Answering Questions

Gareth Beckham

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The Big Questions

The Election of Donald J. Trump

“Should the

United States build a wall along the Mexican border?”

Module Overview (2 of 2)

Take a Position

Follow Up

Introduction

Throughout the campaign, Donald Trump pledged to build a wall along the southern U.S. border with Mexico and have the Mexican government pay for it. Recent estimates for the construction of the wall range up to $21.6 billion, although Trump has said that he would negotiate to bring the cost down. Mexican president Enrique Peña Nieto has repeatedly denied that Mexico will finance the construction.

Question to consider: Is building a wall between the United States and Mexico good policy, bad policy, both, or neither?

Key Topics (1 of 1)

Politics versus policy

The wall as symbol, metaphor, and slogan

The wall as effective barrier to prevent illegal immigration, drug and human trafficking, and acts of terrorism

The practicalities of wall construction

The history of U.S. immigration policy

Immigration policy under Barack Obama

The political costs of the wall

Key Terms/People (1 of 4)

NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement): Trade pact signed in 1992 that removed trade barriers between the United States, Mexico, and Canada.

net migration: The difference between immigration into and emigration from a nation or other territory. Net migration is positive when the number of entering immigrants exceeds the number of exiting emigrants.

ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement): Agency within the Department of Homeland Security charged with enforcement of federal immigration laws.

Key Terms/People (2 of 4)

Chinese Exclusion Act (1882): Legislation that denied Chinese laborers entry into the United States.

Immigration Act of 1924: Restrictive immigration law that enacted a quota system to limit immigration by nationality, resulting in immigration that overwhelmingly favored northern and western Europeans.

Immigration Act of 1965: Legislation that abolished the national-origins quota system of the 1920s and put emphasis on immigrants seeking to join families in the United States.

Key Terms/People (3 of 4)

protectionism: Anti–free trade policies, usually involving tariffs, subsidies, and quotas, designed to insulate domestic enterprises from foreign competition.

America First: Slogan of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign that troubles some Americans because it invokes the isolationist, nativist, and anti-Semitic sentiments of an earlier time.

executive order: Regulation originating with the executive branch.

Enrique Peña Nieto: President of Mexico who began serving a six-year term in December 2012.

Key Terms/People (4 of 4)

bracero program: Agreement between the United States and Mexico (in effect from the 1940s to the 1960s) authorizing Mexican laborers to work in the United States on a temporary basis.

Operation Wetback: Policy enacted in 1954 to deport undocumented Mexican immigrants.

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