Teacher: Mr. DiBennedetto
Course: American Literature
Assignment: Immigration Persuasive Essay
Bar the gate or keep it open.
Write a persuasive essay in which you argue either for, or against, immigration reform in the United States of America.
Find at least three articles on the current immigration debate. Read, highlight and summarize the key arguments made by these articles either for or against immigration reform. Use the information you have gathered to form YOUR OWN OPINION regarding America’s current immigration debate and write a persuasive essay in which you argue either For or Against immigration reform in the U.S.
- You must read at least 3 articles on the current immigration debate.
- You must read articles both for and against immigration reform.
- You must use your articles, and quotations from them as evidence to support your conclusions.
- You must have a sources cited page.
- This essay is a minimum 700 words, typed.
- This essay must conform to the American literature writing requirements. See the Style Guide.
Databases:
Access from Home ->
Liberal:
Brookings Institute: http://www.brookings.edu/metro/immigration.htm
NPR: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5310549
Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/custom/2006/03/31/CU2006033101407.html
Conservative:
Heritage Foundation: http://www.heritage.org/research/immigration/
White house: http://www.whitehouse.gov/infocus/immigration/
Non-Partisan:
Center for Immigration studies: http://www.cis.org/
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