Obama and Romney on Immigration
Watch Obama and Romney Debate Each Other's Immigration Policy.
As a supporter of one side of this issue, identify the points made by the presidential candidate that most closely represents your perspective.
Discuss policy changes that you would like to see and why? Would this require change, reform, or termination of current policy?
Policy Termination
Don't Ask Don't Tell (DADT) was a compromise between the Clinton administration and its opponents in Congress and the military. Compromise sometimes yields good policy, but sometimes it produces internally inconsistent and counterproductive policy.
Using DADT as an example, what do you see to be the potential strengths and weaknesses of policy borne of compromise?
The 18-year process of repealing DADT suggests that policy termination can be a lengthy process. Should policies be inherently difficult to terminate, especially those rooted in public attitudes?