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Asylum in The United States

This article looks at the asylum process in the United States which is directly connected to the work at EBSC and fits under my sector; Supporting asylum seeking and refugee resettlement.

Lead

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The introduction clearly states the articles topic of asylum in the United States. There is not a brief description of the articles major sections. There is an entire paragraph describing how the U.S. accepts more refugees than any other country which is biased and is never explicitly talked about in the article again. The lead is concise without the section on the U.S.'s great acceptance of refugees.

Content

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All the content of the article is relevant to asylum but could use more up to date information on how the Trump administration has changed policies. There needs to be more information on the resettlement process once people receive asylum. There is a lot of information that could be cut such as specifics from Venezuela and cases that do not bring much insight or learning to the topic. There should be more sections to break up the dense information on individual application. There is a lot of information on LGBTQ+ cases of asylum, but there should be more on policies around gang violence, domestic violence and detention centers and deportation.

Tone and Balance

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The article is fairly neutral except for the first paragraph stating how many more refugees the U.S. accepts than the whole world which is clearly biased towards the US. There are also a few sentences throughout the article that make asylees seem inferior. The entire article is from the viewpoint of the United States, the viewpoint of refugees/asylees is not well represented. The criticism could be expanded to highlight the number of people that are turned away. There should be more information on ICE and detention centers and what happens to people and their families who do not get asylum. The article does not explicitly persuade people to favor the United States strict laws and policy around asylum but through the language it makes it seem like the policies are just.

Sources and References

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The article is missing many citations. Many of the sources are news articles, not academic sources. There are many government sources on the numbers and stats of asylum, sources explaining the process, sources that highlight persecution and oppression in the system. I think the sources are thorough on what they look at but more could be looked at such as ICE and gang violence and deportation and more academic sources. About 1/4 of the sources are within 2 years and the rest are 10-15 years old. Through checking links I found that many work.

Organization

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The article is not very concise making it hard to read, but it is not too convoluted. Each topic is clear but there is no structure or flow to the entire article. There are not any grammatical errors but the overall organization needs a lot of work.

Images and Media

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There are 4 very informative images, 3 of them are captioned, but one still needs a caption. The images are visually appealing and help with understanding content.

Checking the talk page

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There were conversations asking for clarity on topics and what is needed, but the conversations were only ever between 2 people with just 2 responses. There have not been any recent conversations. There are people stating things on the talk page but no one responded. The article is B-class, Low importance and it is in wikiprojects U.S., law and public policy. It seems as if the article is low importance and no one cares too much or is very interested in the topic while in class the topic of asylum is relevant to every discussion we have.

Overall impressions

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The articles overall status is ok. A few sections are very clear and good such as sections 1-2.5. The rest is not thorough or not very clear. The organization can be better, topics can be condensed, more sources and citings, adding more relevant topics such as gang violence, deportation, ICE, resettlement and changes from Trump. The article is moderately developed but could use reorganization and some parts can be taken out and others expanded.

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