ProCon’s Immigration Quiz

Question: Which immigration-related act was passed by the U.S. Congress in the late 1700s and used in 2025?

Answer: The Alien Enemies Act of 1798 was used by U.S. Pres. Donald Trump in 2025 to justify his deportation of migrants who entered the country illegally.

Question: What is “amnesty” in terms of the U.S. immigration debate?

Answer: Amnesty is a governmental pardon of immigrants in the country illegally.

Question: Who are the “Dreamers”?

Answer: All of these are characteristics of the “Dreamers.”

Question: Which of the following has been a common component of discussions about U.S. immigration, past and present?

Answer: The United States is often called “a melting pot” of various ethnicities and “a nation of immigrants.” For millions of immigrants, the immigrant-processing center at Ellis Island, near the Statue of Liberty on Liberty Island in New York Harbor, constituted their first contact with the United States.

Question: What is the difference between immigration and emigration?

Answer: Both words are key to understanding international migrations: immigration is coming into a country; emigration is leaving a country.

Question: What does “path to citizenship” in the U.S. immigration debate refer to?

Answer: “Path to citizenship” is a political phrase used by advocates for a special process by which undocumented immigrants can become U.S. citizens.

Question: “Give me your tired, your poor, / Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.” Where are these lines found?

Answer: These lines are from poet Emma Lazarus’s sonnet “The New Colossus” (1883), inscribed on the base of the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor.

Question: Which country is “the top destination in the world” for immigrants?

Answer: The United States, by far, is “the top destination in the world” for immigrants.