The document discusses providing a path to legal status for undocumented immigrants in the United States. It profiles Eduardo, one of an estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants, who came to the country seeking a better life. Undocumented immigrants contribute billions to Social Security through payroll taxes but are unable to benefit from the system. The document advocates for comprehensive immigration reform and calls on the next President to work with Congress to pass legislation allowing undocumented immigrants to gain legal status.
The document discusses providing a path to legal status for undocumented immigrants in the United States. It profiles Eduardo, one of an estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants, who came to the country seeking a better life. Undocumented immigrants contribute billions to Social Security through payroll taxes but are unable to benefit from the system. The document advocates for comprehensive immigration reform and calls on the next President to work with Congress to pass legislation allowing undocumented immigrants to gain legal status.
The document discusses providing a path to legal status for undocumented immigrants in the United States. It profiles Eduardo, one of an estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants, who came to the country seeking a better life. Undocumented immigrants contribute billions to Social Security through payroll taxes but are unable to benefit from the system. The document advocates for comprehensive immigration reform and calls on the next President to work with Congress to pass legislation allowing undocumented immigrants to gain legal status.
The document discusses providing a path to legal status for undocumented immigrants in the United States. It profiles Eduardo, one of an estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants, who came to the country seeking a better life. Undocumented immigrants contribute billions to Social Security through payroll taxes but are unable to benefit from the system. The document advocates for comprehensive immigration reform and calls on the next President to work with Congress to pass legislation allowing undocumented immigrants to gain legal status.
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Karen Depenyou, MeiJade Hsu, Brenna Levitan-Garr
Script: A Path to Legal Status for
Undocumented Immigrants Coming out of the Shadows Karen Depenyou, MeiJade Hsu, Brenna Levitan-Garr AUDIO - Narration & Music
Visuals (B-Roll)
OBAMA: Our immigration system is broken.
Obama announces his 2014 executive action
Slow piano music starts.
OBAMA: Families who enter our country the Fades to Obamas announcement speech for his 2014 executive action right way and play by the rules watch others flout the rules. Business owners who offer their workers good wages and benefits see the competition exploit undocumented immigrants by paying them far less. All of us take offense at anyone who reaps the rewards of living in America without taking on the responsibilities of living in America. And undocumented immigrants who desperately want to embrace those responsibilities see little option but to remain in the shadows or risk their families being torn apart. Bernie Sanders speaking at a campaign forum SANDERS: Mothers are worried about their children. Children are worried about their fathers. That is not what America should be about. OBAMA: Its been this way for decades. And for decades, we havent done much about it. EDUARDO talks about why and how he came to the U.S. VO: Eduardo is one of an estimated 11
Obamas announcement speech for his 2014
executive action on immigration reform
Title slide: COMING OUT OF THE
SHADOWS 11.3 million undocumented immigrants in the U.S.
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million undocumented immigrants living in the United States. Many of them have suffered hardships to come to this country to find a better life for themselves and their families.
Illegal immigrants running through the
wilderness
MR. PRICE: By and large the most common
reason would be that people would like to raise their families in peace. Many people come from countries where there is civil war or the standard of living isnt what they would like to raise their family in so they are looking for options and many of them find their options in coming to the United States. CECILIA on the 1st (moral) argument
Casa de Maryland protest at the White House
VO: In many cases, undocumented
immigrants are able to build a better life. However, they are in countless ways barred from achieving their full potential.
"Let us be part of the American Dream"
CECILIA on federally-funded benefits
undocumented immigrants are denied VO: According to the Pew Research Center, 8.1 million undocumented immigrants make up 5.1% of the total U.S. workforce. According to the Social Security Administration, as a whole, they contribute $15 billion a year to Social Security. And over the years, they have contributed $300 billion to the Social Security Trust Fund, an estimated 11%. However, the vast majority of them will not be able to use a single penny of the fund, on account of their unauthorized status.
8.1 million undocumented workers in the U.S.
