QUESTION 1 economic pressures; social networks and connections between migrant sending and receiving countries; immigration policies; and cultural perceptions people in developing countries have about immigration and immigrant receiving countries. Indicate which of these you believe is the most important and second most important factors and explain why.

QUESTION 2 administration. You have been asked to prepare a brief report for the President outlining what type of immigration admissions and control policies he should adopt in order to provide the U.S. economy with the immigrant labor it needs and reduce illegal immigration. Based on what you have learned in this class, what mix of immigration policies would you recommend and why?

There are four important factors that cause international migration flows: You are the newly appointed immigration advisor to the Obama

QUESTION 3 negative socioeconomic consequences for unskilled immigrants or vice versa? Think not just in terms of the wages immigrants receive, but also the type of jobs they do, the labor they provide, their long-term socioeconomic mobility, and how they are treated/perceived by mainstream American society (you do not have to necessarily focus on all these issues). This question is asking you to weigh the pros and cons of immigration for the immigrants themselves, not for American society.

Do the positive economic consequences of immigration outweigh its QUESTION 4 instance, the belief that immigration is bad for the American economy and that illegal immigration is out of control? (it may be useful to briefly refer to the course material on the economics of immigration and immigration policy) You can also consider whether it makes sense that certain segments of the American population are more anti-immigrant than others. Do you think negative public opinion toward immigrants is justified, for