Immigration: Pathway to Citizenship Name:

A. Vocabulary. Select the description that best matches each word or phrase.

____ 1. U.S. Citizenship and A. A travel document issued by the country a

Immigration Services (USCIS) person is traveling to that grants entry to
that country
____ 2. Undocumented B. Someone visiting the United States temporarily

____ 3. Nonimmigrant C. The federal agency that manages lawful

U.S. immigration
____ 4. Green Card D. Someone who illegally entered the U.S. as
a child
____ 5. Lawful Permanent
E. Safety; protection from danger
Resident (LPR)
F. An identification card issued by the USCIS that
____ 6. Visa proves lawful permanent residency
G. Removal from a country
____ 7. Asylum
H. An immigrant with permission to live and work
in the United States
____ 8. Deportation
I. A term used to refer to immigrants living in the
____ 9. DREAMer U.S. without lawful permission

B. Recap. Write a paragraph explaining immigration in the United States. Use at least 6 words from
the list below.

• U.S. Citizenship and

Immigration Services
• Undocumented
• Nonimmigrant
• Green Card
• Lawful Permanent Resident
• Visa
• Asylum
• Diversity Visa Immigrant
Program
• Deportation
• DREAMer
• DACA

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Immigration: Pathway to Citizenship Name:
C. In Conclusion. Think about each statement below. Based on the statement, what can you infer
America values when it comes to immigration policy?

1. Only green card eligible persons may immigrate to the United States.

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2. The U.S. government does not place a limit on visas for U.S. citizens’ spouses, unmarried minor
children, or parents of citizens 21 years of age or older.

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3. To qualify for the DV Lottery, applicants must be from countries that sent less than 50,000 people
to the United States in the past five years.

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4. In most cases, a person must first secure a job offer before immigrating to the U.S. through an
employment-based immigrant visa.

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5. If passed, the DREAM Act would offer DREAMers legal resident status in the U.S.

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Immigration: Pathway to Citizenship Name:
D. Who’s Immigrating? The data below was collected by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
Use the information to answer the questions below.
1. Which green card eligible category received the most
Persons Obtaining Lawful Permanent
applicants?
Resident Status by Type and Major
Class of Admission
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Type and Class __________________________________________

2016
of Admission
Family-sponsored 238,087
2. How many more immigrants became LPRs through
preferences
family ties than employment?
Immediate relatives 566,706
of U.S. citizens __________________________________________
Employment-based 137,893
preferences __________________________________________

Diversity 49,865
3. What percent of immigrants emigrated from Mexico?
Refugees 120,216
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Asylees 37,209
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4. What can you conclude about many of these

immigrants given the information in the Lawful
Permanent Residents Status by Type table?
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Persons Obtaining Lawful __________________________________________

Permanent Resident Status by
Region of Birth
5. How might this data change if America shifted
immigration policy to value employment instead of
Top 5 Countries 2016 family ties?

Mexico 174,534 __________________________________________

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China 81,772

Cuba 66,516 6. Do you think that having family in the United States
should play a part in determining who is allowed to
immigrate to the United States? Why or why not?
India 64,687
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Dominican Republic 61,161
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