Sample Social Security card
Latino field workers
Latino workers loading boxes
EDUARDO on what happens when you dont
Latinos picking crops have Social Security and youre working
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VO: As a result, most undocumented workers are forced to take unskilled and low-paying jobs.
Latina food server
Latino cooks
CECILIA on industries that employ lots of
undocumented immigrants EDUARDO: Were not here to hurt the United States. Were here to help them. And we wanna like our dreams to come dream. We dont really want to hide in the darkness. MR. PRICE on why undocumented immigrants have come to a point where they should consider getting legal status. VO: So what can we do to bring people like 2016 Candidates Eduardo out of the shadows? The next President needs to work with Congress to put together a bill that will provide a path to legal status for the 11 million undocumented immigrants in the U.S. In 2013, the bipartisan Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act was introduced into the Senate by the bipartisan Gang of Eight. RUBIO specifying what the bill does. VO: It easily passed the Senate with a twothirds majority. However, the House leadership never allowed it to be considered in the House. Daryl Price: Many people have been here undocumented for years and years and years. They have kind of come to a point where its time to consider regularizing your status and getting your permanent residence in the
Final Immigration Vote
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United States and then some people move on after that to get their U.S. citizenship.
Outline I.
Introduction How will you CLEARLY introduce your topic? (montage? interview clips? VO?)
President Obamas announcement speech intro for his November 20, 2014 executive action on illegal immigration & Bernie Sanders at a campaign forum. How will you hook your audience? Why is this an important topic for people to know about? Eduardo talking about all the bad things that drove him to leave El Salvador for the U.S. Connect to the StudentCam theme: ROAD TO THE WHITE HOUSE -Whats the issue YOU most want candidates to discuss during the 2016 presidential campaign? Will narration be VOs or will narrator appear on film? VOs limited to bare necessities. What compelling facts from your research can you use in your introduction? 8.1 million of them make up 5.1% of the total U.S. labor force (so theyre either working or actively looking for work) -- 5 facts about illegal immigration -Pew Research Center Start your sequence of events with an inciting incident that starts off the story and leads and flows into the next part, or main idea #1. Eduardo talking about all the bad things that drove him to leave El Salvador for the U.S. How will you transition into your first main idea? Illegal immigrants are here to escape hardships in their mother countries. They are here to make a better life for themselves. The life they ran away from was often full of violence, danger and poverty. Second main idea: Undocumented immigrants contribute so much money into the federal and state tax system yet are denied basic public benefits such as food stamps, welfare, Medicaid, and federal aid for college. Copy and paste this info into your own Google Doc and share with your group members. Also, please invite Mr. Mayo to the document - cap10media@gmail.com
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Good sources: 1. Do Illegal Immigrants Actually Hurt the U.S. Economy? -- The New York Times Magazine a. Stephen Goss, chief actuary for the Social Security Administration, told me that undocumented workers contribute about $15 billion a year to Social Security through payroll taxes. They only take out $1 billion (very few undocumented workers are eligible to receive benefits). Over the years, undocumented workers have contributed up to $300 billion, or nearly 10 percent, of the $2.7 trillion Social Security Trust Fund. 2. Illegal immigrants paid $12 billion in Social Security taxes in 2010 -- Social Security Administration 3. Another source from VICE 4. Top 10 myths about immigration as a whole (including legal immigrants) -American Immigration Council a. So many people are immigrating to the U.S. illegally because there are insufficient legal avenues for them to enter legally. Illegal immigrants are not stealing jobs from Americans. b. According to data taken from a 2002 U.S. Census Bureau report, Similar to accusations about today's immigrants, those of 100 years ago initially often settled in mono-ethnic neighborhoods, spoke their native languages, and built up newspapers and businesses that catered to their fellow migrs. They also experienced the same types of discrimination that today's immigrants face, and integrated within American culture at a similar rate. If we view history objectively, we remember that every new wave of immigrants has been met with suspicion and doubt and yet, ultimately, every past wave of immigrants has been vindicated and saluted. c. Of the estimated 25% of immigrants who are undocumented, 40% overstayed temporary (non-immigrant) visas. Thats 10% of total immigrants who overstayed their visas.
