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Reflection 2

I think DACA is a safe and fair program. I understand illegal immigration is an issue here in the U.S, but the children that have been brought over because of their parents choosing is not their fault. I have a friend who is protected by DACA and once Trump became president he was positive he was going to be sent back to his home country. DACA is important to the United State citizens economically. According to fortune.com, rescinding the DACA program would reduce economic growth by 280 billion dollars. We would lose more money than we would gain from ending this program. Deleting this program will also cause companies like Apple and Microsoft to lose over hundreds of workers. According to recordnet.com, 280 of Apple's employees are covered under this program. They are not only sales associates either. There are researchers, corporate bosses, and scientists who were brought over by illegal immigrants. In my opinion, I think the program is a good solution. I don't think it sh...

Reflection 1

       A problem when dealing with someone outside of your culture is the language barrier. In the podcast the project manager that is being interviewed used the example of American business people coming to discuss work with him and his people in Japan. Since nobody had talked to each other before this encounter there was a communication problem because neither group could understand each other.         A way you can deal with a problem with someone in your own culture is communicate. When the project manager took his colleague out of the meeting to discuss the problem they were having it fixed everything. If both men had ignored the issue it would have most likely gotten worse.         The project manager did everything right in every situation he had to deal with. The article sums up what happened in the interview. They talked about the different attitudes in some countries towards c...