The Obama administration announced Wednesday that in the past year it has deported a record number of unauthorized immigrants - more than 392,000, about half of whom were convicted criminals. Full Story »
Posted by Jon Mitchell - via Google News (Immigration), Google News (U.S.)
Thorough report on the new record deportation numbers, concentrating on views of the new Secure Communities program from within the law enforcement agencies.
Informative report about an increase in the number of unauthorized immigrants deported this year by ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement ). While this article appears factual, its sourcing mostly relies on government sources and only cites Janet Napolitano, without any opposing views or independent perspectives. However, it provides reasonable context, which helps us see the big picture on this muddled issue.
I generally like Shankar Vedantam's coverage of immigration at the Washington Post. He's thoughtful and focuses on facts, rather than opinions, with enough nuance to help us better understand this complex topic.
We have 11 million illegal aliens here and they will send back 400K this year. The article doesn't mention any estimate of how many came into this country. It also fails to mention what percentage of the people deported have been deported before. I disagree with Janet's assertion that the rest should be given amnisty. All illegal alliens have broken the law and thus should be deported. I didn't know the goveremnt could pick and choose what criminals you can go after. I wonder if the government feels the same way about people not paying taxes. Do they only go after the worst and let the rest go? We are continually given the false argument that all illegal aliams can not be deported. It seems to me that if we keep ... More »
Immigrants who overstay their visas or enter the country without authorization are not considered criminals; unauthorized immigration is an administrative violation. The ... More »
The framing of this story was subtle and was done mostly through quotations of political leaders and civil rights activists. The story was on U.S. deportations of illegal Mexican immigrants and was framed institutionally. There was a lack of personal stories and a broader look at immigration by the numbers. 392,000 unauthorized immigrants have been deported according to the Obama administration, the story delves into other specific statistics, citing all of its sources as the ... More »
This example of coverage does employ stereotypes. The article is heavily based on the recent deportation of immigrants by the Obama administration. Most of these deported immigrants were criminals, which automatically makes readers picture illegal immigrants as a hazard to the American society. Near the end of the article, the author includes this sentence, "The Obama administration has sought to distunguish such immigrants from those who have committed crimes." This passage serves as a response to the obvious stereotype of 'illegal immigrants are bad.'
The story used the institutional frame. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says herself, "Congress must make changes to the underlying laws themselves." Immigration is the responsibility of the government, so the institutional news frame was properly used in this story.
This story presents the issue using a legal frame. It outlines the amount of people who have been deported and the reason for their deportation. The writer has included many credible sources that all relate to the issue (such as employees from the Department of Homeland Security). It typically focuses on officials and does not contain any personal stories. This frame looks at the deportations from a purely legal stand-point and does not discuss the repurcussions for those who have ... More »
I would have liked to have seen comments from more than one source on this story. Otherwise, it had a lot of good facts.
Point 1: The United States has deported more than 392,000 people in the past year, more than half of them were criminals Point 2: One reason is has gone up because the Department of Homeland Security has used immigration enforcement as a crime fighting tool Point 3: Also to catch illegal immigration officials targeted employers suspected of using migrant workers and had them fined Point 4: The Obama administration has made more arrests and charged more fines to employers and deported more illegal aliens than the Bush administration Point 5: With more enforcement at borders, more illegals have been reported dead by having to cross deserts Point 6: The officials have been focusing so much on criminals offenses to catch ... More »
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