English resurch and essay assignment
1 Mrs. Miranda ENGL-1301-126 31 October 2016 Research Proposal and Annotated Bibliography In this essay, I will be discussing why illegal immigrant parents should be able to obtain their citizenship if they have a child here in the United States. I chose to look into this subject because throughout the years, this issue has been somewhat controversial and is known to affect a huge number of illegal parents. I have family members that this issue affects, so it is very clo se to my heart. These parents, though their children are citizens of the United States, face deportation, resulting in separation of families. I propose that we as a nation allow these parents to gain citizenship so that they may personally take care of their children and so that the children will be able to avoid experiencing the absence of their parents. Works Cited Kendall, Emily. "Amending the Constitution to Save a Sinking Ship? The Issues Surrounding the Proposed Amendment of the Citizenship Clause and ‘Anchor Babies.’” Berkeley La Raza Law Journal 22. (2012): 349-381. Academic Search Complete . Web. 31 Oct. 2016.
In this journal, Emily Kendall explains how nowadays “anchor babies” are becoming a big phenomenon in our nation. These children who are born in the United States to undocumented parents are automatically given citizenship under the fourteenth amendment.
They now serve as anchors because the illegal parents now have a reason to stay in the United States as opposed to being deported. The part that was emphasized is that these children can now 2 petition for their parents to receive citizenship. However, the law requires the child to turn twenty-one years old before he or she can sponsor a parent. I plan to use this source in the beginning of my essay in order to give some background information on what my problem is. The definition of the term “anchor babies” will be good so that I may employ that term more as opposed to only using the word “children.” In addition, using this journal that refers to the fourteenth amendment will give my writing more credibility.
The author’s argument is logical and uses quotes from experts to support her own position. She includes statistics and evidence that provide addition proof for her argument. Emily Chrissy Kendall went to George Mason University School of Law where she earned her J.D. With multiple years of experience in immigration law, Kendall’s specific expertise is in employment- based immigration visas. In the journal, there was no bias from what I read, and it was all based on facts. NOTE: This is not a perfect example of the assignment . The citation uses MLA 7 th edition formatting instead of 8 th edition since that is what was used in the course a t the time. You must use MLA 8 th edition. Nonetheless, t his is a high scoring student example, being bette r than most that were received that semester.
