Discussion Questions
- Describe what challenges and opportunities immigration presents to a country.
- What comparisons and contrasts can be drawn among the immigration history and policies of Israel, Western Europe, Brazil, and the U.S.?
- In what ways, if any, is immigration a threat to the national identities of Western European states?
- How would you recommend revising U.S. immigration policies?
- How could countries use predictors of an immigrant’s success in acculturation in immigration policies or in facilitating acculturation?
- Should immigrants be encouraged or mandated to give up their home cultures and learn and participate in their new country’s culture?