Immigration by SARAH SANBORN https://padlet.com/sarah_sanborn/bfxgy2ou3gs0 Made with an open mind en-us 2018-02-21 18:27:18 UTC 2018-02-27 17:50:38 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Balance.png With our current border policy, about 1,000,000 legal immigrants come to the US each year. alloria_frayser https://padlet.com/sarah_sanborn/bfxgy2ou3gs0/wish/234320894 2018-02-22 16:28:38 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_sanborn/bfxgy2ou3gs0/wish/234320894 According to the United Nations, there are 65.6 million people who have been forced from their homes because of conflict or persecution. Of that number, there are 25.5 million refugees. alloria_frayser https://padlet.com/sarah_sanborn/bfxgy2ou3gs0/wish/234322283 2018-02-22 16:30:32 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_sanborn/bfxgy2ou3gs0/wish/234322283 Currently American birth rates to immigrants coming into America is 4 to . christopher_singleton1 https://padlet.com/sarah_sanborn/bfxgy2ou3gs0/wish/234324067 2018-02-22 16:33:01 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_sanborn/bfxgy2ou3gs0/wish/234324067 Author Roy Beck stated in his book The Case Against Immigration that “One of the major tools in cutting illegal immigration, however, is to reduce legal immigration.” alloria_frayser https://padlet.com/sarah_sanborn/bfxgy2ou3gs0/wish/234325701 2018-02-22 16:35:22 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_sanborn/bfxgy2ou3gs0/wish/234325701 Every aspect of American society would face wrenching adjustments to accommodate 198 million people over the 1970 population of 203 million. alloria_frayser https://padlet.com/sarah_sanborn/bfxgy2ou3gs0/wish/234327228 2018-02-22 16:37:28 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_sanborn/bfxgy2ou3gs0/wish/234327228 Using the information in the previous posts, what should our border policy look like? alloria_frayser https://padlet.com/sarah_sanborn/bfxgy2ou3gs0/wish/234327592 2018-02-22 16:37:57 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_sanborn/bfxgy2ou3gs0/wish/234327592 INFO TO ANSWER QUESTIONS START HERE alloria_frayser https://padlet.com/sarah_sanborn/bfxgy2ou3gs0/wish/234331499 in the future, our current economy will not be able to handle the ever-growing influx of immigrants]]> 2018-02-22 16:43:31 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_sanborn/bfxgy2ou3gs0/wish/234331499 Do you think this ultimately is a decision between life or death among people? alloria_frayser https://padlet.com/sarah_sanborn/bfxgy2ou3gs0/wish/234332129 2018-02-22 16:44:29 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_sanborn/bfxgy2ou3gs0/wish/234332129 Currently approximately 43.3 million foreign born people live in the United States. christopher_singleton1 https://padlet.com/sarah_sanborn/bfxgy2ou3gs0/wish/234332264 2018-02-22 16:44:43 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_sanborn/bfxgy2ou3gs0/wish/234332264 Do you think our country has become the "Melting Pot" we wanted to be? alloria_frayser https://padlet.com/sarah_sanborn/bfxgy2ou3gs0/wish/234335255 2018-02-22 16:49:22 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_sanborn/bfxgy2ou3gs0/wish/234335255 Founding Father James Madison, though he was not one for open immigration, stated that “America was indebted to emigration for her settlement and prosperity.” alloria_frayser https://padlet.com/sarah_sanborn/bfxgy2ou3gs0/wish/234338527 2018-02-22 16:54:19 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_sanborn/bfxgy2ou3gs0/wish/234338527 Talk about the pros and cons of having a closed border alloria_frayser https://padlet.com/sarah_sanborn/bfxgy2ou3gs0/wish/234338850 2018-02-22 16:54:49 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_sanborn/bfxgy2ou3gs0/wish/234338850 Are you racist if you are against immigration? alloria_frayser https://padlet.com/sarah_sanborn/bfxgy2ou3gs0/wish/234339698 2018-02-22 16:56:09 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_sanborn/bfxgy2ou3gs0/wish/234339698 Who gets to be an American? alloria_frayser https://padlet.com/sarah_sanborn/bfxgy2ou3gs0/wish/234340660 2018-02-22 16:57:28 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_sanborn/bfxgy2ou3gs0/wish/234340660 What makes someone an American? alloria_frayser https://padlet.com/sarah_sanborn/bfxgy2ou3gs0/wish/234340796 