USA

Vision for our Station

Our Names:
1) Kaia Santos
2) Ilse Uribe
3) Jonathan Byrd
4) Dylan Zamani
5) Dayan Corral

Part 1: How the. station will look and what will happen
there
1. Here are some photos that give a feel for the images were
modelling our station on:
Include captions that explain what the photo actually shows, and a link to
the source
Photo 1

Source
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Photo 3

http://www.gettyimage
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Photo 4

http://www.everything
zoomer.com/10-mythsabout-job-interviews/

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http://dir.coolclips.com
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2. Are you planning to make your station a specific place within

your country? (for example, a city where lots of refugees live) or
just the country as a whole?
Our plan for our simulation is to have an inspection room, where we interrogate the
audience (which will be acting as refugees.) We will send the refugees to different
booths to represent the different stages of trying to get into the US. The final booth will
be determining whether or not they make it in or not. When thats over we explain to
them the actual process of coming into the US.

Explain the reasoning behind this decision

We feel that it is one of the most realistic ways we can show the audience what truly
goes in one of the most important events of a refugees journey.

3. Heres a blueprint for our station

4. Here are the objects and structures we plan to have in our

station

booths
security guards costume
fake documents
things to check the documents

5. Here are all the stations refugees can get to our station
DIRECTLY from:
Previous Country.

6. Here are all the stations refugees can go to DIRECTLY from our
station:
End of Simulation.

7. Describe the experience of approaching your station. Will

anything happen to a refugee as they approach? Who will greet
them? How will they be greeted? Will different refugees be
greeted in different ways? If so, will that be random or based on a
specific characteristic (such as religion or wealth)?
1. When they walk in they will get checked by a security guard
2. Check their documents
3. Question them
4. Final Decision
5. Tell them how long it actually takes to do a background check and actual
things that happen in real life.

8. What options will a refugee have at your station? What dangers

are there? What characters will there be in your station? Who
will want to help them? Who will want to harm or deceive them?
Will there be people who want them to stay? Will there be people
who want to move them along to somewhere else?
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.

They dont have any options when they come to our station
Dangers: Not get accepted in our country
Characters: security, police, FBI, State Department
Who will want to help them: Obama
Who will want to harm or deceive them:
Do people want them to stay: 45% of people in the U.S
Will people want them to go somewhere else: 55% of people in the U.S

9. What comes next after your station? Will anyone be

allowed/forced to stay? If so, how will that process work? Will
refugees leave your station on their own, or will they be escorted?
Where will they go next?
If refugees are allowed in they can start their new lives(they finish the simulation),
those who are forced to leave will be, maybe escorted out of the station and left on
their own to find another station to see if they are allowed in.

10. How long do you anticipate most refugees will spend in your
station, from beginning to end?
Roughly 5-10 mins. 2-3 min per booth.

11. Here are the roles that each of us will play during the
simulation tomorrow:
Make sure you say whos doing what
Ilse: Security Guard
Dayan: Questionnaire
Dylan: Official Officer
Jonathan: Security Guard
Kaia: Debriefing Person

Part 2: Research questions from the Lead Designers:

1. Approximately how many refugees have been let in since the start of the refugee
crisis?
2,200 refugees have been let in the U.S since March of 2011.

Sources:
CNN

2. From which border are they coming in, and where are they leaving from?
refugees apply for refugee status through the
UNHCR
the UNHCR decides who decides who can flee by

Sources:
CNN

looking for people who meet the conditions

the application is processed by a federally funded
Resettlement Support Center (the average time this takes
is 18-24 months)
refugee is paired with a resettlement agency in
the U.S.
3. How does the country treat their refugees on the border? What about within the
country itself? (This includes anything they may take from refugees or give to refugees.)
Polite

Sources:
personal
experience

4. How difficult is it for each refugee to get into the country?

Average processing time for Refugee to come into country is
18-24 months. As for the security process, Refugees have to
go through several rounds of federal agencies. They use
these agencies to conduct background informations.

