Each week you will write a total of two to three pages. You must pick at least one article from the Weekly Reading folders and one film from the lecture to write about. You may also use two readings. Please make sure you include the title of the article and the film. You are also able to do extra credit worth up to 5 or ten points or extra films or articles or the extra credit from the syllabus. Attach your extra credit of at least a 1-2 page to the weekly submission for it to count. Please use the following format in either doc or pdf format:
Week 4- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOEn0iBWWx0&list=PLDjlgrie7V1sT-77IGA6FrKW3NLGMD6Yg&index=217
Week 4: High cost of deporting parents
In the late 1990 and early 2000s, the proportion of people residing illegally in the United States has risen from 2.5 million to 8.5 million. It is the dream of earning sufficient money to build a concrete house and support a family that drives people from smaller towns and villages to the United States. President Barrack Obama has been considering methods to enforce several immigration regulations in a more humane manner. The VICE news has traveled to Guatemala for meeting a deportee named Ray Jesus. This deportee has been married to US citizen Kacie for 12 years and he is living away from his American wife and kids. At the time of Ray’s living in the US, he was the sole breadwinner of the family. The video depicts that deporting parents is costing greater. As the American kids’ immigrant parents are expelled, the lives of their families can be disrupted. Almost 150000 citizens lose a parent due to deportation every year. His wife Kacie thought that Ray would be released after 9 months of his arrest. The youngest child was only 5 months of age when Ray was deported and the middle kid is autistic. Throughout his business, Ray had 10 employees and his wife could not run the business as she did not own any license for conducting business. Ray wishes to send some money to his wife and kids and be with his family someday.
This video also highlights an increase in specific deportation types locally and people being picked up at traffic signals. When the sole breadwinner of the family is deported and the respective family has no means of supporting themselves, then the family might require assistance from the government. Since Ray’s deportation, Kacie has supported her family via housing subsidies and food stamps. Ray’s friend wishes him to be near Kacie to support her and take responsibility for the entire family. The act of deportation caused a huge loss to the family and left many of their dreams unfulfilled. The entire family is scared thinking that a lot of time will pass before Ray will be back and if they will be a normal family ever again. Finally, Ray returned to his family after about 1000 days of remaining separated and united with his family members (youtube.com, 2022).
Reference
youtube.com, 2022, High cost of deporting parents, Retrieved from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOEn0iBWWx0&list=PLDjlgrie7V1sT-77IGA6FrKW3NLGMD6Yg&index=218 [Retrieved on: 12.3.2022]
