1. Do you agree with Justin Akers that Operation Gatekeeper and similar Border Patrol policies are responsible for the deaths of hundreds of undocumented migrants? Should any of the blame be placed on the immigrants themselves? Why or why not? Use evidence from the viewpoints in defending your answer.
2. Sheila Jackson Lee asserts that “tax-paying, law-abiding” undocumented workers should be granted amnesty so that they can become permanent legal residents of the United States. Why does Robert Byrd object to this proposal? Does his viewpoint effectively refute Lee’s arguments? Explain.