Activity #3: Generating Research Questions for Approval

Using the information you generated in Activities 1 and 2, develop four research questions.
Your questions must be submitted to me for a grade and approval. You are unable to
continue with this assignment until approval has been given.
Donald Trump says in a interview that Mexico is taking advantage of the U.S. and that he
wants to enforce the border and take Citizens back to their countries if their parents
travel to the U.S. to have the baby just for the fact of the citizenship?
Does this affect El Paso TX?
How Ciudad Juarez is taking advantage from El Paso? Or vice versa

How this would affect the border cities?

The types of questions you may choose from are listed below. Remember to form complete
sentences, and make your wording clear, concise, and unbiased. Once you have created the
questions, label them according to what type they are.
Questions of Fact ------------------ Who Benefits Who?
Questions of Definition------------- What its immigration?
Questions of Interpretation-------- Questions of Consequence--------- What would be the consequence of closing the bridges in
this border?
Questions of Value--------------- How it affects society in both sides?
Questions of Policy--------------- What are the rules to cross the border and how this rules are
broken?
List them here:
1. How it affects society in both sides?
2. What would be the consequence of closing the bridges in this border?
3. What are the rules to cross the border and how these rules are broken?
4. Who Benefits Who? ( economic, security, society)
Once you have created your initial questions, you must determine if the questions are objective
and unbiased. Remember, your goal in the Literature Review/Primary Research Report is not to
pick which side of the issue you agree with; instead, you must create questions that will allow
you to compile quality research on multiple sides of the issue.
Answer the following questions to review the effectiveness of your initial questions.
Word choice:
Does each question contain terminology that allows for an overall examination of the issue?
Or, does the word choice clearly identify and support only one side of the issue?
Explain your answers and revise your questions if necessary.

Yes these are bias question that just ask fairly, and are equally for both sides of the border.
Research Viability:
Does each question allow for a full examination of the issue, providing you with ways to discover
various factors, motives, results, etc.?
Or do the questions steer you toward only one possible outcome, thereby limiting your
research?
Explain your answers and revise your questions if necessary
Each question are direct question that doesnt implicate any of the border cities in any bad way.
This are just question to understand how each city benefits the other, and how each city affects
the other.

Activity #4: Citation Analysis Matrix

Next, you need to do some research about your research! This is called a citation analysis. The
purpose is to identify articles, journals/ books published on the subject, think tanks and
organizations, as well as scholars in the field of study. Complete this matrix.

Journals/Journal Articles
http://www.npr.org/sections/itsa
llpolitics/2015/08/20/432934599/
how-realistic-is-donald-trumpsimmigration-plan
http://www.breitbart.com/texas/
2015/07/24/people-ditchingtexas-border-city-more-thanany-other-in-u-s/
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/
OTUS/secure-border-elpaso/story?id=18611135
Books/Magazines/Newspapers
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07
/31/magazine/life-on-the-linebetween-el-paso-andjuarez.html?_r=0
http://archive.elpasotimes.com/
news/ci_27391773/immigrantrights-group-wants-el-paso-

Publisher/Author
John Burnett

BreitBart /Merrill Hope

Abc News/ Serena Marshall

Publisher/Author
New York Times/Andrew Rice

El Paso Times /Diana

Washington Valdez

issue-city/
http://www.texasmonthly.com/p
olitics/everything-you-everwanted-to-know-about-illegalimmigration-but-didnt-knowwho-to-ask/
Organizations/Think Tanks
Donald J. Trump for President,
Inc.
Voces de Nuestro Mundo

Texas Monthly / Jeff Salamon

Website address
https://www.donaldjtrump.com/
positions/immigration-reform
Apr 05, 2009
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Realidad de los Inmigrantes
Indocumentados en El Paso,
Texas
http://www.vocesdenuestromun
do.org/

Professors on campus who

specialize in this area
I dont know if Chicano studies
or National Security. Tomorrow
for sure.

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Professionals who work in this

area/with this topic
I dont have it yet but I will
tomorrow.

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People in community directly

impacted by issue
I dont have it yet but I will
tomorrow.
I will conduct interviews in
downtown El Paso.

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