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Required Readings

Required

Immigration:

General Background:
Philip Martin and Elizabeth Midgley: "Immigration: Shaping and Reshaping America"

Colonization:
Richard Frethorne:A Letter from an Indentured Servant in Virginia (written in 1623; published in 1881)

The First Records of Anglo-American Colonization

From The Life and Times of Sir Walter Raleigh

Jamestown

Mass immigration from Europe:

Julie Redstone: "Message of the Statue of Liberty"

Henry Cabot Lodge: "For Immigration Restrictions"

The Japanese experience:

"Japanese Americans & the U.S. Constitution

The Latino experience:

Latino Stories

Cultural Pluralism:

"A Different Mirror: A Conversation with Ronald Takaki"

Immigration and Economics:

Greenstone and Looney: "Ten Economic Facts about Immigration"

Reactions to September 11th events:

George Bush: "Statement by the President in His Address to the Nation"

Answering the below questions in reference to 3 of the readings above

What are the concerns regarding immigration? What are future issues that an immigration policy should address? Be certain to discuss the similarities and differences between the proposals of both parties. After carefully examining the proposals of both major parties, which, if any, proposal best addresses national concerns? Properly reference three of the assigned readings and include at least one, legitimate, external source in your composition.

Write in Arial font, size 14, Essay 400 words but know more than 600 words Reference specific ideas from at least the two readings that illustrate these values. Always name the author whose ideas you are discussing (use the author's full name the first time you refer to him/her; after that, identify authors by their last names).

Provide in-text citations for all ideas, opinions, and facts derived from the course readings, whether you simply refer to them, paraphrase them (put them entirely into your own words), or quote them. Place the in-text citation at the end of your sentence but before the period that ends your sentence. The in-text citation should give the author's last name (unless you've used it already in your sentence), the year of publication (if known), and the appropriate page number(s) from the reading (if page numbers are used in the online text of the essay). Do not use the title of the reading unless it does not have an author).

Here's an example of a citation for the Thomas Paine reading for Week 1: (Paine, 1776).

Here's an example of a citation for the John Locke reading for Week 2: (Locke, 1689, pp. 46-47).

Provide a References list at the end of your essay that includes bibliographic references for every reading cited in your essay.

Note: Your references list does not count toward your minimum word count.

Center the word References (do not underline it, place it in quotation marks, or place it in bold or larger size font).

Present your references, listed alphabetically by author's last name.