Daily News Article - April 25, 2006
1. What plan for illegal immigrants did President Bush rule out yesterday? Why?
2. Colorado Republican Rep. Tom Tancredo represents the Americans who want a crackdown on illegal immigration. A "straw man" argument is a technique used to persuade someone to agree with you based on misrepresentation of your opponent's position.
How did President Bush misrepresent the position of those opposed to amnesty for illegal immigrants, according to Tancredo's spokesman Will Adams?
3. How effective do you think Rep. Tancredo's plan would be? Explain your answer.
4. How does President Bush's proposal from paragraph 9 differ from that of Rep. Tancredo? What different opinion did the President offer a few moments earlier?
5. How does Democrat Sen. Kennedy's response to President Bush's remarks differ from that of Democrat Sen. Harry Reid?
6. Describe Republican Sens. Hagel and Martinez's plan.
7. What type of plan do you think would work best for those immigrants who are here illegally? Why? The current proposals by the President and the Senate only address the issue of those currently here illegally. What should be done about the thousands more who come here illegally every day?