6. My Position on Leading Issues Question # 1 Q: Should immigration be unrestricted? A: No, unrestricted immigration displaces U.S. workers and increases need for education and healthcare. Our taxes pay for many of their needs and they don’t pay any taxes. We need to have more control on our borders and regulate the amount of immigrants coming in.
7. My Position on Leading Issues Question # 2 Q: Does unrestricted immigration help or hurt the U.S. Economy ? A: Excessive immigration hurts our economy because immigrants are taking our jobs, especially from our teenagers. However, some immigration is beneficial to our economy because many immigrants are willing to take some of the lower paying jobs that Americans don’t want. America is a nation of immigrants. Without them, America wouldn’t have the population that it has today.
8. My Position on Leading Issues Question # 3 Q: Should immigrants have to assimilate into the our culture? A: Yes, if immigrants are going to be here, they need to abide by our rules, speak our language, and they need to follow our systems. They don’t need to throw away their traditions as long as they realize that they are in America now.
9. My Position on Leading Issues Question # 4 Q: If you were the authority on immigration, would you allow immigrants to move across borders unrestricted? Why or why not? A: Definitely not. There needs to be a screening process. We need to know who is crossing our borders and their reasons of why they are coming over.
10. SIRS Citations That Support the Issue SIRS Citations That Oppose the Issue “ Immigrants Assimilation: Is the U.S. Still a Melting Pot?” by Pia Orrenius. Southwest Economy “ Economists Debate Whether Immigration Is Fiscal Boon or Financial Strain” by Sue Kirchhoff and Barbara Hagenbauch USA Today “ Importing People: Why Modern Needs but Resents Immigrants” By Bryce Christensen Family in America “ Undermining American Workers: Record Numbers of Illegal Immigrants Are Pulling Wages Down for the Poor and Pushing Taxes Higher” By Fred Dickey Los Angeles Times Magazine “ Patriots On the Border: Toting Guns, Cameras and Mighty Convictions. Small bands of Americans are Patrolling the Southwest in Search of Illegal Immigrants By Dan Baum Los Angeles Times Magizine “ The Hispanic Challenge” By Samuel P. Huntington Foreign Policy
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Many of the steps used in this template correlate to the Mini-Research report format included in Step 5 of Leading Issues. Your teacher will be able to help you through the steps.
