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BR: Where are immigrants today ?

BR: Where are immigrants today ? Highest Percentage ? Lowest Percentage ? National Percentage ? Why do you think this is?. How do people immigrate to the US?. VISAS (Temporary Documentation) Travel Visas Work Visas Student Visas Spouse/Family Visas GREEN CARD (Permanent Residency)

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BR: Where are immigrants today ?

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  1. BR: Where are immigrants today? Highest Percentage? Lowest Percentage? National Percentage? Why do you think this is?

  2. How do people immigrate to the US? • VISAS (Temporary Documentation) • Travel Visas • Work Visas • Student Visas • Spouse/Family Visas • GREEN CARD (Permanent Residency) • CITIZENSHIP (To become a legal inhabitant of a country and vested with the rights and privileges involved)

  3. Undocumented Immigration • There are over 11 million undocumented immigrants in the US • The vast majority of undocumented immigrants entered the US legally, but overstayed their visas • Undocumented immigrants do not have a social security number, so they cannot work, get a drivers license, get a loan, get financial aid, vote, get federal or state assistance (food stamps; public housing; etc.)

  4. Netflix Video-Immigration

  5. Immigration Issues For each of these issues, watch the following clips and write in your binder: • What is the main idea? • 2 arguments in favor/2 arguments against • What do you think? • The Dream Act • SB 1070 • Banning Ethnic Studies in Arizona • Presidential Debates - Immigration

  6. The Dream Act • CON - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6bZQoFdb1c 3:31 min • PRO • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZdBlzhc91c&playnext=1&list=PLE6079FBDADEBB331&feature=results_video 4:00 min

  7. SB 1070 • SB1070 • http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/052910_1070march/tens-thousands-protest-sb-1070-phoenix-march/ • (Scroll Down - it is the video after the words in the article “If you attended either event, tell us about it. How many people were there, what were protesters - pro and con - saying about SB 1070?”) 3:50min

  8. Banning Ethnic Programs in Arizona • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsbSW36YAdk 9:42 min

  9. Policies on Immigration http://www.democracynow.org/2012/10/17/exclusive_expanding_the_debate_with_third Start at 43:30 min (13 min) • Romney – Republican Party • Obama – Democratic Party • Goode – Constitution Party (libertarian) • Anderson – Justice Party (Progressive) • Stein – Green Party (Progressive/Left)

  10. Immigration Issues Today Bell-ringer: Analyze this image. What do you see? What is the author implying about immigration to the US?

  11. Does the cartoon support yes or no side of debate? Why? Explain what the cartoon infers.

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