Assignment task: Immigration is a social experience that can greatly influence family structure. After reviewing the video clip, "Sin Pais", discuss the following questions as a class complemented with information from Chapter 3.
Q1. What kind of assumptions are commonly made about illegal immigrants? Was the Mejia family in the clip similar/different from these assumptions?
Q2. Why do you think Elida and Sam decided to leave Gilbert and Helen in the U.S.?
Q3. Should any special considerations be made for families with children who are U.S. citizens (like the example from the clip)? Why/why not?
Q4. What, if any, policy solutions would best address families in this situation?