Robert Lau
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Robert reviewed this story - Nov 4, 2010
Robert reviewed this story - Nov 4, 2010
This article very much so hinders social capital. It not only tries to drive a wedge between immigrant and native born Americans, but also between Latino immigrants and non-immigrant Latinos. The article was obviously written with an anti-immigration bias. The writer picks one American born Latino and uses him as the only personal voice in the article. Quotes like "I think that illegal immigrants do take jobs away from native workers, especially out here in the Bay Area” with no ... More »
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Robert reviewed this story - Nov 2, 2010
This article was written through a class fault line and too a lesser extent a race fault line. The story is able to show how rich, large companies are paving the way for immigration laws through government officials, which directly benefit them financially(by providing government contracts, which amounts in the hundreds of millions of dollars, for them to build and maintain jails designed specifically to detain undocumented immigrants), while potentially creating a situation where ... More »
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Robert reviewed this story - Nov 2, 2010
The opinion piece was written through a racial fault line. The racial fault line is not clearly shown in the piece, but the author does lean a bit towards pro-immigration with statements such as “the nativists and restrictionists have been manipulating the Obama administration and most Americans.” He also does in a sense show outrage about the profiling of Latinos in Arizona, which can be seen as showing cracks of a racial fault line. The author, a Latino immigrant and an ... More »
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Robert reviewed this story - Oct 15, 2010
The article is written through a academic and education institution frame, this is made abundantly clear by how the article never goes into personal accounts or quotes by people who may be effected by the change which is the right thing to do, as it could lead to bias accounts and/or misleading information which would be incredibly detrimental for a story like this. I felt that the “official” quotes given were enough to give a full view of the story without leading anyone to one ... More »
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Robert reviewed this story - Oct 15, 2010
This opinion piece is written through a immigration policy or failure of a system type of frame. For an opinion piece this was absolutely the appropriate frame, because it used one man's struggle with the system and stretched it out to encompass a larger majority of people, which makes the argument much more humanized for the reader, while keeping the personalization of the story. It kinda says “Hey, look at the way the system violated the rights of this guy, it could happen to you next. Do you want that?” While for those that have no fear of the “violation,” still feel compassion for the man in the story that had suffered it, which would still help gain support. Some of the piece seemed kind of forced, because this is ... More »
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Robert reviewed this story - Oct 9, 2010
Nothing was really said in this article. So Obama has a vacation and suddenly it has to do with illegal immigration? It leads into some story about some "white girl" that died in a car accident that was her own fault, which has nothing to do with what the article was seeming written for... Obama and supporters have no voice in the entire article. The writer basically slapped on immigration and it's controversies into a story that really has nothing to do with it.
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Robert reviewed this story - Sep 24, 2010
A)Yes, it explained much about the complexities, such as why the adoption was allowed(the mother made no effort to contact her son) and but I felt that more could have been extrapolated from the effects this has with the issue of illegal immigration in general. B)The article was fairly in dept. The writer used a variety of sources to create a compelling story, though I'm sure this is not the only time that this has happened and that a summary of what happened in some of those other cases would have added much more depth to the article. A quote from the mother that supposedly abandoned her son would have shed some light on the situation. The writer could have gone into more detail of how some one in jail could see a family ... More »
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Robert reviewed this story - Sep 24, 2010
A)No, the article did explain some of the complexities, but not nearly enough. The issue of immigration seems to take a back seat in this article. The article doesn't examine why the Republicans would want to stall the act. I felt that the writer should have quoted a Republican to give understanding to why they believe that the act should be stopped. The Dream Act, itself was barely mentioned and it's description seemed hurried. The writer throws out many quotes that with out context means absolutely nothing. B) It felt like the article was written as just a short telling of the events that had transpired and not a real in dept piece. The piece had few quotes that related to the parties or people that would be effected by the ... More »
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I believe that this opinion piece is trying to promote social capital. It tries to get the people of this country together to fight against the way our government is being corrupted by private industry and capitalism. The social capital that it promotes is both bonding and bridging, because it seeks for native born Americans and immigrants to face a common enemy: The corruption that infests our government, which is also driving the way for harsh immigration laws. This opinion piece ... More »