In this story, we see the political debate through the experience of an actual couple. The political players are identified, quoted and the personal struggle is explained through experiences of more than one person. The use of an unnamed couple is tolerable here because there is another couple that is named.

Social capital is involved in two ways in this story. One is simply with the various social networks that it mentions, such as the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference. The other is how the story implies that immigration reformers need to come together and reevaluate immigration reform to realize that it is not just an issue of race, but also of sexual orientation.

This is a textbook example of good journalism. The piece takes an original point of view and is very intriguing for the reader. The topic is relevant for many audience members and offers in depth insight to various key issues in modern day society. The major strength of the piece comes from its originality. It offers excellent balance that is often hard to find in "original" articles. The piece's only weakness is that it lacks citation of one couple. However, a second couple is sourced. Accurate, well written, well framed, and enterprising. A must read.

This is an interesting point of immigration law that had never occurred to me. Very informative article. Unfortunately, as the past has shown thus far--I don't think we will be seeing an easy solution to this issue in the near future.

This was very well written article and I would recommend it to others interested in the topic of gay rights. It was a very effective article because it began with a specific story of a real couple and their struggle with the issue, then moved on to statistics of the situation, and ended with direct quotes about the situation from both sides of the story.

I feel that the subject matter, as well as the human interest invoked in this article makes is a great piece of journalism. However, I felt that it was biased in supporting undocumented immigrants in their fight for American Citizenship. As stated in class one day, making articles relatable, personable and stating interviews of first-hand accounts of the effects of an issue will almost always spark interest in a consumer. It is easy to persuade someone when a reporter is playing with the heart strings of its readers, a good quality to have. The fact that two controversial issues, Gay Marriage and Immigration, are combined also makes this a strong journalistic piece.