Daily News Article - May 16, 2006
1. List the five objectives of President Bush's plan to reform immigration.
2. For each of the President's objectives, write whether you agree or disagree and explain why.
3. What is Numbers USA? Why don't they agree with President Bush's guest worker program?
4. Define attrition. Roy Beck of Numbers USA says attrition is the most common-sense approach to the illegal alien problem. How does he explain this idea? What do you think of this idea? Why?
5. What is NALEO? How does their view of the guest worker program and National Guard deployment differ from that of Numbers USA? What do you think of NALEO's viewpoint on the use of law enforcement agencies in immigration enforcement? Why?
6. Recent protests by supporters of illegal immigrants were said to have been sparked by the House immigration bill that included a provision to make illegal entry into the U.S. a felony. Did Democrat or Republican members of the House push to change it to a felony? Why do you think they did so?