Friday, September 7, 2012

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We have a really busy

day.

Citizenship Review

•I need you to raise your hand. Please do not call out the answers.

•1. Define naturalization

•2. Is the process easy or difficult? Give an example.

•3. How many years must an immigrant or refugee be a permanent resident before they can qualify for citizenship?

•4. Approximately how many pages is the application (N-400)?

•5. What may happen if an applicant gives misinformation or damning information on the N-400?

•6. Approximately how much does the application process cost?

•7. What percent of the civics test must they get right in order to pass?

• Take out your citizenship and naturalization worksheet from yesterday.

• Citizenship just the facts.pdf

My goal for us for the remainder of the class period:• To analyze and understand the differing

perspectives of immigration policy

Ground Rules:

•Controversial and passion-filled topic

•HOWEVER, a high level of respect to the learning environment and to each other must be maintained at all time.

What I need from you:

• Attention – no side chatter• Open-mindedness• Participation• To be willing to grapple with a hard topic

and to be willing to respectfully challenge your peers’ thinking

•You will be divided into two groups:•Obama’s plan – meet by my desk•AZ v US – meet in the back corner by the whiteboard

What you need to accomplish:

• 1. Clear up any confusion/questions• 2. Discuss the “meat” of your reading:• What happened?• Who is involved?• What is the impact?• What are the pros/cons to your issue?

• 3. Discuss your opinions• 4. Become an expert because you will be divided

up again and will be sharing with the other group.

8 minutes

Number off by 4

•30 seconds to get to your correct spot.

Your task:

• 1. Become experts on both articles because I will be calling on random people to share.• 2. Clear up any confusion/questions• 3. Discuss the “meat”• What happened?• Who is involved?• What is the impact?• What are pros/cons to your issue?

• 4. Take notes on unfamiliar content, as this will help you on your essay on Tuesday.

10 minutes

DREAM ActUndocumented Shadows - A Dream Act Infographic - YouTube

Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors

First introduced in 2001

•Bipartisan proposal•Meant to deal with a serious issue the United States is facing•A large and growing population of undocumented students and workers

•This bill would deal with that

It has been changed and defeated several times, but in a nutshell:

•Would offer conditional residency (need permanent to gain citizenship) to undocumented individuals who arrived in the US before the age of 15.• Individuals must be between the ages

of 12-29 at the time the law goes into effect.

•Be of good moral character• Show proof of residency (they have

lived here five consecutive years since their arrival)•Have graduated from an American HS,

got a GED, or been admitted to college or Tech school.

During this 6 year conditional probation time

•Undocumented students must:•A. Graduate from a two-year

community college. OR•B. Complete at least two years of a

four-year degree. OR•C. Serve two years in the US military

•After meeting one of those three conditions, they could apply for permanent residency, which would lead to the possibility of citizenship

Opponents of the bill:

•This is amnesty. What is amnesty?

•An act of forgiveness for past offenses

•What is the offense undocumented students are “guilty” of?

• Romney- I would veto the DREAM Act - YouTube

•Obama’s Plan – how does it compare to the DREAM Act?

Obama’s Policy• Obama's Dream Act Amnesty Stabs Americans in the Back - Yo

uTube

•AZ v United States•What can you tell us?

How do the three branches of government impact immigration

policy?• Executive Branch • Homeland Security – deportations• Legislative Branch• Pass immigration legislation (laws –

DREAM Act)• Judicial Branch• Interpret whether certain laws violate

the constitution (AZ v US)