Policy Debate: Our government detains over 230,000 people a year – more than triple the number of people in detention just nine years ago. The annual cost to the government is $1.2 billion.
Surveys show that Hispanics by a large margin believe that immigrants have to speak English to be a part of American society and even more so that English should be taught to the children of immigrants.
The stories of migrant workers who are brought to the United States from Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras to plant trees, thin forests and apply herbicides for timber contractors.
