Stasis Grid

Author Info

Source Type

Categorical

Definitional

Causal

Evaluation

Action

Jurisdiction

Up to three names,
write them all; 4+,
write first name et
al. (i.e., Smith et
al.)

(popular, scholarly,
trade, government)

Does X exist?

Is X a Y?

Does X cause Y?
Is Y a result of X?

Is it good or bad?
Fair or unfair?
Harmful or
beneficial?

What should be
done about X?

Who is responsible?

1. Daniel
Griswold

Informative
Opinion
Article

The problem is
not that we are
letting too many
people into the
United States
but that the
government has
failed to keep
the wrong
people out.

http://tinyurl
.com/7j3kl6q

(Decent)

2. Reece Jones
http://tinyurl
.com/hcp2re
a

(Alright)

Informative
Opinion
Article

Immigration
gives the United
States an
economic edge
in the world
economy.
Immigrants
bring
innovative ideas
and
entrepreneurial
spirit to the U.S.
economy.

There are
three specific
reasons for
constructing a
border wall:
establishing
sovereignty over
ungoverned or
unruly lands;

They provide
business
contacts to
other markets,
enhancing
Americas
ability to trade
and invest
profitably in the
global
economy.
the practice of
absolute
sovereignty over
a bounded
territory
produced
substantial
wealth
inequalities

We should stop
wasting scarce
resources on
deporting
illegals and
redirect those
resources to
track potential
terrorist
threats.

Politicians
within the state
or country.

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protecting the
wealth of the
state and
population; and
protecting
cultural
practices within
the state from
the possible
influence of
other value
systems
possessed by
immigrants.

3. Bob Davis

http://tinyurl
.com/hvzjxs4

Topic Analysis
(1)
(Good)

News Article

Arizonaisa
testcaseofwhat
happenstoan
economywhen
suchmigrants
leave,andit
illustratesthe
economic
tensionsfueling
theimmigration
debate.

globally, which
increased the
desire of many
people to move
either to avoid
deteriorating
conditions in
their home state
or to seek better
economic
opportunities
elsewhere.
Despite the
external focus
of these
justifications, in
most instances
these walls and
fences are
actually the
result of the
internal politics
of the state that
builds them.
The cost of
illegal
immigration
has been a big
political issue in
Arizona for
years
Estimates vary
widely,
depending in
part on
debatable issues
such as whether
to include the
cost of
educating U.S.-

Fewissuesinthe
presidential
campaignare
moreexplosive
thanwhetherand
howmuchto
crackdownon
illegal
immigration,
whichsome
Republican
candidatesin
particularblame
forAmericas

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4. Eduardo
Porter

News Article

http://tinyurl
.com/zulbvyu
hv

Is there
actually a case
for the Wall?

Topic Analysis
(2)
(Good)

5. Kurt
Scholarly
Organista
Article
http://search.eb
scohost.com/log
in.aspx?
direct=true&db
=a9h&AN=318
50668&site=eh
ost-live
(Decent)

A grounded
understanding of
Mexican migration
begins with being
informed about
three important and
overlapping areas:
(1) The historically
strained state of
U.S.-Mexico
relations; (2) the
historical pattern of
Mexican labor use
and abuse, and (3)
the integration of
the economies of the
U.S. and Mexico, as
formalized by
NAFTA, into one
major interlocking
global economic
system that creates
a migration bridge
for the
undocumented as a
bi-product.

born children of
illegal
immigrants.

economicwoes.

While their
children benefit
from public
education, most
of those
children are
United States
citizens, and
their education
is an investment
that will pay off
down the road,
when they grow
up to pay their
share of taxes.
Severely
restrictive
immigration
policies cannot
coexist with
NAFTA styled
free trade
without creating
an
undocumented
migration
bridge

More
significantly,
perhaps, is the
immense cost to
the immigrants
themselves
measured in lost
opportunities to
achieve a better
life.

How can the

benefits of
immigration be
more evenly
distributed?

self-proclaimed
vigilance
groupscontinue
to fuel
immigration
policies that are
ultimately
detrimental to the
economic security
of both the U.S.
and Mexico,
certainly to
Mexican and
American
workers

Develop noncontradicting
policies
involving
borders,
immigration,
and trade that
are sensitive to
all those
involved in
immigration.

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Author Info

Source Type

Categorical

Definitional

Causal

Evaluation

Action

Jurisdiction

Up to three names,
write them all; 4+,
write first name et
al. (i.e., Smith et
al.)

