Argument Essay
Since the Jeremy Adam Smith article was removed from the text, the writing prompt was a s well. Some of you expressed wanted to do that topic anyway. If so, here is the prompt as it appeared in a previous edition of the book:
Immigration also raises issues less sweeping than deporting immigrants without legal status or giving them a path to citizenship. For example, debates at the state and local level have involved such issues as driver's licenses and in-state college tuition for undocumented immigrants and "English only" language policies in government agencies. Choose one such issue, either in your state or locality, and write an essay making an argument about it.