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Driver’s License
Jose Antonio Vargas’s Oregon driver’s license, long his “only piece of government-issued identification,” represents the power of documentation in modern society and the practical hurdles that undocumented immigrants face in order to live dignified…
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The Cover of Time Magazine
The cover of Time magazine represents journalism’s power to change public opinion and policy, as well as Jose Antonio Vargas’s success as a reporter. Specifically, it suggests that he succeeded because he gained a…
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“Illegal” Immigration
The use of the term “illegal” (instead of “undocumented”) represents the way that government policy and the media work together to foster prejudice and cruelty.
The term “illegal immigrant” is vitriolic and defamatory, but it’s…
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