PRÉCIS FOR “The law that broke US immigration”

In “The law that broke US immigration” (2021),Vox, a youtube channel that regularly posts
videos on news and history, explains both sides of the issue on immigration and for the argument
against it states that we spend billions of dollars on illegals when they are using up our resources
and jobs. They develop this idea by showing the opposing views and giving information on how
immigrants are a burden and take our jobs, healthcare, etc which resulted in a lot of legislation
being passed to restrict it. They explain the different events and outcomes that have influenced
by immigration in order to show why the citizenship process getting harder over time is needed.
The intended audience are people that want to learn about immagration and their tone is
informative and descriptive.

Voxdotcom, director. Https://Www.youtube.com/Watch?v=iKHl__BEsD0. YouTube, YouTube, 9

Aug. 2021, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKHl__BEsD0. Accessed 17 Feb. 2022.

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PRÉCIS FOR “The law that broke US immigration”
In the article “How Trump Made It That Much Harder to Become a US Citizen'' (2020), Nicole
Narea explains how “Trump's policies created a naturalization backlog” making it so that people
that would have been naturalized were unable to do so especially during the pandemic. Narea
illuminates this by highlighting how people got naturalized before versus now after his policies,
“It’s also more expensive than ever to become a citizen. Fees for online naturalization
applications have already risen considerably in recent years…” Narea uses statistics from
previous years and events (pandmeic) to explain how this process has gotten harder over time in
order to show us how Trump's policies have negatively impacted millions of peoples changes in
gaining citizenship. Narea created this article to explain the effect of Trump's policies but it
seems like an audience she brings in a lot are people that are for his policies since she says
“Trump is trying to portray himself as favoring legal immigration” which is a wake up call to
some people so she can show them what he really is trying to do.

Narea, Nicole. “How Trump Made It That Much Harder to Become a US Citizen.” Vox, Vox, 3
Sept. 2020,
https://www.vox.com/2020/9/3/21408528/trump-naturalization-backlog-citizenship-voting.

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PRÉCIS FOR “Citizenship”

In the article "Citizenship" (2018), Kyra Babakian argues that "Cultural norms have influenced
who gains access to citizenship” and that historical events have made it increasicilly more
difficult for certain groups of people to gain citzenship. Babakian starts off providing historical
background on citenzhip and how for many years America has “excluded people...of American
citizenship based on...race, country of origin, religion, and gender” which she illustrates is still
happening especially after events like 9/11 where America, “increased scrutiny of foreigners
seeking to enter and gain membership…” The author provides historical cotext (Naturalization
Act of 1790) and events (9/11) in order to demenstrate how America has always discriminated
against certain groups and continues to make the citenszhip more difficult for them. Babakians
intended audience is not directed at a certain group; it seems like she wants to just inform anyone
that wants to learn about the history behind the citizenship process; it can be seen through her
direct and informative tone that she is showing the truth about the citizenship process that isn’t
talked about.

Babakian, Kyra. "Citizenship." Immigration and Migration: In Context, edited by Thomas Riggs
and Kathleen J. Edgar, vol. 1, Gale, 2018, pp. 135-140. In Context Series. Gale In Context: High
School,
link.gale.com/apps/doc/CX3662200037/SUIC?u=wal55317&sid=bookmark-SUIC&xid=3b70b5
c9. Accessed 3 Feb. 2022.
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PRÉCIS FOR “Debate on Immigration”

In this congressional debate (1920, 1921) there are many representatives debating on the “quota
laws” restrcitng immigration; one side in favor and one side opposed. The side in favor of
restricted immigration argued that an, “influx of aliens…(that) would dilute…the American way
of life” because of difference in religion and culture while the other side argued that the very
thing that makes America is immigration. This debate shows both opinions of restricting
immigration in order to expose people to their arguments and facts so that they can come to an
informed decision about immigration. Congress's audience is each other, the representatives are
debating each other to come to a resolution but their audience is also the American people to
show why they came to that decision which they do through their factual and informative tone.

Congress, U.S. "Debate on Immigration (1920, 1921)." Civil Rights in America, Primary Source
Media, 1999. American Journey. Gale In Context: High School,
link.gale.com/apps/doc/EJ2163000176/SUIC?u=wal55317&sid=bookmark-SUIC&xid=b6263f4
4. Accessed 3 Feb. 2022.