1.  What promises did President Fox of Mexico make yesterday regarding the U.S.-Mexico border?

2.  Why was President Bush meeting with President Fox and Canadian Prime Minister Harper yesterday?

3.  a) What is the only point U.S. voters agree on in the immigration debate, according to Stephen Dinan (the reporter)? 
b) Do you agree with his assertion?  Explain your answer.

4.  a) Approximately how many immigrants are in the U.S. illegally? 
b) What percent of illegal immigrants currently in the U.S. are from Mexico?  Why do you think this is so?

5.  What did Mexico's foreign minster say this week about Mexico's responsibility for its own people?

6.  a) How does President Fox's latest statement about the issue contrast with last week's ads in U.S. newspapers (paid for by the Mexican government) saying that Mexico "should participate in [the] design, management, supervision and evaluation" of a U.S. guest worker program?
b) What do you think of Mr. Fox's handling of the border issue thus far?

7.  Which of the following do you think has prompted Presidents Bush and Fox to discuss the need to control the border? Explain your answer.
-their recognition that it is their duty to do so
-the insistence by the majority of Americans that securing the border must be done
-their realization that the majority of American people are against them
-other

8.  Do you think that most Americans who support closing the borders and enforcing immigration laws don't like Mexicans? (If the U.S. shared its southern border with Ireland or Italy, and there were 6 million Irish or Italians here illegally, do you think people would still feel the same about closing the borders?) Explain.