2018-02-22 16:57:39 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_sanborn/bfxgy2ou3gs0/wish/234340796 Do you believe that our current immigration policy is helping or hurting the economy? christopher_singleton1 https://padlet.com/sarah_sanborn/bfxgy2ou3gs0/wish/234407486 2018-02-22 18:38:10 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_sanborn/bfxgy2ou3gs0/wish/234407486 Former Supreme Court Justice, Louis D. Brandeis, said, “The only title in our democracy superior to that of President is the title of citizen.” sarah_sanborn https://padlet.com/sarah_sanborn/bfxgy2ou3gs0/wish/234567186 Do you agree or disagree? ]]> 2018-02-23 03:39:02 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_sanborn/bfxgy2ou3gs0/wish/234567186 Did you know according to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, someone is an American Citizen if they were born on American owned soil or if one or both of their parents is a citizen. If one is not born a citizen, they go through a process referred to as naturalization. sarah_sanborn https://padlet.com/sarah_sanborn/bfxgy2ou3gs0/wish/234567500 2018-02-23 03:41:46 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_sanborn/bfxgy2ou3gs0/wish/234567500 In 1798, The Alien and Sedition Acts made deportation legal for the first time. sarah_sanborn https://padlet.com/sarah_sanborn/bfxgy2ou3gs0/wish/234567803 2018-02-23 03:44:29 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_sanborn/bfxgy2ou3gs0/wish/234567803 In his book, Mass Immigration and the National Interest, Vernon Briggs Jr., labor economist at Cornell University says, “the longer it [immigration] is allowed to function as a political policy, the worse are the economic prospects for blacks.” sarah_sanborn https://padlet.com/sarah_sanborn/bfxgy2ou3gs0/wish/234567997 Unfortunately in the U.S., African Americans tend to be a the back of hiring lines. This is an unpopular point of discourse in the immigration debate that should be considered more carefully. ]]> 2018-02-23 03:46:16 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_sanborn/bfxgy2ou3gs0/wish/234567997 According to the Migration Policy Institute, the U.S. has welcomed around 15,000 Syrian refugees due to the country's violent civil war. The conflict in Syria has displaced 11 million people. sarah_sanborn https://padlet.com/sarah_sanborn/bfxgy2ou3gs0/wish/234568756 2018-02-23 03:52:59 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_sanborn/bfxgy2ou3gs0/wish/234568756 Should the U.S. be doing more to help those affected by the Syrian Refugee Crisis? sarah_sanborn https://padlet.com/sarah_sanborn/bfxgy2ou3gs0/wish/234569329 2018-02-23 03:58:00 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_sanborn/bfxgy2ou3gs0/wish/234569329 Is it better to invite people in the country with a chance they might be harmful? Or is safety more important than humanitarianism? sarah_sanborn https://padlet.com/sarah_sanborn/bfxgy2ou3gs0/wish/234569391 2018-02-23 03:58:40 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_sanborn/bfxgy2ou3gs0/wish/234569391 Does the U.S. have a responsibility to help those outside its boarder? Why or why not? sarah_sanborn https://padlet.com/sarah_sanborn/bfxgy2ou3gs0/wish/234569549 2018-02-23 04:00:11 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_sanborn/bfxgy2ou3gs0/wish/234569549 The creator of Yahoo was an immigrant from Taiwan! sarah_sanborn https://padlet.com/sarah_sanborn/bfxgy2ou3gs0/wish/234570275 2018-02-23 04:07:44 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_sanborn/bfxgy2ou3gs0/wish/234570275 Why do you think immigration is such a heavily debated topic? sarah_sanborn https://padlet.com/sarah_sanborn/bfxgy2ou3gs0/wish/234570564 2018-02-23 04:10:49 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_sanborn/bfxgy2ou3gs0/wish/234570564 The "brain drain" is a major concern when immigration is addressed. Many worry the U.S. is depleting developing nations of their resources and leaders by accepting them. Other argue that these group wouldn't have the opportunity to reach their potential if they weren't in America. What do you think? sarah_sanborn https://padlet.com/sarah_sanborn/bfxgy2ou3gs0/wish/234570794 2018-02-23 04:13:33 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_sanborn/bfxgy2ou3gs0/wish/234570794