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Immigration Legislation: New York Times News Games

Posted by Hsing Wei on 07-03-07

Points of Entry, nytimes.com’s June news game, lets players dig a little deeper into the recent debate over immigration legislation.

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Players award Green Cards under the proposed Federal standard for worker’s visa (critized for moving away from family-based immigration).  Persuasive Games, Points of Entry’s developer, points out the social change aims of its games, “During debate about the 380-page bill, neither legislators nor the popular press brought its details to the public…  If the Internet fails to cash out the promise of increased citizen participation in policy making, games might allow citizens to experience the implications of legislation more directly. Points of Entry offers one example of such a practice.”