Immigration
Immigration | Chapter 3 Preface
On March 22, 2000, the frozen body of twenty-year-old Jose Luis Uriostegua was discovered on Mount Laguna in east San Diego County, nearly twenty miles north of the U.S.- Mexico border. Uriostegua had fled from Guerrero, a poverty-stricken state in Mexico, in hopes of finding a better life for himself and his family in the United States. When his remains were found, Uriostegua was identified as “Number 500”—the five hundredth person to die while trying to elude the U.S. Border Patrol under California’s “Operation Gatekeeper” program.
Operation Gatekeeper began in 1994...
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- Introduction
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Historical Debate: Should Immigration Be Restricted?
- Chapter 1 Preface
- America Should Welcome Immigration (1845)
- America Should Discourage Immigration (1849)
- Restrictions on Immigration Are Necessary (1913)
- Restrictions on Immigration Are Not Necessary (1912)
- National Origins Quotas Should Be Abolished (1963)
- National Origins Quotas Should Be Retained (1964)
- Is Immigration a Serious Problem?
- How Should the United States Address Illegal Immigration?
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How Should U.S. Immigration Policy Be Reformed?
- Chapter 4 Preface
- Immigration Should Be Restricted
- Immigration Should Not Be Restricted
- The United States Must Restrict Immigration to Prevent Terrorism
- Restricting Immigration Would Not Prevent Terrorism
- The U.S. Government Should Discourage Dual Citizenship
- Dual Citizenship Is Not a Threat to the United States
- Birthright Citizenship Should Be Repealed
- Naturalization and Birthright Citizenship Should Be Encouraged
- Dual Citizenship Is Not a Threat to the United States
- For Further Discussion
- Organizations to Contact
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