1. What famous phrase was first
coined by the author I. Zangwell?
2. When was that?
3. What field of life does this
expression come from?
4. According to the text, are
immigrants heavily involved in crime?
5. According to the opinion of most
Americans, is the USA still a melting pot?
6. For how long has the recent
controversy about illegal immigration been going on?
7. Is President Clinton for or
against strengthening border controls?
8. Who said in the 1920s that most
Italians are murderers?
9. Where did most immigrants come
from before 1960, where now?
10. What, according to most people,
is "good", what "bad" immigration?
11. What do the letters IRCA mean?
12. What was the aim of this 1986
decision?
13. Approximately how many illegal
aliens lived in the USA at that time?
14. What was supposed to happen to
them according to the IRCA?
15. How are employers involved in
the struggle against illegals?
16. Who knows the exact numbers of
illegal immigrants each year?
17. What is the estimated annual
number of illegal immigrants?
18. What is the connection between
illegal immigrants and crime?
19. Will increased prosperity in
other countries reduce the number of immigrants?
20. How does the text characterize
the typical immigrant?
21. What reasons are accepted to
grant an immigration visa?
22. What system was used before
(since 1924)?
23. Immigrants from where were
favoured by that system?
24. What consequences did this have
for refugees from Nazi Germany?
25. Where do about 90 percent of
today's immigrants come from?
26. Which industrialized country
accepts most immigrants?
27. How does the author refute the
thesis that US policy is racist?
28. Seen as percent of the
population, how high is US immigration?
29. What does the expression
"adjusting status" mean?
30. What other possibility of
immigration is often used fraudulently?
31. The author calls US immigration
policy a mixture of altruism and self‑interest. Why?
32. J. Simon and P. Buchanan stand
for two opposing views concerning immigration. Which?
33. How do environmentalists come
into the debate?
34. The text distinguishes three
stages of assimilation problems, what are they?
35. According to US tradition,
which is first, individual or group rights?
36. In what way does
"affirmative action" change this?
1. Why ‑ according to this text
‑ are many Americans worried about immigration (about the numbers of
immigrants as well as the kind of people who are coming)?
2. What are the positive aspects of
immigration described here?
3. This article is not basically a
report, but an argumentative text: Show this by suitable examples (e.g. use of
evaluating language, quotations, etc.). Explain what view of the issue the
author himself favours.