ProCon’s Immigration Quiz
- Question: Which of the following has been a common component of discussions about U.S. immigration, past and present?
- Answer: The United States is often called “a melting pot” of various ethnicities and “a nation of immigrants.” For millions of immigrants, the immigrant-processing center at Ellis Island, near the Statue of Liberty on Liberty Island in New York Harbor, constituted their first contact with the United States.
- Question: What is “amnesty” in terms of the U.S. immigration debate?
- Answer: Amnesty is a governmental pardon of immigrants in the country illegally.
- Question: What is the difference between immigration and emigration?
- Answer: Both words are key to understanding international migrations: immigration is coming into a country; emigration is leaving a country.
- Question: Which country is “the top destination in the world” for immigrants?
- Answer: The United States, by far, is “the top destination in the world” for immigrants.
- Question: “Give me your tired, your poor, / Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.” Where are these lines found?
- Answer: These lines are from poet Emma Lazarus’s sonnet “The New Colossus” (1883), inscribed on the base of the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor.
- Question: Which U.S. president promised to rid the country of the “worst of the worst illegal alien criminals” who entered the country unchecked during the presidency of his predecessor?
- Answer: A major campaign promise of Donald Trump during his run for reelection in the presidential campaign of 2024 was to rid the country of the “worst of the worst illegal alien criminals” who entered the country unchecked during the presidency of his predecessor, Joe Biden.
- Question: Which of the following is true about the “Dreamers”?
- Answer: All of these are characteristics of the “Dreamers.”
- Question: What does “path to citizenship” in the U.S. immigration debate refer to?
- Answer: “Path to citizenship” refers to a special process by which undocumented immigrants can become U.S. citizens.
