Question

Why is illegal immigration a controversial issue
A) People think that the current laws on immigration address the issue well.
B) There are far fewer illegal immigrants each year than naturalized citizens.
C) Americans disagree on whether immigration law should change to address it.
D) Most naturalized citizens first entered the United States as illegal immigrants

Answer 1

Well, if you think about the word controversial, it eliminates one of those for sure and another it probably kills. That would leave you with two to think about. Then, wen you look at those two, one follows the meaning of controversial more than th other. That mekes it the key word.

Answer 2

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/controversial

adjective
1. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of controversy; polemical: a controversial book.
2. subject to controversy; debatable: a controversial decision.
3. given to controversy; disputatious.

Which basically tells you that you need to look at the root... but it is lower on the same page.

controversy
—n , pl -sies
dispute, argument, or debate, esp one concerning a matter about which there is strong disagreement and esp one carried on in public or in the press

[C14: from Latin contrōversia, from contrōversus turned in an opposite direction, from contra- + vertere to turn]

Answer 3

Well, if you think about the word controversial, it eliminates one of those for sure and another it probably kills. That would leave you with two to think about. Then, wen you look at those two, one follows the meaning of controversial more than the other. That mekes it the key word.

Answer 4

Oooh. Even copied my misspelling.

Answer 5

Well i was imagrated from Mexico because i wasnt legal but now i am... so basically illegal immagration is where the russians came to help the americans swim

Answer 6

oh but the answer is C