My Experience on Listening the Latino USA

About the program

The podcast I have listened was the "9/11's Immagration Legacy" from September 10, 2021. The date I listened to this podcast was on September 17, 2021. After listening to this podcast, there are things I have learned that are actually fresh to me, one of which is the change of government control, "Politicians and journalists call for the tightening of US orders, toughening up our immagration system at large, and keeping people out."(9/11's Immagration Legacy, 5:53-6:03) This is important with what we are learning currently because we all saw this problem exposed back in 20 years ago, and now with the 20th anniversary of this tragic event, we fear that the government would enforce such thing again because they have done so, whether it's on the Latino minority or the many other minorities. Terrorism might have started this, but the government used this tide to strength their controls, if not for the exposure, we would still be in the mist.

President George W. Bush's address to the nation after September 11, 2001 attacks

By PBS NewsHour - on Youtube

What I think about the topic

In this podcast, what I like is that they have explained the details about the immagration laws, which involved multiple departments of the goverment, especially the story which the mother had told, about the issues on license. Something that I don't like about the topic iss how the theme of the USA Patriot Act brought. In my opinion, I think it's very unsettleing, with everything about you is free to be seen by the government, and how the change of laws have affect the daily lives, the feeling that you are not really free to go to anywhere, all of these explained by the podcast, "But real ID push into the light, many undocumented who otherwise never had contact with police, or DHS. It stops people from applying for jobs, going to school, accessing need of resources, you name it."(9/11's Immagration Legacy, 36:02-36:15) Other than that, something that I think the radio should cover is the statistics of Latino people who have been affect by this change over the years until today, I think it would really strengthen their points in this podcast.

News article

George W. Bush signs the USA Patriot Act
October 26, 2001

One news article that I can find and is related to this topic is "Did the Patriot Act Change US Attitudes on Surveillance?" This is related to the podcast that I'm focusing on, here is what the article said, "Public outrage and the debate over privacy boiled over in 2013 when Snowden, a former CIA employee and government contractor, leaked information on National Security Agency surveillance revealing the broad extent of government data collection." This article mentioned the events that had happened and that the people weren't aware of until the information was leaked into the public eyes, the government enforced this act in the name of protecting the country and ensure its security. I selected this article in the relation that it connects what the podcast had focused on, which is the effects of the USA Patriot Act.

My summary

In all of this, I think the most important fact is that whether it's all the Latino people, or other minorities in this country, the effect had been existed and still is somewhat existing today. The feeling of fear that we have to be always preparing for something out of nowhere that is related restrictions and laws, "But the repercussions of our family are permanent, my brother's gone, my step-father is at risk. At any time, the phone could ring, and we'll need to be ready to rush to the local jail, to help a relative or a friend."(9/11's Immagration Legacy, 41:11-41:24) As this segment of the podcast had stated many times, these laws that the government and its departments had enforced on the residents of this nation is very harming. This is related to our class because we can see that these restrictions and laws have gone so far, that it is damaging the Latino legacy, as well as many immagrants from the Middle East.

Works Cited

Balestrieri, Steve. “October 26, 2001, President George W. Bush Signs the Patriot Act.” SOFREP, sofrep.com/specialoperations/october-26-2001-president-george-w-bush-signs-patriot-act/. Accessed 17 Sept. 2021.

"Latino USA, 9/11's Immagration Legacy.” Www.capradio.org, www.capradio.org/news/latino-usa/. Accessed 17 Sept. 2021.

Ortiz, Erik, et al. “Did the Patriot Act Change US Attitudes on Surveillance?” NBC News, NBC News, 8 Sept. 2016, www.nbcnews.com/storyline/9-11-anniversary/did-patriot-act-change-us-attitudes-surveillance-n641586. Accessed 17 Sept. 2021.

“WATCH: President George W. Bush’s Address to the Nation after September 11, 2001 Attacks.” Www.youtube.com, www.youtube.com/watch?v=WA8-KEnfWbQ. Accessed 17 Sept. 2021.