The Argument

I wrote a short screenplay for my Action Project about a man who dreams of proposing new questions for the Naturalization Test. For this Action Project we had to propose new questions for the test while creating a syllogism for it and the original questions. We also needed signatures for our proposal. Here, the Judge in the screenplay lists his reasons as to why the questions shouldn't be changed. The boy proposing new questions, Raymond stands up for himself and his rights, as well as the rights for other immigrants stating his own reasons.  When he wakes from his dream, he's asked a question about democracy and it ends there. I wanted to demonstrate how nerve-wracking the process is to become an America Citizen. This connects to the Field Experience that we went on to the Chicago field office of US Citizenship and Immigration Services. We witnessed the process that people had to go through to become a citizen. When we were in court, a lot of people were in a holding place until they were confirmed to get Asylum. I wanted to write a screenplay rather that writing a paper because I thought it would be really interesting to show that dialogue between someone in power and someone who feels out of control. For another Field Experience, we went to a City Council meeting on Public Charge for immigrants in Chicago. When we were there we heard a number of people from the community speak and give their opinions on the situation for 3 minutes. One man there, George Blakemore stated, "Illegal is Illegal", which a lot of people disagreed with. He also stated that people that are currently living in Chicago "illegally" are taking resources from people who are American Citizens that already live there. We got to hear Blakemore's argument on Immigration and his reasoning. Others disagreed and supported Public Charge for immigrants in Chicago.

Signatures for my amendment (AS 2019)