M12

Write, at minimum, a 500-word post addressing at least one of the following leading questions for this week's module. Meaningful and substantive contributions will require 1.) that you carefully read (and reflect on) the material, and 2.) that you think about the arguments, evidence, and interpretations presented in the paper. Remember: You are required to include at least one direct quote from the readings to support your views. 

1. For this reflection question, you must pick a role (i.e., an advocate or investor), and engage the prompt from the lens of the role you pick. (a) Writing as an advocate against child detentions, demonstrate why children who are in the United States illegally should not be detained at all. (b) Acting as an investor, propose an idea for detaining children who are in the United States illegally that address the challenges we find in the first video.

2. In previous readings, we have read that immigrants are less likely to commit crime compared to native born citizens. In view of this knowledge, do you think there should be other ways to enforce immigrations laws instead of keeping immigrants in detention centers and/or camps where conditions, according to the reading and videos, appear to be inhumane? Draw from figure 1 in the reading to respond to this question. Be sure to explain what this way that you are proposing entails.

Reading and Learning Materials

Ryo, E. (2019). Understanding immigration detention: Causes, conditions, and consequences. Annual Review of Law and Social Science, 15(1), 97-115.

Ryo (2019).pdf

A video overview of the research article

https://youtu.be/99DwZmiTiDILinks to an external site.

Videos

https://youtu.be/FPVFPgBfc8k?si=-5OPBDRa7BDkkgYgLinks to an external site.

https://youtu.be/e4X0hI40a8A?si=_iOOGfPM_fkCRHKhLinks to an external site.

https://youtu.be/lMgCy9ElOsE?si=yl8wG9weSB-dF2tULinks to an external site.