Shannelle Brown

Professor: G. Taylor
STACC English 1A

WORKS CITED ANNOTATIONS

1. "Immigration Reform." Chinese American Forum 29.1 (2013): 39. Academic Search
Premier. Web. 24 Mar. 2015.
The article presents the Committee of 100's Statement on immigration which was lifted from
their 22nd Annual Conference. The committee is composed of Chinese American leaders who
support immigration. The statement addresses immigration policies and issues of concerns
including being forced to choose between skills-based immigration and family-based one.
Explaining why America is a country of immigrants and the important role immigrants do, or
from for it.

2. D'OTTAVIO, KARI E. "Deferred Action For Childhood Arrivals: Why Granting Driver's
Licenses To Daca Beneficiaries Makes Constitutional And Political Sense." Maryland
Law Review 72.3 (2013): 931-966. Academic Search Premier. Web. 24 Mar. 2015.
The article discusses the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Deferred Action for
Childhood Arrivals (DACA) immigration policy and the status of DACA beneficiaries as of
April 2013, focusing on various proposals which would allow DACA beneficiaries to receive

state benefits such as driver's licenses. Constitutional and equal protection challenges to
immigrant-restrictive license laws are examined. The author argues that legal precedents are not
favorable to DACA beneficiaries.

3. "New Undocumented Immigrant Policy (DACA): Implications For Students And

Institutions." Academic Leader 28.11 (2012): 8. Academic Search Premier. Web. 24 Mar.
2015.
The article presents information on the undocumented immigration policy introduced in the U.S.
regarding the implication of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) in the schools and
institutions. It mentions Michael A. Olivas, director of the Institute for Higher Education Law
and Governance from the University of Houston on the recommendation of several documents
for the undocumented students including working with an attorney, staying at the country, and
working of eligibility policy.
4. Owens, Jayanti. "Foreign Students, Immigrants, Domestic Minorities And Admission To
Texas' Selective Flagship Universities Before And After The Ban On Affirmative Action."
Peabody Journal Of Education (0161956X) 85.4 (2010): 486-510. Academic Search
Premier. Web. 24 Mar. 2015.
A growing body of research examines the effects of state affirmative action bans on domestic
minority students' application and admission rates. This study expands previous research,
considering how Texas's implementation of a race-neutral percent plan influenced admission
opportunities for two understudied groups: foreign students and in-state Black and Hispanic
immigrants. Using a census of all applicants to Texas's flagship universities-University of Texas-

Austin (UT) and Texas A&M (A&M)-between 1992 and 2002, descriptive analysis and logistic
regressions help examine how the passage of the Top Ten Percent Plan influenced selectivity in
terms of observed admission rates and counterfactual admission probabilities for students of
varying SAT scores and science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) versus nonSTEM-proposed majors for foreign students compared to a variety of in- and out-of-state Black
and Hispanic immigrants and domestic minorities. Findings point to salient institutional
differences in selectivity for foreign applicants. The surge in UT's foreign applicant numbers
post-Top Ten led to significant decreases in admission rates and increases in average SAT score
and STEM foreign admits. Post-Top Ten A&M, on the other hand, maintained numbers of
foreign admits on par with UT by accepting a significantly larger percentage of less selective
foreign applicants

5. Zimmerman, Arely M. "A Dream Detained: Undocumented Latino Youth And The
DREAM Movement." NACLA Report On The Americas 44.6 (2011): 14-17. Academic
Search Premier. Web. 24 Mar. 2015.
The article discusses the developments in the case of undocumented youths in the U.S.,
particularly from Latin America, as well as the Development, Relief, and Education for Alien
Minors (DREAM) Act as of November 2011. It cites the sit-in made by five undocumented
Latino youth at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) offices in Los Angeles,
California on October 12, 2011 to launch the Education Not Deportation (END) Our Pain
initiative.

6. Rivera-Batiz, Francisco L. "Undocumented Workers In The Labor Market: An Analysis

Of The Earnings Of Legal And Illegal Mexican Immigrants In The United States."
Journal Of Population Economics 12.1 (1999): 91. Academic Search Premier. Web. 24
Mar. 2015.
This paper studies the differences in earnings between Mexican legal and illegal immigrants in
the United States. The analysis includes a cross-sectional examination of the wage differences
between legal and undocumented workers as well as a longitudinal analysis examining the
impact of legalization on the earnings of previously-undocumented workers. It is shown that the
average hourly wage rate of male Mexican legal immigrants in the United States was 41.8%
higher than that of undocumented workers while female legal immigrants earned 40.8% more.
Though illegal immigrants have lower education and English proficiency, and a shorter period of
residence in the United States, than legal immigrants, it is shown that differences in the observed
characteristics of legal and illegal immigrants explain only 48% of the log-wage gap between
male legal and illegal workers and 43% of the gap for women. An analysis of undocumented
immigrants legalized after the 1986 U.S. immigration policy reform shows significant wage
growth in the four years following legalization. These gains are due mostly to the change in legal
status itself, not to changes in the characteristics of immigrants over time.

