1.  What is the purpose of the safeguards included in the immigration reform bill?

2.  a) Why is the Bush administration backing away from the safeguards?
b) Do you support this position?  Explain your answer.

3.  a) Why are conservative groups critical of Republicans on the immigration reform bill?
b) Why are liberal groups critical of Democrats on the immigration reform bill?

4.  a) What problems do Democrats have with the Republican plan?
b) How did Republicans respond to these criticisms?

5.  Should immigration reform legislation include illegal and legal immigration, or should each be addressed separately?  Explain your answer.

6.  a) What are somee problems with the 1986 amnesty which legalized 2.7 million illegals?
b) What has U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Director Emilio Gonzalez proposed be done to avoid those problems now and in the future?

7.  Why don't Democrats want to allow information sharing about illegal aliens between agencies or limiting appeals for illegal immigrants denied by the program?

8.  What do you think is the best way to solve the problem our country faces with illegal immigrants:
a) give all legal status and allow them to "come out of the shadows"
b) enforce existing immigration laws and secure the border to force illegals to eventually leave the country
c) another suggestion
Explain your answer.

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