No issue is more hotly contested today than immigration, with restrictionists calling for the deportation of illegals and a 50 percent cut in legal immigration. How many of the reasons against immigration listed below are you familiar with?

In the activity below you will hear a podcast from Reason.com. Listen and fill the empty blanks with the word(s) you hear. As this activity aims to prepare you for a C level listening test, you will have time to play the audio twice before the activity closes. Before doing the listening activity, you may want to do the crossword activity with vocabulary related to this topic. In that case, you will find a link to this post below.
Speak for a minute
- How far do you agree with the podcast?
- Can you compare any of the statements from the podcast to your country?
- In what ways can immigration harm or/and benefit a country?
- Are you an immigrant? Do you have any relatives who were or have been immigrants? What was/is it like for you/them?