Exam 20: The Ethics of Immigration

In 1790, a U.S. law was passed stating the requirements for becoming a naturalized citizen. In order to be eligible for naturalization, each applicant had to be

Most people deported from the United States have committed a crime, which is the reason they are deported.

Undocumented immigrants provide an enormous benefit to the Social Security system because they pay into the system but are unable to receive anything in return.

The federal government refers to someone who has fled from his or her home country and cannot return because he or she has a well-founded fear of persecution based on religion, race, nationality, political opinion, or membership in a particular social group as a(n) ________.

There is universal agreement on all sides of the immigration debate that that the need to preserve a nation's distinctive culture is a good reason to favor closed borders.