Quick Descriptions of viewpoints
More Strict = You want to have more border security, stricter enforcement, less immigration, harder to get in.
Less Strict = Less border security, less strict enforcement (maybe getting rid of ICE), easier to become a citizen or get a green card
Stay the Same = Your job is to defend specific aspects of our current immigration system. You don't believe it needs to be reformed.
Tonight's Debate
Complete the homework packet while watching the debate 9pm to 11pm. You may also watch it on Thursday. On TV it will be on Telemundo in Spanish, or on NBC. You can livestream on Washington Post or MSNBC.
Sources for Policy Discussion:
Use the following links to help guide your research for Monday's discussion
More Strict
http://www.ox.ac.uk/Research/controlling-immigration-good-democracy
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/09/trump-clinton-immigration-economy-unemployment-jobs-214216
https://www.fairus.org/issue/illegal-immigration/illegal-immigration-crime
https://www.cato.org/cato-journal/winter-2019/melting-pot-or-civil-war-son-immigrants-makes-case-against-open-borders
Neutral
https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2015/09/30/how-u-s-immigration-laws-and-rules-have-changed-through-history/
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/sep/09/left-immigration-open-borders
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/radical-immigration-centrism-can-work-if-only-we-agree-on-the-facts
https://prospect.org/health/two-sides-immigration-policy/
https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/the-immigrant-visa-process.html
https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/research/how-united-states-immigration-system-works
Less Strict
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/16/opinion/open-borders-immigration.html
https://www.niskanencenter.org/six-ways-immigration-reform-can-make-america-great/
http://politicalcritique.org/opinion/2019/left-case-open-borders/
https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/03/08/517561046/how-americas-idea-of-illegal-immigration-doesnt-always-match-reality
https://www.kqed.org/lowdown/31036/why-so-many-people-in-the-northern-triangle-are-seeking-u-s-asylum
https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/research/why-don%E2%80%99t-they-just-get-line
https://bipartisanpolicy.org/blog/why-hiring-more-judges-would-reduce-immigration-court-backlogs/