(popular, scholarly,
trade, government)

Does X exist?

Is X a Y?

Does X cause Y?
Is Y a result of X?

Is it good or bad?
Fair or unfair?
Harmful or
beneficial?

What should be
done about X?

Who is responsible?

6. Leah Perry
Scholarly
http://search.eb Article
scohost.com/log
in.aspx?
direct=true&db
=a9h&AN=975
89192&site=eh
ost-live
(Probably
Weakest)

Whether
overlooking or
looking over
gender and race,
the work that
nation of
immigrants
tropes did in
relation to/for
amnesty erased
this by
naturalizing a
relationship
between
citizenship,
freedom, and free
markets so that
American
neoliberalism
appeared to align
with and even
facilitate a more
democratic
society.

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7. Archbishop
Jose H. Gomez

News Article

http://tinyurl
.com/hjs9qfp

(Alright)

8. George
Borjas

http://tinyurl
.com/jndsku
6

(Good)

Scholarly
Article

After nearly a
decade of
debate,
everyone agrees
that our
immigration
system is
broken and
needs
comprehensive
reform.

U.S.
immigration
policy betrays
our country's
founding
principles and
historic
commitment to
be a beacon of
hope for the
peoples of every
nation.

Economic
theory predicts
that
immigration
will redistribute
income by
lowering the
wages of
competing
American
workers and
increasing the
wages of
complementary
American
workers as well
as profits for

There is little
evidence
indicating that
immigration
(legal and/or
illegal) creates
large net gains
for native-born
Americans.

we are breaking
up families and
punishing
children for their
parents'
mistakes.

US needs to fix
the wrongs
theyve done
with
immigration
polices and
remember the
past.

Although the
overall net impact
on the native-born
is small, the loss
or gain for
particular groups
of the population
can be
substantial.

Immigration
needs to be
severely
restricted and
new harsher
polices need to
be enacted for
the benefit of
US citizens and
the economy.

But some nativeborn Americans

have also lost, and
these losers likely
include a
disproportionate

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business owners
and other
users of
immigrant
labor.

9. Willa Frej

News Article

http://tinyurl
.com/zsnxm5
r

10. Stephani
Musso
http://tinyurl
.com/h5gxed
q

News Article

number of the
poorest
Americans.

U.S.
immigration
policy is
inextricably
linked with
national
security and
border control
policies.

The immigration
debate in the U.S.
has shifted to
some degree in the
last several years
as the country
considers whether
it has a moral
duty to welcome
refugees and if
so, how to ensure
that they dont
pose a national
security threat.
This plan would
likely increase the
feelings of
dehumanization
which scholars als
o attribute with
increased
violence.
majority of the
immigrants who
illegally cross the
border are fleeing
extreme poverty
for a better life in
the United States

Homeland
Security,
immigration is
becoming more
and more
about security
and destroying
possible
threats.

If we want to
improve
security without
hurting the
relationship
between U.S.
and Mexico,
dehumanizing
the millions of
MexicanAmericans that
live in the U.S.,
and breaking
the bank, there
needs to be a
change in
focus.

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Author Info

Source Type

Categorical

Definitional

Causal

Evaluation

Action

Jurisdiction

Up to three names,
write them all; 4+,
write first name et al.
(i.e., Smith et al.)

(popular,
scholarly, trade,
government)

Does X exist?

Is X a Y?

Does X cause Y?
Is Y a result of X?

Is it good or bad?
Fair or unfair?
Harmful or
beneficial?

What should be
done about X?

Who is responsible?

11. George Borjas

Scholarly
Book

The US has
been
populated by
people from a
large variety
of nationalities
and origins
immigration is
a thing

Immigrants
need to be
perfect
substitutes of
native workers
to take on and
take over
formerly
operated
native jobs.

Immigrants are
more willing to
work for lower
wages than
equally skilled
native workers.

Policies need
to change
that draw in
a greater
number of
skilled
laborers.

Friends or
Strangers

Immigrants take
on jobs natives
refuse to do.
An immigrant
underclass in
the US may be
responsible for a
huge increase in
American
taxpayers.
Empirical
Evidence
suggests
deteriorating
immigration
performance has
been related to a
decrease in US
income.

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12. Philip Cafaro

Scholarly
Book

how many is to
many?

13. Jens
Hainmuller and
Michael Hiscox
http://tinyurl.c
om/zfnl7rc

Scholarly
Article

Current
Immigration
policies benefit
the rich and
harm the poor
of America.

