IMMIGRATION

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IMMIGRATION
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I. A Nation of Immigrants

• A) Prior to 1920, USA had open immigration---anyon
  e who could afford to come here was allowed into
  USA for the most part

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• B) Today, competition for jobs and housing along
  with increased crime and diversity has many
  Americans calling for end to immigration

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II. What do we do about the Immigration issue?

• A) Is Globalism Fueling Immigration?
• 1) Push vs. Pull
• a) Pull Factors
• 1) People are pulled toward wealthy nations
  because our lifestyle, culture, values, and
  customs seem superior.
• a) People come for a taste of the good life

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• b) Push Factors
• 1) Many people move to USA because their old
  nation cannot support them due to bad economy and
  social conditions (they dont want to leave but
  have to in order to survive)

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• 2) Should immigrants get the same rights as us?
• a) Many people say immigration should be limited
• 1) they take our jobs
• 2) they take or benefits
• 3) they cause strain on our natural resources

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• b) Others say we need immigrants
• 1) they bring new ideas
• 2) they provide labor for jobs we dont want to
  do anyway
• 3) their birthrates keep our nation growing
  rather than declining (like Europe)

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• Go to Page 159 in packet
• Do numbers 1 and 2

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• 3) Do Immigrants cause culture problems?
• a) USA and Britain are primarily white, Christian
  nations
• b) many immigrants and non-white and non-Christian

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• c) Many people want immigrants to assimilate and
  become more like us and lose their cultural
  differences.

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(Read 179-180 to class

• Many immigrants call assimilation racist

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• 4) How do we solve the immigration problem?
• a) Build a fence between US and Mexico?
• 1) US-Mexican border is 2000 miles long! (current
  fence is 800 miles long)

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• b) Open Immigration?
• 1) let anyone who wants to come, come. (just like
  when great grandma and grandpa came!)

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• c) Guest Worker Program?
• 1) all immigrants can apply for work permit
  (called visa) that is good for three years
• 2) US employers must
• a) give proof of employment form to immigrant
• b) pay for the visa
• c) show proof that the job couldnt be filled by
  American workers
• d) make visas available to both people in other
  nations AND illegal immigrants already here

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• 3) Criticisms of Guest Worker Plan
• a) cant be enforced---how do you PROVE Americans
  couldnt do the job?
• b) Rewards lawbreakers by giving them legal
  status (called backdoor amnesty)

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• d) Punish Employers who hire illegal immigrants
• 1) give heavy fines to businesses to discourage
  them from employing illegal immigrants

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• e) Promote Free Trade
• A) by bolstering other nations economies we can
  remove the push for them to come here for jobs.

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• f) Promote social justice
• 1) By encouraging democracy and helping improve
  other nations we reduce the pull of our nation
  and people will want to stay in their own
  countries

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• Assignments
• 1) Read Borders Beyond Control page 133-39, do
  1-4
• 2) Read Guide for the Mexican Migrant pg.
  150-53, do 1-5
• 3) Read 164-74
• Summarize arguments in both articles and then
  compare and contrast (MINIMUM ONE PAGETURN IN)
• 4) YOU DECIDEPage 255 (Payne)