Ebola and Immigration

Ebola was first encountered in Arica in 1967. Ebola, all four subtypes of it, have recently resurfaced this March and is now causing a threat to the United States of America. What does this have to do with my senior project? Let me explain...

Illegal Immigration is my topic, and although Ebola patients from Africa may not be coming into America illegally, they are still coming in, and that in itself is immigration. The problem with Ebola right now is that it has killed 4,922 people in West Africa, there are over 10,000 cases being reported, and we are afraid that if people begin to migrate to the U.S., we will begin to accumulate our own horrible statistics.  

According to a released CNN video aired just today, in New York and New Jersey, quarantine guidelines have newly been released and leaders are taking active measures to ensure the tranquility of the public...even if that means putting some people in quarantine even if they don't have the virus, just to make sure because they could have been potentially exposed. 

Immigration plays a large part in this major scenario because if we cut off America's borders to the rest of the world, we are just encouraging people to sneak in and if they sneak in, there is a bigger chance that they will not be securely checked and inspected of the virus. If we keep our borders open, that means we need to enhance security measures in case of any possible virus carriers seeking residence in the U.S. What does this mean for people who are wanting to live in America? If they are not escaping the virus in Africa and they don't have any potential harm, are they more likely to just be let in than people from Africa? Do we get to play Big Brother in the deciding of who gets to come in who doesn't? But then how would it look to other countries if we triple checked every African American who want to come in to our country, and only checked once if their skin was as pale as sun rays. Could our security be dismissed as discrimination? What border lines are we really crossing here?

Blog 8- Research and Working EQ

1. My working EQ is:

What is the best way to make a client feel confident enough that you will win their immigration case?

2. My EQ: What is the best way to make a client feel confident enough that you will win their immigration case?

• Undocumented immigrants should feel confident in the winning of their case if they are kept well informed
• Undocumented immigrants are most likely to feel successful in the battle of their case if they are involved in the process. 

3. The most important source I have come across would most likely be personal experience in working with numerous anxious and emotion driven clients.

4. I am doing my mentorship at a law office in which I receive first hand experience with actual current clients who are dealing with their current illegal status. My helping in the winning of each of their cases is what is helping me answer my EQ. By testing out different techniques, I can find out which would be most effective. 

Blog 7: Independent Component 1 Approval

Independent Component-

1. For the next 30 hours of work, this is what I plan to do:

     I plan to file a DACA. That stands for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. For my Senior Project, I will focus all of my efforts on winning one individual case. The case that I chose to work on, includes several components to completely receive immigration status for the client. For my individual component, I chose something that I could do mostly by myself, but is important enough to require the supervision and guidance of my mentor. Preparing a DACA is very time consuming. It is one of the first steps of the legal process for my client. The DACA can reach to be a little over 100 pages in length.

     For the 30 hours, that time will consist of writing the necessary portions to fulfill the document requirements, filling in the forms with my client, and actually going myself to retrieve every item to complete the DACA.

2. I will be demonstrating evidence by taking pictures of my DACA's status, so for example, I could take a picture of it every ten pages. Not of the actual words, but with just enough blur to see that the work has been completed without giving away the privacy of the client. Also, every friday or every three days, I could make it a requirement to have gotten another component of the DACA completed.

3. The DACA is one of the first requirements of the process for legalization. It will definitely help me go more in depth with the project because by retrieving the information with the clients consent, I will be learning more about my client as well as the professional process of obtaining documents from legal businesses and court houses.