Wk9: Passports & Borders
About this week:
This week, we take a close look at the border including the policies and their impacts on the people. How do we view, address, and reconcile our border policies?
Assigned Readings:
Guerrero, Jean and Leonardo Castaneda. 2017. “America’s Wall: Decades Long Struggle to Secure U.S. Mexico Border” November 12, 2017. Investigative Newsource, San Diego. (no PDF-- interactive)
suggested (not required, video can be a little disconcerting) Begley, Josh 2016. Video: Best of Luck With the Wall.
D.K. 2014. “Barack Obama: The Border is not the Problem” The Economist.
Rosenblum, Marc R. and Faye Hipsman. 2016. “Border Metrics: How to Effectively Measure Border Security and Immigration Control” Migration Policy Institute. January.
American Civil Liberties Union. “The Constitution in the 100 Mile Border Zone”
Discussion Questions
What are the major methods by which we measure and estimate the unauthorized immigrant population?
Are our estimates of the undocumented population pretty good?
How does the militarization of the border impact the rights of authorized immigrants?
How does the militarization of the border impact the rights of American citizens? Does it?
Assigned Readings:
Lesson Objectives:
critically think about the foundations of "American identity"
Key Questions:
What is the “American Creed” or civic nationalism? How does that differ from other forms of belonging?
Religious Nationalism returning?
Racial Nationalism returning or continuing?
How do you feel?
Suggested Activity:
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economist.com-The border is not the problem.pdf