Dr. Sara DiazWGST 303: The *isms: Race, Class, and GenderGonzaga University

Immigration Reforms & Families

Extra Credit Events• Events that connect to the themes of the course, UMEC (with

a few exceptions), LGBT resource center, Center for Global Engagement, others. Check with me.

• International Women’s Day – Spokane 3/7 (traditionally 3/8)• EWU Riverpoint campus, 9:30 – 12:30• Feminine Hygiene Drive for women experiencing homelessness

• Crosby, Foley drop-off, until 3/6• IWD event on 3/7

• Keynote about women’s activism in India.• International Students, Campus Sexual Assault Activists,

Bollywood Dancing Lesson

Undocumented Immigrants• Estimated 11.5 million undocumented immigrants in the US as

of 2006.

• Many school districts don’t require proof of citizenship to enroll.

• 60,000 children arrived to the US last year from Central America. Why?

Countries of Origin (2009)Country of origin Raw number Percent of totalMexico 6,650,000 62%El Salvador 530,000 5%Guatemala 480,000 4%Honduras 320,000 3%Philippines 270,000 2%India 200,000 2%Korea 200,000 2%Ecuador 170,000 2%Brazil 150,000 1%China 120,000 1%Other 1,650,000 15%

Corn is Key

• Why do so many people come to the US from Mexico?

• Agricultural Policy:• https://

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANrs1i6-1OM

2012 “Amnesty”• Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)• Policy of Homeland Security

• Eligibility• Came to the United States before 16th birthday• Have lived continuously in the United States since 15 July 2007• Were under age 31 on 15 June 2012• Have completed high school or a GED, have been honorably discharged from

the armed forces, or are enrolled in school†• Have not been convicted of a felony or serious misdemeanors*

† Note: As of 2008 (Bush) certain undocumented people who arrived as children are allowed to serve in armed forces but are otherwise ineligible for Federal Financial Aid.* Being undocumented is a crime, working w/o visa is a crime.

2014 Reforms to DACA

2014 Reforms to DACA

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2014 Reforms to DACA

In Sum• You are eligible if• You have a child, who is a citizen, born before 11/20/2014, AND

you have lived continuously in the US since 1/1/2010, and you were on US soil 11/20/2014, and you can pay taxes*, and you have never committed a crime**.

• You were brought to the US by your parents before 1/1/2010 before your sixteenth birthday, and you are in school, or you graduated/got a GED, or you were honorably discharged from the military†.

* Stay at home mothers?** Being undocumented is a crime, working w/o visa is a crime.† Note: As of 2008 (Bush) certain undocumented people who arrived as children are allowed to serve in armed forces but are otherwise ineligible for Federal Financial Aid.

Criminalizing Immigration• Excluded from Obama’s Amnesty:• Aliens apprehended at the border or ports of entry while

attempting to unlawfully enter the United States.• Aliens apprehended anywhere in the United States after

unlawfully entering or re-entering the United States and who cannot establish to the satisfaction of an immigration officer that they have been physically present in the United States continuously since 1/1/2014

• Aliens who, in the judgment of an ICE Field Officer Director, USCIS District Director, or USCIS Service Center Director, have significantly abused the visa or visa waiver programs.

• UNLESS they qualify for asylum.

Asylum Qualifications• Those who have suffered persecution or fear that they will

suffer persecution due to:• Race• Religion• Nationality• Membership in a particular social group• Political opinion

• Travel restrictions

• What’s not on this list that drives immigration?