the_original_dreamers.html.