 Take out your article from yesterday and answer the following using the article as a reference:  1. What is the Naturalization Act?  2. What is the Chinese Exclusion Act?  3. What is a “quota system”?

 allows U.S citizens to bring certain family members to the United States.  There are 480,000 family-based visas available every year for  spouses of U.S. citizens  unmarried minor children of U.S. citizens (under 21 years old)  parents of U.S. citizens (Petitioner must be at least 21 years old to petition for a parent.) Preferences for  adult children (married and unmarried)  and brothers and sisters of U.S. citizens.  (Petitioner must be at least 21 years old  to petition for a sibling.)  spouses and unmarried children (minor and adult) of LPRs

 There are 20 types of visas for temporary nonimmigrant workers.  Most of the temporary work visas are for highly skilled workers.

Permanent Employment-Based Preference System Preference CategoryEligibilityYearly # Limit Total Employment-Based Immigrants 140,000 1 “Persons of extraordinary ability” in the arts, science, education, business, or athletics; professors and researchers, some multinational executives. 40,000* 2 Members of the professions holding advanced degrees, or persons of exceptional abilities in the arts, science, or business. 40,000** 3 Skilled shortage workers with at least two years of training or experience, professionals with college degrees, or “other” workers for unskilled labor that is not temporary or seasonal. 40,000*** Other” unskilled laborers - 5,000 4 Certain “special immigrants” including religious workers, employees of U.S. foreign service posts, former U.S. government employees and other classes of aliens. 10,000 5 Persons will invest $500,000 to $1 million in a job-creating enterprise that employs at least 10 full time U.S. workers. 10,000

 Refugees (0-5)  A person who cannot live in their home country due to war, persecution, or natural disaster.  The reason for their persecution is related to their race, religion, nationality, membership in a social group, or political opinion.  Asylum (0-5)  The protection granted by a nation to someone who has left their native country as a political refugee.

 (Refugees must obtain permission before they enter America, Asylees apply for asylum once they have already been in America. They do not have to be legal to apply- they can apply voluntarily or defensively)  The US admits up to 80,000 refugees a year. There is no limit on asylees, but the numbers tend to be ,000. Africa15,500 East Asia17,000 Europe and Central Asia 2,500 Latin America/Caribbea n 5,000 Near East/South Asia 35,000 Unallocated Reserve 5,000 TOTAL80,000 Refugee Numbers allocated by region in 2010

Answer the following questions with the person next to you. 1) How are refugees and asylum seekers different from the larger immigrant population? 2) Who determines whether someone is refugee? An asylum seeker? 3) How are these two categories different? 4) From what countries or places do Refugees and Asylum seekers come from? 5) What do you think would cause someone to be eligible for refugee status?

 Temporary Protected Status (TPS) is granted to people who are in the US but cannot return to their home country because of “natural disaster,” “ongoing armed conflict,” etc. TPS is granted for 5, 12, or 18 months.  Deferred Enforced Departure provides protection from deportation for individuals whose home countries are unstable, therefore making return dangerous..  The Diversity Visa Lottery  50,000 available visas randomly given per year  Applicants must be from a country with less than 50,000 immigrants in the last 5 years.  must have a high school education (or its equivalent) or have, within the past five years, a minimum of two years experience working in a profession requiring at least two years of training or experience

 In order to qualify for U.S. citizenship:  must have had LPR status (a green card) for at least 5 years (or 3 years if he obtained his green card through a U.S. citizen spouse or through the Violence Against Women Act, VAWA).  must be at least 18 years old  demonstrate continuous residency  demonstrate “good moral character”  pass English and U.S. history and civics exams  pay an application fee ($680)

1. What are 3 ways immigrants can legally stay in the US? 2. What is a refugeee? What is asylum? 3. Do you think America should cap the number of refugees and asylum seekers?

 Immigration  Liberal Support legal immigration. Support amnesty for those who enter the U.S. illegally (undocumented immigrants). Also believe that undocumented immigrants have a right to: -- all educational and health benefits that citizens receive (financial aid, welfare, social security and medicaid), regardless of legal status. -- the same rights as American citizens. It is unfair to arrest millions of undocumented immigrants.  Conservative Support legal immigration only. Oppose amnesty for those who enter the U.S. illegally (illegal immigrants). Those who break the law by entering the U.S. illegally do not have the same rights as those who obey the law and enter legally. The borders should be secured before addressing the problem of the illegal immigrants currently in the country. The Federal Government should secure the borders and enforce current immigration law.