Talk:Illegal immigration to Mississippi

Peer Review Suggestions
You just need to make some adjustments to make this look more like a Wikipedia article.

I would get to the point of the illegal immigration in Mississippi as soon as possible in the introduction. You don't need an opening sentence because it's more of an encyclopedia article than a paper or news story. For example: Both houses of the Mississippi legislature are working on legislation allowing law enforcement agents to ask for proof of residency in routine traffic stops in the vein of Arizona's recent controversial immigration laws.

You need some more organization to make this look like a Wikipedia article. Try adding some headings and subheadings and breaking up your paragraphs into much shorter sections.

I would start with a background section to include information about immigration rates. You could put the second paragraph under "Controversy and debate." Then you wouldn't need the introductory sentence, which makes you sound subjective.

I would also create another section for the casino information because it's really a side point.

The last section could be "Mississippi compared to other states."

Remember you can make headings by typing "==HEADING==" and subheadings by typing "===HEADING==="

I also can't see your references. Did you include "== Notes and references ==" and "{ {Reflist} }" (minus those spaces) at the bottom?

Emilyhholden (talk) 03:45, 30 March 2011 (UTC)

Peer Review Continued
Allen-- it looks like a good start, but I think you could use a little bit more background information on the history of the issue, how it has affected Mississippi in past years, etc. Maybe start off with some kind of introduction to the issue in general, then move on to legislation and controversy on the subject. Right now, your article assumes that the reader already knows a good deal about illegal immigration, which may not be the case, especially when you reference the laws made in Arizona. I don't know too much about wikipedia, but I've always found that the articles that helped me most were the ones that didn't take for granted that you knew anything about the subject. Maybe you could also link this article to the main wikipedia article on illegal immigration in case the reader wants to go there for more information. Also, I think it would be really helpful to the readers if you split up the article into sections and had titles-- the information isn't quite as accessible without them. Maybe have a background section, a legislation section, and a controversy section? Ashcarv (talk) 06:10, 31 March 2011 (UTC)

GA
I removed the GA warnings on this page. Please be aware that this will not pass a GAN without a lead section. cheers --Guerillero &#124; My Talk  04:32, 30 April 2011 (UTC)

Racist Terminology is Political Activism Prohibited by Wikipedia Charity Status in the United States
Articles covering immigration anywhere in the United States must stick with statutory law in 8 USC Chapter 12 - IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY and case law from US Federal Court Decisions. Those are the only legitimate authorities on the topic of immigration because it has been unconstitutional for states to implement immigration law since 1790.

"Illegal alien" and "illegal immigrant" are only applicable to someone that has been found guilty of a felony in a court of law.

The correct term to describe a foreign born individual that doesn't have the right documentation is "undocumented". Not "illegal".

People born outside the United States are not automatically categorized as "illegal" by US law.

[http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis "Undocumented foreign born worker", "undocumented foreign born students", and "undocumented foreign born residents" become documented by obtaining documentation. Incarceration, deportation, and "illegal" are not applicable.]

Describing someone as "illegal" because of nationality, appearance, or documentation status - but not because of court conviction - is political activism intended to influence elections.

[http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/limits-political-campaigning-501c3-nonprofits-29982.html The federal tax law is very strict on the issue: A 501(c)(3) organization is absolutely forbidden to directly or indirectly participate in any political campaign on behalf of (or in opposition to) any candidate for elective public office. Violation of this prohibition could lead the IRS to completely revoke an organization's tax-exempt status or impose excise taxes on the organization.]

It is illegal for a charitable organization to engage in political activity in the United States.

The following facts are missing from articles that mention "illegal immigration" and "illegal aliens", which obviously influences voting behavior whether or not that is the intent.
 * The fees for the most recent residency forms are found at Department of Homeland Security.
 * US citizens won't take certain jobs that are usually done by foreign workers, like fruit picking estimated at $0.36 per pound, because it is hard work with a small paycheck. That causes labor shortages.
 * Employers must pay fees to document each temporary foreign worker when there are no US citizen job applicants ($325 to $1,500 plus other fees as of 2011).
 * Each foreign worker must pay $405 to $1,020 for themselves plus $230 to $420 for each relative after the employer pays to document the temporary migrant worker.
 * Employers must pay to document foreign employees, plus visa extension if applicable.
 * Visa fees increased over 80% in 2007 accounting for almost 96 percent of USCIS’s fiscal year 2008 budget of $2.6 billion, creating tens of thousands of high-pay low-skill jobs for US citizens.
 * Foreign laborers often work for no pay for several months each year to earn enough to pay the visa cost.
 * Foreign workers become undocumented when employers refuse to pay fees and file paperwork ($10,000 fine).
 * Farm businesses and jobs for US citizens are destroyed when states interfere with the immigration process.
 * The Real ID Act of 2005 banned drivers licenses for foreign workers when the employer refuses to pay documentation fees.
 * California confiscated and sold about $40 million worth of vehicles annually from undocumented immigrants starting in 2005, in violation of the 4th amendment.
 * US housing abandonment climbed to 18 million from 2005 to 2010 according to CNBC.
 * The US population declined while Mexico's population grew by 16 million:
 * Mexico counted 97 million in the 2000 census.
 * Mexico counted 113 million in the 2010 census.


 * Mexico's birth rate cannot account for the recent population growth.
 * California's economic downturn in 2009 is the worst since the Great Depression.

