Name____________________________ Mods 15-16

Portrait of an ‘Alien’ Nation chart

1. Since 2000, how many illegal immigrants have entered the US? __________________________

2. What are the four states with the highest concentration of illegal immigrants?

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3. What percentage of illegal immigrants come from Asia _____% From Mexico? _____% From Latin America? _____% From Europe? _____% From Africa? _____%

4. How many illegal immigrants were estimated to have been employed in 2005? ______________

5. What percentage of the US labor force is made up of illegal aliens? _____%

6. Before reading any further on the chart, off the top of your head, write down as many jobs as you can think of that are jobs done in large part by illegal immigrants.

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7. Now go back to the chart and look at ‘Where They Work’ and ‘Illegal Immigrants Are.’ What answers from #6 did you find to be supported by the statistics in these two columns?

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8. What are the two cities with the highest numbers of illegal immigrants?

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Look at the ‘On the Table’ box. This is a list of the Senate’s proposals being discussed right now in Congress. If these plans were enacted, what would be the impact on . . .

9. Employers?

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10. Local police?

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11. Foreigners wishing to come to the US?

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12. Current illegal immigrants?

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13. The children of illegal immigrants?

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14. What would be the responsibilities of the federal government, according to these proposals?

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15. Look at the US/Mexico border. Look at where walls currently exist and where new proposed fences would go. Do you think the fences are a good idea? Does this plan implement a good system of fences? This answer will be at least four complete sentences. You probably won’t need all of the space below but around half of the lines.

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