Name: ___________________________________________ Mod: ________

Date: _______ / ________ / 2011 U6.LP4: Immigration

Objective: Students will analyze facts on immigration and Arizona’s Senate Bill 1070 in order to write a
persuasive letter to the Governor of Arizona and President Obama.

_____ 1. Political Parties
_____ 2. Polling
_____ 3. Interest Groups
_____ 4. Primary Election
_____ 5. General Election
_____ 6. Third Parties
Warm-Up
A. A time when voters choose the president, for example.
B. Provides a different opinion
C. Gathering opinions of voters
D. A group of people who believe similar things and try to get
their candidates elected to government positions.
E. A time when voters chose the candidate to represent their
party in the next level
F. MADD for example, tries to influence the public and legislators
to support their opinions.

COPY DOWN THE FRAYER MODEL THAT IS ON THE BOARD.

Frayer Model
Definition: Characteristics:

Immigration
Examples: Non-examples:
 Introduction to New Material
Main Points Supporting Details
# FACTS AND FIGURES PRO or CON?
At the current level of 1.5 million immigrants per year, America’s population of 306 million is set to increase to over 700
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million people by 2100. Source: http://www.cis.org/EnvironmentalArgument
The IRS estimated that from 1996 to 2003 it received "almost $50 billion" in federal income taxes from people using
Individual Taxpayer Identification Numbers (ITINs). They said that "many illegal aliens" as well as others ineligible to
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receive Social Security numbers contributed to this figure.
Source: http://immigration.procon.org/view.resource.php?resourceID=000843
Immigrants do send money to family members, making it possible for more people to stay in their home countries rather
3 than migrating to the United States. Importantly, sending remittances home does not keep immigrants from spending
money in the United States. Source: http://www.aclu.org/immigrants-rights/immigration-myths-and-facts
According to a 2000 report prepared for the U.S. Department of Justice, immigrants maintain low crime rates even when
4 faced with adverse social conditions such as low income and low levels of education. Source:
http://www.aclu.org/immigrants-rights/immigration-myths-and-facts
2008 population studies indicated that 40% of all US brickmason, blockmason, and stonemason positions are held by
5 unauthorized immigrants, as are 31% of roofer positions, 28% of dishwasher positions, and 21% of parking lot attendant
positions. Source: http://immigration.procon.org/view.resource.php?resourceID=000843
Within ten years or arrival, more than 75% of immigrants speak English well.
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Source: www.immigrationforum.org/images/uploads/MythsandFacts.pdf
FAIR estimates there are between 10-12 million illegal aliens residing in the country in 2005. According to the Census
7 Bureau, there were an estimated 8.7 million illegal aliens living in the United States in 2000.
Source: http://www.fairus.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=16661&security=1601&news_iv_ctrl=1007
According to a study in 1996 of the costs of illegal immigration by Rice Univ. economist, Dr. Donald Huddle, illegal aliens
8 were displacing roughly 730,000 American workers every year, at a cost of about $4.3 billion a year,
Source: http://www.fairus.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=16661&security=1601&news_iv_ctrl=1007
40 tunnels and subterranean passages were discovered under the US-Mexico border from Sep. 11, 2001 to Mar. 16, 2006.
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Source: http://immigration.procon.org/view.resource.php?resourceID=000843
10 The number of native born women who gave birth in 2009: 3,398,4000 // The number of foreign born women who gave
birth in 2009: 873,078 Source: http://pewhispanic.org/factsheets/factsheet.php?FactsheetID=69
Percent of total USA residents that are foreign born in 2009: 12.5% //Percent of total USA residents that are foreign
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born in 2010: 11.1% Source: http://pewhispanic.org/factsheets/factsheet.php?FactsheetID=69
There are approximately 460,000 illegal immigrants in Arizona (out of 6,595,778), the border is porous, drug-trafficking
is rampant, and the police have lost significant credibility as they have turned a blind eye to the laws on the books. It is
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easy, therefore, for supporters of Arizona’s law to argue that there is no greater criminal and social issue than illegal
immigration. // Source: http://www.opposingviews.com/i/arizona-s-hard-line-on-immigration-pros-and-cons
 On April 19, 2010, the Arizona state legislature passed Arizona Senate Bill 1070 (SB 1070), the
Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act, and Arizona governor Jan Brewer signed
the bill into law on April 23. The act, which provides for broader policing of illegal immigration by
state and local law enforcement in Arizona, ignited a firestorm of controversy in the wake of its
passage. As written, the new law would require police to check a person’s citizenship or immigration
Firestorm: a chaotic scene
status at the time of a traffic stop, detention, arrest, or other police action if there is reasonable
Concurrently: at the same time
suspicion that the person is not a U.S. citizen or legal immigrant. The bill would concurrently make it
Provoked: started
a state crime for an immigrant to be without papers indicating legal immigration status, and the
1 Infringement: actively breaking
absence of those papers would constitute probable cause for arrest. Though the law also included
the terms of an agreement, such
several other provisions that attempt to crack down on illegal immigration in other ways, these
as law
elements provoked the most controversy, as critics charged that they mandate or reinforce racial
Inadequate: not enough
profiling by police and will lead to unconstitutional infringement of the civil rights of many
U.S. citizens. Supporters of the law have claimed that inadequate federal immigration enforcement
has made such state-level measures necessary due to economic and safety concerns associated with
illegal immigrants. 

There has been significant public outcry against SB 1070, particularly by advocacy groups concerned
about the prospect of targeted profiling of Hispanics, and boycotts have been organized in an effort to
economically ostracize Arizona—even the governments of major U.S. cities like Los Angeles and San
Francisco have terminated or stopped pursuing contracts with Arizona-based firms. Legal challenges SB: Senate Bill
to the law on constitutional grounds have also been filed, including a suit brought against the state of Boycotts: purposefully avoiding
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Arizona and Governor Jan Brewer by the United States Department of Justice. On July 28, a day before a business in order to do it harm
SB 1070 would have taken effect, a federal judge struck down certain provisions of the law, including Ostracize: to exclude someone
the mandate for police officers to check the immigration status of anyone lawfully stopped or
detained as well as the requirement that immigrants carry their immigration documents at all times. 

These protests and litigation may be targeted at the new law and Arizona lawmakers, but they have
also reenergized the national debate over immigration reform and drawn attention to a larger
movement taking place in many states to expand upon federal efforts to combat illegal immigration.
In the wake of the failure of the U.S. Congress to enact comprehensive immigration reform in 2007, an
Litigation: lawsuits
increasing number of states have decided to adopt measures that go beyond federal immigration
3 Enact: to make law
enforcement in order to detect and deport illegal immigrants. Though the enactment of SB 1070 may
Deport: send away
have catapulted Arizona to the forefront of this movement, the state is by no means the only
battleground in the ongoing debate over immigration in the United States. 

—Evan Brown