Sources:
http://www
.cnn.com/2015/11/
16/politics/syrianrefugees-u-sapplicantsexplainer/

5. When refugees come to the country, are they passing through or do they intend to
stay?
Because this is the US, and it is extremely hard to get into
already, when a refugee comes to the US, it is to stay as a
home.

Sources:

6. How many refugees can the country afford/hold? What is the economic state?
U.S - SYRIAN REFUGEE BUDGET
No exact budget for total estimated amount of
Syrian Refugees in the US
The individual cost per refugee varies based on
what life choices they choose to follow (Education, work,
Welfare, etc.)
On average, each Middle Eastern refugee resettled in
the United States costs an estimated $64,370 in the first five
years, or $257,481 per household.
Countries neighboring were granted $1,057 to care for
each Syrian refugee annually

Sources:
How Much
the US Spends on
Syrian Refugees
US Budget
for Syrian
Refugees

PRIORITIES FOR NEXT WEEK:

Work on screening process
Start on Script

Find what questions we are going to ask for the interview

Interview Questions:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YVxZ_rnqxsAgV8Jb8EL_3XcmFYKYHcFoNUBGTNw1
l7M/edit

NAME

WHAT TO WORK ON

WHEN IT WILL BE DUE

Ilse

Research what happens

with Refugees when they
are finally allowed into the
country

Today

Dayan

Researching what to know

when interviewing Refugee

Today

Dylan

The document checking

process

Today

Jonathan

What can refugees bring to

the US

Today

Kaia

Research Process of refugee Today

coming to the US

Interview Questions and Document Checking process -Dylan

Work on screening process: (sounds good?)

-Security Guards:
Check for object the refugees carry with them
Check if they have documents
Keep the station safe
Keep control
-Interview:
Ask for documents
Interview the refugee(name, place of origin, people left behind, age, sex,
etc.)
If question not answered correctly direct refugee to interrogation
-Interrogation
Wait for a whole minute to study your document
Interviewer asks for document and ask the same question from the
interview
Checks answers that match
If answered correctly, tells the refugee to go on and wait in the briefing
room
If answered incorrectly, ask the refugee to leave
-Briefing
Explains the refugee situation in USA

Week of March 7-11

Whats getting done

Whos doing it

When itll be
done by

First draft of script (including all possible

scenarios)

Kaia

Thursday

Create precise and accurate screening

process (liaise with UNHCR to do this)

Dylan

By Friday

Find out what happens to refugees in San

Diego
Go back through resources
from Dr. P
Contact IRC if Im not finding
information (may need backup and
moral support)

Jonathan

By Friday

Create a prototype space for our station

Dayan

Thursday

Support Dylan on understanding legal

process for refugees in America (from
application through settlement)

Ilse

Friday

Support Jonathan on understanding what

happens to refugees in San Diego

Second draft of script: add fingerprints,

medical test, other screening elements

Kaia

Make station in real life, make list of

props and costumes

Dayan

Create character descriptions, work with

Dayan on costumes

Ilse

Brainstorm ways of bringing people out to

our exhibition

Dayan

San Diego-specific research:

Dayan: How can we make out
station look authentic to San Diego?
Kaia: Where are most
refugees settling in San Diego?
Whats the settlement process
in SD, and which non-profits are in
charge of it?

Jonathan

Add answers to these three questions to the

Vision Doc
Gamify the screening process

Dylan

Other potential resources:

San Diego Refugee Forum
IRC San Diego
Cultural Orientation Resources (these are the tools the IRC uses to help
refugees adjust to life in the USA
VICE doc on Syrian refugees in America
Family of refugees starts a new life in Kentucky

http://www.rescue.org/blog/refugees-us-latest-updates-storify

Refugees in San Diego:

False Positive Name

Mahmoud al-Haj Ali