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Slide1
The Immigration Issue
History of immigration in the U.S.
video
Current state of immigration (illegal vs. legal)
The candidates on immigration
Slide2History (Animated History Map)
Pre-1819: No restrictions
1819: Immigration Act (Ship captains provide info to customs officials)
1840s: Wave of immigrants (Irish, German, Mexican, Chinese, etc.)
1868: 14
th
Amendment --all people born in the U.S. are citizens
1880s: Chinese Exclusion Act, Immigration Act of 1882 (tax, categories of ineligible immigrants)
1920s: Quota acts limit numbers of immigrants, U.S. Border Patrol created
1940s: Alien Registration Act, Chinese Exclusion laws repealed
1950s: Immigration and Naturalization Service created to enforce new nationality-based quotas
1965: End of quota
system
1986: Immigration Control and Reform Act (meant to tighten Mexican border, crack down on illegal immigrants)
2001: Department of Homeland Security replaces INS; ineligibility/deportation for terrorist activities
Today: majority
of
immigrants are from
Asia and Latin
America; Republicans and Democrats agree on the need for change in federal immigration laws, but…
http://
www.annenbergclassroom.org
/files/documents/
immigration.pdf
Slide3Rights
Freedom to express yourself.
Freedom to worship as you wish.
Right to a prompt, fair trial by jury.
Right to vote in elections for public officials.
Right to apply for federal employment requiring U.S. citizenship.
Right to run for elected office.
Freedom to pursue “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”
Slide4Responsibilities
Support and defend the Constitution.
Stay informed of the issues affecting your community.
Participate in the democratic process.
Respect and obey federal, state, and local laws.
Respect the rights, beliefs, and opinions of others.
Participate in your local community.
Pay income and other taxes honestly, and on time, to federal, state, and local authorities.
Serve on a jury when called upon.
Defend the country if the need should arise.
Slide5Immigration statistics
Slide65 facts about illegal immigration in the U.S.
1
There were 11.1 million unauthorized immigrants in the U.S. in
2014
2
Mexicans made up 52% of all unauthorized immigrants in
2014
3
The number of unauthorized immigrants from nations other than Mexico grew by 325,000 since 2009, to an estimated 5.3 million in
2014
4
Six states accounted for 59% of unauthorized immigrants in 2014: California, Texas, Florida, New York, New Jersey and
Illinois
5
A rising share of unauthorized immigrants have lived in the U.S. for at least a decade
.
Slide730 Days (Family of illegal immigrants)
What is it like to live with a family of illegal immigrants for 30 days?
Why do people want to come to the U.S.?
Slide8Summary of candidates’ views according to ballotpedia.com
Hillary Clinton
supports immigration reform with a pathway to citizenship, would establish an Office of Immigrant Affairs to coordinate immigration policies, and supports Obama’s executive orders on the
DACA
(
Deferred
Action for Childhood
Arrivals)
and
DAPA
(
Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent
Residents)
programs.
Donald
Trump
wants to build a wall between the U.S. and Mexico, proposed a ban on Muslims entering the U.S., and supports rescinding
Obama
’s executive orders on the
DACA
and
DAPA
programs.
Jill
Stein
opposes deportation, supports the DREAM
Act (
D
evelopment,
R
elief, and
E
ducation for
A
lien
M
inors),
and supports the creation of a legal status and path to citizenship.
Gary
Johnson
would make it as easy as possible for individuals without criminal records who want to come to the U.S. to work to get work visas and supports comprehensive immigration
reform.
Slide9Trump’s ideas
Immigration Reform That Will Make America Great
Again (from
donaldjtrump.com
)
video
The
three core principles of Donald J. Trump's immigration plan
1
. A nation without borders is not a nation.
There must be a wall across the southern border.
2
. A nation without laws is not a nation.
Laws passed in accordance with our Constitutional system of government must be enforced.
3
. A nation that does not serve its own citizens is not a nation.
Any immigration plan must improve jobs, wages and security for all Americans.
Slide10Clinton’s ideas (hillaryclinton.com)video sound clip
C
omprehensive
immigration reform.
Defend
President Obama’s executive actions—known as DACA and DAPA—against partisan attacks.
Do
everything possible under the law to protect
families
Enforce
immigration laws
humanely.
Support
immigrant integration
.
The Immigration Issue
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