Immigration Reform Primer: Part 3
Thompson argued on behalf of the Wagner-Rogers bill, which would have admitted 20,000 Jewish refugee children. During the hearing, Thompson, who had worked in Europe, recalled the disappearance of friends in Vienna – either by suicide, imprisonment, exile or detention in concentration camps, according to a Washington Post account. The bill failed.
3. In 2012, the U.S. set a record for the number of immigrants deported – 419,384, roughly equivalent to the population of the Flint, Mich., metropolitan area. Which of these reflects the country's response:
A) Most Americans view the number of deportations as a good thing.
B) Most Americans view the number of deportations as a bad thing.
C) The public is evenly divided.
