Second Midterm Study Guide

PHL 205 - CONTEMPORARY MORAL ISSUES
SECOND MIDTERM STUDY GUIDE
SPRING 2016
PART 1 PART 2

IMMIGRATION: What are the main planks in Hillary Clinton's and Donald Trump's immigration platforms? How do their approaches compare and contrast? How does immigration figure in the politics of the Democrat and Republican parties? Which two interests in each party combine to look the other way with regard to illegal immigration? How do the Republican party elites and differ from rank and file Republican voters? How does this difference help explain the popularity of Donald Trump?

What is chain migration? What has been the effect of the influx of immigrants from the Middle East in Europe of Middle Eastern and Latino immigrants in the U.S.? How do Latino immigrants compare to the native population in poverty rates, high school and college completion, out of wedlock births, use of welfare benefits and incarceration rates? What book seems to have changed Donald Trump's mind about immigration? How did the San Bernadino massacre represent a failure of immigration policy? What's behind the Syrian refugee crisis? What special worries do people have about Syrian immigrants?

What defines a country? What is government? What does Federal Law say about the employment of unlawful aliens? What obligation do employers have? What is e-verify? What fairness issues does illegal immigration raise for other immigrants? For U.S. citizens? What is the house break-in analogy? What effect does illegal immigration have on Mexico? What is a remittance? How much in remittances does Mexico receive from Mexican nationals? How does this effect the U.S. economy? What effect is the minimum wage likely to have on illegal immigration?

What are the arguments for and against giving driver's licenses and in state college tuition for illegal aliens? What special ethical problems do the children of illegal immigrants pose? What are some arguments for not enforcing America's immigration laws? What is happening to children of unaccompanied minors crossing the Southern border?