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Mariaelena Hincapie tweeted on the concept of self-deportation and the popularity this approach has taken on with the Republican party. She is a credible source because she is the Executive Director for the National Immigration Law Center based in Washington D.C.. Looking through her past and present posts, it becomes clear that immigration is a topic she is passionate about. As Executive Director, she is very much involved with this topic and seems to collaborate with other pro-immigration reform organizations like America's Voice. She joined in Jan. of 2013 but has over 4,400 tweets and more than 1,500 followers. I would say that this source is not reliable because it is very bias. Her organization is very pro-immigration reform so I do not believe that she can present information in a non-bias manner. I do believe she is credible because of her position within the organization but that does not translate into reliability.
Source 2
Interestingly enough, the second source I was drawn to was a shared FB article on Politico titled, "Undermining immigration reform with high costs". This was an op-ed piece with the two contributors being once again, Mariaelena Hincapie and Janer Murguia, president and CEO of the National Council of La Raza. Once again, both women I would consider to be credible sources because they head national organizations at the forefront of pushing for immigration reform.These organizations are well followed on FB and Twitter where they have 60k likes on FB and 54k followers on Twitter. Both women are very active on their social media platforms as are their respective organizations.
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