Sonia Nazario, Enrique’s Journey

1. Immigrants in American news media

What are the student’s opinions concerning the representation of immigrants in American news media?

[ Links for the required readings and the optional readings :

1st required reading: https://www.foxnews.com/printer_friendly_wires/2007Jun11/0,4675,APonTVFoxapossWar,00.html
2nd required reading: http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-campaign-coverage-20160613-snap-story.html

1st optional reading: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/aug/12/media-misrepresents-black-men-effects-felt-real-world
2nd optional reading: https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Vital+but+complementary%3A+while+social+media+played+a+key+role+during…-a0223659019

2 Sonia Nazario, Enrique’s Journey

Sonia Nazario, Enrique’s Journey (New York: Random House Trade Paperback Edition, 2007)
DIRECTIONS:
Please write a four to five-page paper, double spaced, times new roman font, with one-inch margins. Please ask your TA which method they prefer for you to turn in your papers. Please be sure to include a clear argument/thesis in the introduction.

CITATIONS:
Please use proper MLA citations when using a quote or paraphrasing. For example: (Nazario, 33). You must have at least one citation per paragraph.

QUESTION:
It is clear in Sonia Nazario’s Enrique’s Journey that she does not believe that separation between mother and child(ren) is beneficial in the long run; even though she has no children of her own. She highlights how mothers carry the tremendous guilt and responsibility to work enough to be able to maintain their own living expenses, plus those of their children left behind. At the same time, children left behind are left without the love of their mothers.
Do you agree or disagree with Nazario? Had it been Enrique’s father who left would we be so critical of Lourdes’s choice? What about Enrique’s choice to leave as well? Every year, thousands of immigrants, both male and female, parents and children, literally risk their lives to make it to the U.S. They seek employment and once they secure it they work hard, and endure every which sacrifice to save money so that their families back home can eat. What do you think are the ultimate consequences of their choices to immigrate? Is undocumented immigration a necessary evil? Be sure to provide the background to how Enrique is separated from his mother.