7. Salcido, Ramon M. "Undocumented Aliens: A Study Of Mexican Families." Social Work

24.4 (1979): 306-311. Academic Search Premier. Web. 24 Mar. 2015.
Few studies have focused on the situation of the undocumented Mexican alien population in this
country. The descriptive study reported in this article sought information on the effect of the

immigrant status of documented and undocumented Mexican families, on the degree of stress
they experienced, on the use of community services by the two groups, and on the motivation of
undocumented aliens for emigrating from Mexico.

8. Freeman, Gary. "Can Comprehensive Immigration Reform Be Both Liberal And

Democratic?." Society 47.2 (2010): 102-106. Academic Search Premier. Web. 24 Mar.
2015.
The Brookings-Duke Roundtable Report obtained a difficult consensus on a wide range of
mostly liberal immigration reform proposals. However, its devotion to comprehensive reform is
ultimately ill-considered. Comprehensive immigration reform is not necessary except as a
stratagem to make some form of substantial amnesty palatable to a majority in Congress. Such a
tactic is unlikely to be successful in any case in the current political climate. Moreover, it is not
desirable empirically or normatively. Empirically, any comprehensive reform that has hopes of
passing will contain incoherent and contradictory components. Normatively, it is objectionable
because comprehensive reform, especially of the sort endorsed by the Roundtable, will be vastly
expansive. A majority of Americans are opposed to such a policy dynamic. Liberal immigration
reform will be achieved at the cost of overriding public preferences. For this reason the proposed
Standing Commission, a deliberate attempt to push immigration policy development out of the
public arena and enhance the prospects of liberal reforms, is a bad idea.

9. Ewing, Walter. "The Many Facets Of Effective Immigration Reform." Society 47.2
(2010): 110-117. Academic Search Premier. Web. 24 Mar. 2015.

The United States needs a new immigration policy that is based less on wishful thinking and
more on realism. Spending vast sums of money trying to enforce arbitrary numerical limits on
immigration that bear no relationship to economic reality is a fools errand. We need flexible
limits on immigration that rise and fall with U.S. labor demand, coupled with strict enforcement
of tough wage and labor laws that protect all workers, regardless of where they were born. We
need to respect the natural human desire for family reunification, while recognizing that even
family-based immigrants are unlikely to come here if jobs are not available. And we need to
create a pathway to legal status for unauthorized immigrants who are already here so that they
can no longer be exploited by unscrupulous employers who hang the threat of deportation over
their heads.

10. Foner, Nancy. "The American Melting Pot Is A Rich Stew." Phi Kappa Phi Forum 89.2
(2009): 7-10. Academic Search Premier. Web. 24 Mar. 2015.
The article discusses the issue concerning the status of immigrants in the U.S. It indicates that
there is an increasing number of immigrants in the country reaching to more than 38 million of
the nation's residents in 2007. There are also concerns about immigrant loyalty to the U.S.,
particularly is the spreading of dual nationality which weakens the meaning of American
citizenship as well as the integrity of American patriotism. Also discussed is the process of
citizenship of immigrants in the U.S. and the patriotism of immigrants to the country.

11. Oulahan, Cain W. "The American Dream Deferred: Family Separation And Immigrant
Visa Adjudications At U.S. Consulates Abroad." Marquette Law Review 94.4 (2011):
1351-1379. Academic Search Premier. Web. 24 Mar. 2015.
In the mid 1990's, Congress passed a series of punitive immigration laws designed to ramp up
enforcement and deter illegal immigration. Among these measures are provisions know as
unlawful presence bars, which prohibit immigrant visa applicants who have been unlawfully
present in the United States for certain periods of time from obtaining an immigrant visa for up
to ten years or more. These bars frequently result in the protracted separation of undocumented
applicants from their U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident family members. After more than
ten years since the passage of the unlawful presence bars, it is now appropriate to look closely at
their impact and examine whether they constitute sound public policy. This Comment argues that
they do not. Furthermore, it explains how the system puts families through unnecessary and
unjustifiable hardship by imposing a punishment that is disproportionate to the seriousness of the
immigration violation. This Comment points to the lack of evidence that the unlawful presence
bars significantly deter illegal immigration, and the fact that they tear families apart or force
them to move abroad. For these reasons, this Comment recommends that Congress make
sensible changes that will promote family unity while imposing penalties that are more
proportionate to the seriousness of being unlawfully present in the United States. Specifically,
Congress should eliminate the unlawful presence bars while still requiring undocumented
applicants for immigrant visas to process at a consulate in their home country. This would reduce
the periods of family separation while maintaining a penalty for entering the country without
permission. Concomitantly, Congress should pass a new law that would allow applicants who

were minors when they entered the United States, and thus had no choice in the matter, to apply
for lawful permanent residence without leaving the United States.