Poor natives
are more
opposed to
low-skilled
immigration
in states where
immigration is
more
prevalent then
others

Mass
immigrations
biggest winners
are the wealthy,
while its biggest
losers are the
nations poor
immigration is
bad

Achieving a
more
economically
just society is
the most
important
political
challenge
currently.

Immigration
brings in more
workers,
increases
domestic
consumers, and
reduces the cost
of goods and
services
immigration is
good

Immigration
should be
reformed in
ways to
increase
wages for
poorer
Americans,
reduce
economic
inequality,
and help
make
possible
ecological
sustainability

In states with
high fiscal
exposure, poor
(rich) natives
are more (less)
opposed to lowskilled
immigration
than they are
elsewhere. This
indicates that

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We find that
both lowskilled and
highly skilled
natives
strongly prefer
highly skilled
immigrants
over lowskilled
immigrants

concerns among
poor natives
about
constraints on
welfare benefits
as a result of
immigration are
more relevant
than concerns
among the rich
about increased
taxes.
Poor natives are
concerned with
immigration
when low skilled
immigrants
become apart of
their lives.

14. Rebecca
Smith
http://tinyurl.c
om/h657bpk

More devoted to
immigrants,
think they are the
ones who are
being scammed,
not US natives
(low class).

Scholarly
Article

guest worker
programs seek
to reconcile two
sharply
conflicting
goals: the need
to protect
citizen workers
from the
competition of
foreign workers
who are willing
to work for
wages and in
conditions that
few citizens
would tolerate
versus the
wishes of some

Guest Worker
programs have an
immense chance
of being misused
and abused.
The crux of the
problem:
contradiction
posed by a
program intended
to protect local
workers, but
import desperate
others to work in
their place; to
serve businesss
need for workers,
but control its

Is there any
way to
protect the
rights of all
US laborers?

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15. Andri
Chassamboulli
and Peri
Giovanni
http://tinyurl.c
om/glblz4x

Scholarly
Article

employers who
rely on labor
intensive
production and
service
techniques to
secure a
plentiful supply
of low cost
workers

desire for cheap

labor.

our model
shows
increasing
deportation
rates and
tightening
border control
weakens lowskilled labor
markets,
increasing
unemployment
of native lowskilled
workers

The most
beneficial way of
reducing illegal
immigrants, in
terms of unskilled
unemployment of
native workers,
will happen by
increasing
legalization rates

Legalization,
instead,
decreases the
unemployment
rate of lowskilled natives
and increases
income per
native.

Harsh policies
against illegal
immigration and
immigration as
whole negatively
effect low class
natives.
Harsh policies
against illegal
immigration but
for immigration
as a whole
positively benefit
low class natives.

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Author Info

Source Type

Categorical

Definitional

Causal

Evaluation

Action

Jurisdiction

Up to three names,
write them all; 4+,
write first name et al.
(i.e., Smith et al.)

(popular,
scholarly, trade,
government)

Does X exist?

Is X a Y?

Does X cause Y?
Is Y a result of X?

Is it good or bad?
Fair or unfair?
Harmful or
beneficial?

What should be
done about X?

Who is responsible?

16. Eric Bradner

Popular

USED FOR
INTRO

17. TRUMP
PENCE

Campaign
Website

USED FOR
INTRO

18. Anya
Deason
http://tinyurl.c
om/hsn8vq2

19. David W.
Budd
http://tinyurl.c
om/hsn8vq2

20. Bryce
Carmony
http://tinyurl.c
om/hsn8vq2

Blog
This person
was used as a
Stakeholder.
Blog
This person
was used as a
Stakeholder.
Blog
This person
was used as a
Stakeholder.

Policies
should be
made with the
goal of
helping lowerclass natives.
Policies
should be
made with the
goal of
helping lowerclass natives.
Policies
should be
made with the
goal of
helping
immigrants.

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21. Wouter
Stekenlenburg
http://tinyurl.c
om/hsn8vq2

22. Susann
Moy

Blog
This person
was used as a
Stakeholder.
Blog

http://tinyurl.c
om/hsn8vq2

This person
was used as a
Stakeholder.

23. Erik Fair

Blog

http://tinyurl.c
om/hsn8vq2

This person
was used as a
Stakeholder.

Policies
should be
made with the
goal of
helping
immigrants.
Policies
should be
made with the
goal of
helping both
immigrants
and lowerclass natives.
Policies
should be
made with the
goal of
helping both
immigrants
and lowerclass natives.