The following facts are also missing from most articles that cover immigration in North America:
 * Immigration control was prohibited for states in 1790, with a 2 year residency required for "white people" to obtain citizenship and civil rights protection.
 * Immigrant visa fees became mandatory at all border crossings and harbors in 1920 to raise federal revenue.
 * In 1921, the first quantitative immigration law was adopted. It set temporary annual quotas according to nationality (and race).
 * Herbert Hoover began Mexican Repatriation by lowering the immigrant quota threshold below the number of legal immigrants and citizens in March 1929.
 * The economy destabilized in September 1929, about 6 months after Mexican Repatriation began.
 * California responded to the destabilized economy by introducing a law in the US Congress that initiated the unconstitutional removal of several million US residents without regard to legal residency status or citizenship.
 * Property was confiscated and sold to pay transportation expenses, in violation of the 4th amendment.
 * From 1929 to 1932 new home sales in the United States declined 80 percent as the number of US residents abruptly declined.
 * Native Americans received right to obtain birth certificates that would prevent future deportations for people born in the United States after 1968.
 * California officially apologized for deporting over 1 million US citizens and legal residents during the Great Depression in 2005.
 * Study estimates that undocumented immigrants paid $11.2B in taxes last year, unlike GE, which paid zero

Intentionally omitting relevant facts in order to pursue a political agenda is a violation of 501 charity status.

[http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-tege/a2011_76.pdf "Illegal immigrant" and "illegal alien" are being used in many Wikipedia articles to describe Mexicans and other latinos that are not criminals. This derogatory and racist language is an attempt to alter voting patterns of people that lack experience regarding immigration and employment. Wikipedia is an "encyclopedic reference" used by students that will eventually become able to vote. It is a violation of federal tax law for a charitable institution to engage in that kind of political activity. Wikipedia articles become political activity when the terms "illegal immigrant" or "illegal alien" are used to describe people that have not been found guilty of misdemeanor or felony in a court of law. Taxes could be owed starting on the date when charity status was first compromised by that kind of language.]

The correct word used to describe a person that lacks documentation is "undocumented". The non-political terminology is "undocumented tourist" for tourists with an expired visa, "undocumented foreign born worker" any time an employer fails to pay the documentation fee for a foreign born worker, "undocumented foreign born student" for exchange students with an expired visa, "undocumented foreign born resident" for people living in the US with an expired visa, etc.

Many people born before 1959 in Hawaii and Alaska are undocumented because they cannot obtain a valid US birth certificate. Most people born before 1940 in places like Arizona and Oklahoma are undocumented because valid US birth certificate were not issued in most counties for lack of funding. Descendants of over 1 million US citizens deported to Mexico in the 1930s are also US citizens. All are undocumented. None of those people are "illegal", but many Wikipedia articles imply that they are all criminals.

"Illegal immigrant" or "illegal alien" would be non-political if used in a quote citing another source, like this one:
 * Arizona’s Conservative White Legislators: Illiterate and Racist on Immigration
 * SB 1070 is at best an inflammatory law and will surely come to serve as a rationale to justify violent attacks by the misguided against persons who appear to “look illegal.” ... Indeed, it is this ecology of fear that led to the murder of a young legal Ecuadorian immigrant in the Bushwick section of Brooklyn on December 7, 2008. The perpetrators of this crime were white youth who, like those convicted last month on Long Island for a similar crime, were out “Beaner hopping” or hunting for “illegal aliens.”


 * The Convention for the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 9 December 1948.
 * It was ratified by the United States in 1951.

The kind of racist language used in Wikipedia articles mentioning "illegals" is being used to encourage genocidal behavior. That obviously falls in the category of political activism.
 * In the present Convention, genocide means any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such:
 * (a) Killing members of the group;
 * (b) Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group;
 * (c) Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part;
 * (d) Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group;
 * (e) Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group.

Non-academic examples of how the terms "illegal immigrant" and "illegal alien" communicate racism help to illustrate how "illegal" articles compromises the intellectual integrity and charity status of Wikipedia.
 * The anti-illegal immigrant agenda is about promoting xenophobia and nativism that has surfaced at various times in our history.
 * Those who agree with Mr. Vargas say “illegal” should be banned because it suggests that “illegal immigrants” are criminals, which often isn’t true.
 * Texas trooper in chopper shoots, kills 2 suspected illegal immigrants
 * TEXAS ASKS FBI TO INVESTIGATE HELICOPTER SHOOTING
 * Colorado Gas Station Caught Selling “Illegal Immigrant Hunting Permit” Sticker
 * Gas Station Pulls Racist 'Illegal Immigrant Hunting Permit' Bumper Stickers
 * Oops! You're racist.
 * Taco Cid ... in Columbia, S.C., .. produced ... the T-shirt includes an image of a wooden trap with tacos used as bait and a caption that reads: “How to catch an illegal immigrant.”
 * Charles Garcia created a stir among many conservatives recently when he defended and parroted allegations that using the term “illegal immigrant” is a racist slur.
 * Mexican Restaurant Causes Commotion over “Racist T-shirt”
 * Hundreds Protest NYU Republicans’ Racist “Illegal Immigrant” Hunt
 * Immigrant tuition petition drive is all about bigotry

Remember:
 * if it's clear vandalism and you can't fix it, please email info-en-vwikimedia.org and include the address or title of the article and a description of the issue.
 * if it's an error or omission, please leave a note at the talk page of the article explaining the problem.

These facts are well known and relevant to all immigration discussions involving North America.

I hope this finds everyone well.

Best Regards, nanoatzin (talk)

Move discussion in progress
There is a move discussion in progress on Talk:Illegal immigration to the United States which affects this page. Please participate on that page and not in this talk page section. Thank you. —RMCD bot 22:02, 18 September 2021 (UTC)

Wikipedia Ambassador Program course assignment
This article is the subject of an educational assignment at Michigan State University supported by WikiProject United States Public Policy and the Wikipedia Ambassador Program&#32;during the 2011 Spring term. Further details are available on the course page.

The above message was substituted from by PrimeBOT (talk) on 16:38, 2 January 2023 (UTC)