soc 320 week 5 journal
Week 5 – Journal
Reflections on Federal Immigration Policy
For your journal entry, you will explore aspects of your personal experience and/or beliefs regarding significant public policies and what you have learned in your readings. As you reflect, please address the following questions:
What are the major current federal immigration policy issues?
In your informed opinion, why is immigration policy such a controversial issue?
Describe at least two opposing viewpoints on federal immigration policy
What, if anything, has changed or is changing, and how does it affect you personally?
What were your thoughts prior to reading this week’s reading assignments?
How has your perspective been either reinforced or changed now that you are more informed?
There are many Recommended Resources that can assist you in this journal assignment.
The purpose of the journal activity is to allow you to thoroughly reflect upon what you have learned during this course, particularly this week, and to provide you with an opportunity to relate this what you have learned this week to your own experiences. The reflective journal is not a formal written assignment. However, you are expected to adhere to conventional rules of grammar, sentence structure, spelling, and punctuation while focusing on clearly conveying your thoughts between 300-500 words.
Recommended Resources
Articles
1. Aguirre, A. (2008/2009). Immigration on the public mind: Immigration reform in the Obama administration. Social Justice, 35(4), 4-11. Retrieved from the ProQuest Central database.
(The article focuses on how the administration of U.S. President Barack Obama developed its plan for addressing issues surrounding Mexican immigration.)
2. Brezenski, T. F. (2011). Lessions learned? A comparison of modern state immigration laws and past federal health policy in the stigmatization of minority groups in the United States. Journal of Multidisciplinary Research, 3(3), 25-37. Retrieved from the ProQuest Central database.
(This article reviews anti-illegal immigration laws and long term effects in stigmatizing minority populations.)
Required Resources
Required Text
1. The policy game: Understanding U.S. public policy making
Chapter 7: Changing or Terminating Policy
Chapter 12: A case study in Implementation and Evaluation: The Debates Over Federal Immigration Policy
Chapter 13: Understanding Choices and Decisions about Policy