Immigration Reform

Article Title: Immigration Reform

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Five things you learned from the article. This is a summary of the main points in the article; please write in your own words. (5 points ___________)

1. Many of the protestors had been mobilized by a Dec. 2005 House bill, since stalled, that would have turned illegal aliens into felons, ineligible for any legal status.

2. More than a million immigrants, primarily Hispanic, staged marches in more than 100 cities.

3. Although President Bush had favored a comprehensive overhaul of immigration laws, including a guest-worker program, Congress proposed legislation favored by conservatives aimed at tightening border security, including a 700-mile fence spanning the Mexican border.

4. The marches also motivated strong anti-immigrant sentiment, propelling a number of state and city governments to enact laws limiting housing, jobs, and medical care for undocumented immigrants.

5. Protestors called for immigration reform, which included allowing America's 11 million undocumented workers the opportunity to work legally and establishing legal procedures that would eventually permit them to gain citizenship.

Discussion of the article (thoughts, feelings, etc.). Do you agree/disagree with the issues the article raises? Is-the— article-biased? Engage actively! Take a side!