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Task 2: View Slides and Immigration Reform and Control Act Video
1. What is amnesty?
2. What did the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 do?
3. Which region do the highest percentage of immigrants come from today? Which country?
Task 3: Textbook
Read: 1018-1019 Recent Immigration
1. What states have the highest populations of foreign-born residents?
2. Where did more than half of new immigrants come from in the 1990s?
3. How did Reagans amnesty program affect the problem of undocumented aliens?
3. Explain the point of view of the two sides in the immigration debate:
a. Why do some people favor stronger immigration laws/more deportations?
2. The climate and geography of Minnesota is extremely different than Somali. So why have so
many Somalis settled in Minnesota?
3. What are some of the contributions of Somalis to Minnesotas neighborhoods and cities?
4. Compare the Place of Origin of Minnesota and the United States immigrants.