1. Define the following words as used in the article:
-bipartisan (para. 4, 14)
-biometric (para. 3)
-amnesty (par. 15)

2. Name the two senators who have written an immigration reform bill that President Obama supports.

3. List the four key components in the Schumer/Graham bill.

4. What warning did immigration rights advocates give President Obama?

5. What did Rep. Lamar Smith (R.-TX) say about the bill? Be specific.

6. a) What happened when Republican President George W. Bush joined with Democratic leaders to write an immigration reform bill?
b) What did the supporters of that bill conclude?
c) What are Senators Schumer and Graham doing to combat that impression?

7. What will the Graham/Schumer bill require illegal immigrants to do before obtaining citizenship? (list 4)

8. Re-read Congressman Smith's reason for opposing the bill in paragraph 8. Do you agree or disagree with this assertion? Ask a parent, and a grandparent the same question.

9. The bill providing a way for illegal immigrants to gain citizenship is being presented as bipartisan because a Democrat and a Republican are writing it. However, many Republicans and some Democrats oppose it. And in 2007, a bipartisan majority blocked the same type of bill.
a) What do you think the majority of American citizens thinks about amnesty, given the fact that a bipartisan majority blocked the bill?
b) Why do you think the authors of the bill, immigrants rights groups, and the news media in general want it to be viewed as bipartisan?