Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Annotated Bibliographies

1. Karaim, Reed. "CQ Researcher." Americas Border Fence 6 May 2008: 746-767.

This article talks about the fence that is being built at the border. It tells you how the fence is hurting the wildlife around the fence. It also gives you facts about how much the fence is costing and how much it will cost to up-keep it.

This source is reliable because it is not biased. It seemed like the author researched the topic thoroughly. This source is useful to find out more information about the fence that is being built.

In the end this source helped me a lot. It helped me find out what kind of fence was being built at the border and how much it was going to cost. It also helped me find out what some people that lived at the border thought about the fence.

2. Archibold, Randal C. "Mexico & the U.S.: What Kind of Border." The New York Times Upfront 1 Dec. 2008: 6-7.

This article talks about Friendship Park at Imperial Beach, California. I talks about how people go to this park to talk to their love ones that are on the other side of the border. It also talks about the impact that 9/11 had on immigration.

This source is reliable because it was published in a magazine that is owned by the New York Times. It shows you the lengths that people are willing to go in order to see people that in a different country. For example one man travels three hours to Friendship Park to see his wife that is in Mexico.

This source helped me understand what hopes people had for immigration before 9/11. It also showed me of a place where people can go to see their relatives if they are in Mexico.

3. "Are Illegal Immigrants Good For the U.S. Economy." The New York Times Upfront.

This article debates about illegal immigrants being good for the economy. It gives you both sides from two different people. They back up their arguments with a lot of facts.

This source is reliable because both of the debaters are from websites that specialize in immigration. One of the debaters is from immigrationpolicy.org and the other debater is from cis.org. This source gives you information like how much money illegal immigrants contribute in to the economy.

This article helped me a lot with my topic. It showed me what both sides think about the contribution illegal immigrants make to the economy. It also taught me some facts that I did not know.

4. Wagner, P.F. The Dark Side Of Illegal Immigration: Facts, Figures and Data Show A Disturbing Truth. 9 Oct. 2008 .

This website gives you facts about diseases and various other things about illegal immigrants. This website only gives you the bad side of illegal immigration. This site is easy to navigate if you want to find information about a certain topic about immigration.

This source was a very biased against illegal immigration. It only gives you the statistics that make illegal immigrants look bad. The author made this website to inform Americans about the harm that illegal immigrants cause to this country.

I have only used this website once but would not use it again. I would not use it again because of some of the things that are said in this website against illegal immigrant. This is a good website if you want to know what crimes are committed by illegal immigrants.

5. "U.S. Permanent Resident Application Overview." US Citizenship & Services Help Center. 9 Oct. 2008.

This websites teaches people the steps to becoming permanent residents. It gives you step by step instructions. It also allows you to download the forms needed to become a permanent resident.

This website is not biased towards anything. It is a reliable source because it is operated by the government. It is a great source to find out the steps to becoming a permanent resident.

When I looked at this source it helped me get a further understanding on how illegal immigrants became permanent residents.

6. Katel, Peter. "Illegal Immigration." CQ Researcher (2005): 393-420.

This article talks about everything about illegal immigration. It gives you a lot of facts and statistics about illegal immigration.

This source is reliable because it is not biased. It also has other articles that answer questions like if illegal immigrants are good for the economy.

This source really helped me a lot in my blog. It gave me a lot of statistics and facts about illegal immigration.

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