This article promotes Social Capital by bonding the similar people such as immigrants who came to America and bridging between the diverse groups such as the immigrants and legislation. The bridging aspect is creating the DREAM Act and helping immigrants to become true American citizens the way they should be.

The idea of Social Capital in this article proves to be true in the sense that the author is linking entrepreneurs to immigrants who are investing money in businesses they create in the United States.

The fault line of this story would be looking through the lense of geography because it is giving a view of Somalia which is specifically where these immirants are from. It is giving reasons why these immigrants are allowed to stay inthe U.S as foreigners until their nation has picked itself up due to natural disasters and military dangers. There is altruistic democracy in this article because it is subtley saying the government is doing this for the people and allowing them to stay ... More »

The fault line used for this aticle is looking through the lense mainly of race. Th author is targeting Asians, Japanese-Americans, and Latinos to appeal to whomever is an immigrant, or who has family members that are immigrants and one of these races. Ethnocentrism is used by expanding the view that these immigrants from other cultures actually make for a stronger society in America and lead the audience to believe that to have a stronger government and more stable money flow these ... More »

Point 1: Native Hispanics and Hispanic illegal immigrants are split between whether or not they are positive or negative aspects to the country. Point 2: Hispanics who were native-born 69% agreed immigrants are a strength. Point 3: 79 % of Hispanics don't agree with the immigration law in Arizona where police can check background of suspected immigrants. Point 4: Law is on hold due to a legal challenge. Frame of this article is insitutionally direct

Point 1: Actions enforced such as deporting anyone who came illegally and police being able to check citizenship on someone would be found reasonable. Point 2: The priority of the program is to find aunauthrized immigrants who are criminals. Point 3: The administration has no choice but to enforce the law. Point 4: Activists are blocking enforcement laws This article frames the story of immigration enforcement as instittuional

Point 1: Schools are unaccountable to one in three public school students whose parents are immigrants and not allowed to vote. Pont 2: New York and Chicago began to allow noncitizens to vote in school board elections years ago. Point 3: Prop D will resotre the democratic practice that was common in U.S. states in colonial times. Point 4: U.S. Supreme Court ruled many times that citizenship is not a requirement of voting. This article is only coming from one point of view and ... More »

Point 1: Puerto Rican police officers are being accused & arrested by the F.B.I for helping to traffic drugs to the U.S. Point 2: A special agent from Puerto Rico's F.B.I. said while he was undercover as an officer another officer admitted to having killed someone. Point 3: The flow of drugs would be broken through Puerto Rico. It was used as a "stepping stone" used to traffic drugs that were made specifically for the U.S. market. Point 3: US justice department is going ... More »