Should US officials use deadly force against immigrants throwing rocks? Should the US use tear gas, a chemical weapon under international law, to stop immigrants from crowding/climbing over/under fences at US-Mexican border? Explain your thoughts.

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CHOOSE ONE (1) TOPIC BELOW: (Note: You can certainly answer both, but one of them needs to be 125 minimum word count.)

1) Should US officials use deadly force against immigrants throwing rocks? Should the US use tear gas, a chemical weapon under international law, to stop immigrants from crowding/climbing over/under fences at US-Mexican border? Explain your thoughts.

2) Should “sanctuary cities” (limit cooperation with the national government’s efforts to enforce immigration law) receive penalties and/or receive less preferential treatment in awarding community policing grants than cities that do cooperate with immigration authorities? Explain your thoughts.

3) Do you agree with newer immigration policies: Operation Streamline and Alien Transfer & Exit Program? Comment on both.