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Immigration has been a highly debated topic throughout past centuries. Many, especially those with a political background, debate on whether or not immigration should be allowed in the United States. It is undecided whether or not illegal immigrants should be taken back to their homelands, or be allowed to remain in the country. Many policies and departments exist regarding immigration, whether they are beneficial to immigration or against it, they’re all highly controversial. Programs and Departments There are groups like...
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“We should welcome immigrants, and we should especially open our arms to the children who have grown up here, they are Americans in every sense of the word” (Stein, 2017). Recently American’s have had many different reviews on immigrants since the November elections in 2016, when our president Donald Trump was elected. Our president has put a huge spotlight on immigration, but the role that immigrants play in our country has changed dramatically over the years. The controversy of having...
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I recall boarding an airplane when I was only four years of age in the year nineteen eighty-nine. I had little knowledge as to what was going on. As well as little to no knowledge of any other country other than Cuba. And now I was on my way to the United States through a 45-minute flight. My mother was married to a political prisoner and we were granted a visa to travel to and live in America. The U.S....
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Abstract The research paper examines USA’s immigration reform before and during Donald Trump and makes emphasis on comparison between different approaches by four presidents: Ronald Reagan, George W Bush, Barack Obama and Donald Trump. The contrast demonstrates clear distinction between liberal and conservative policies implemented by the presidents towards immigration. The paper also provides statistical data for determining the flow of immigrants in numbers before and during Trump and makes conclusion based upon the results attained from different point of...
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Many undocumented children feel caught between the generation, belonging to neither the immigrant nor the citizen. They have to deal with the fact that they are not given access to legal services. Undocumented students usually have no role in the decision to come to this country; they are usually brought to this country by their parents or relatives. Many Americans take their rights as citizens for granted, and don’t often stop to think about what their lives would be like...
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Exploitation of workers refers to the action of treating someone unfairly in order to benefit from their work. Exploitation is not voluntary, but rather achieved through threats and acts of violence, hence why it is a violation of human rights. Examples of how migrant workers are exploited include working long hours, not getting the correct wage for which they work, not having safety in the workplace, secure employment, freedom from sexual harassment or being able to speak out the problems...
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With respect to the individual, it has been argued that migration causes many social, psychological and socio-cultural problems on individual migrants. Different studies have showed that migrant returnees report that they seek psychiatric treatments for their mental illness as a result of social isolation and abuses of any kind (Girum 2013). Migrants also return with other health and physiological problems such as kidney infection, HIV/AIDS, physical disability, etc. Furthermore, migration affects individuals socially for example, difficulties of readjustment with family...
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The social condition that I chose to write my paper on is immigration, specifically Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals or DACA. DACA was created under President Obama, however the Trump administration has worked to modify it. Under the new administration new policies for DACA have been created. The current policy under the Trump Administration is that no new DACA applicants are being received. Immigrants who have previously been a part of the DACA program, may apply for renewal. There are...
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According to the participant informants of the study area’s respondents, there is a chronic lack of paid work, specifically for unskilled labour in their settings. Youth unemployment is high in many places. The labour market for young women is often very restricted – invariably more so than for young men. Women are not as highly valued in terms of their labour as men in sectors such as productive business activities such as marketable business activities, investment in mechanized agricultural activities,...
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Pope Francis once said during a visit to the island of Lampedusa “We are a society which has forgotten how to weep, how to experience compassion – ‘suffering with’ others: the globalisation of indifference has taken from us the ability to weep!” (Liaugminas). Pope Francis was bringing to light the issues surrounding the topic of immigration and indifferences and such globalisation of indifference can be seen in the history of Chinese immigration and in contemporary Australia. Such indifferences are the...
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Introduction In 1991 Greece experienced the first waves of immigrants which consisted of a majority Albanians. The flows of albanian immigration were responded by a negative bias and a fear in personal security from the greek people due to the history between the countries. Despite of that the Greek labour market was open for low-paid labour which led to a large number of Albanian workers. A substantial fraction of the Albanian workers were not insured and working illegally​(Drydakis and Vlassis,2010)...
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Ethics are the moral guidelines that recommend people’s behaviors on the concepts of good and bad conduct. It is based on the guidelines of safeguarding the interest of promoting justice and honesty among people (The Law Society n.d.). They help people respond in the correct manner to the moral questions they face. In this case, ethic supports the law because the parents are given justice and also the child is taken back to her natural parents. Firstly, the parents were...
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Outline: Introduction of current statutes of the immigration issue in Europe Different perspectives of justice on the immigration problem Conclusion with personal review and opinion on the immigration issue The immigration issue is a recent issue that brings complicated situations to European countries. Although the EU and European countries are committed to improving European the immigration issue, the future situation is still not clear and guided. With both economic immigration and the arriving asylum immigrants, different European countries face their...
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What are the effects of immigration? The topic I have chosen for writing my individual report is trade and aid specifically about immigration and its long-term effects. Immigration by definition means the act of moving to a foreign country permanently. There are many different views regarding immigration some view it has a responsibility to help their fellow human beings but other think of it as a burden and a threat to their economy. Pakistan is one of main hosts for...
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This essay explained two major reasons for China's internal migration. Firstly, the immature rural infrastructure brings higher costs and inconvenience to local residents, which gives people more incentive to migrate to cities to enjoy a convenient life. From both the perspective of those who need to start a business or labor, there are higher wages and profit in the cities than in the countryside due to the more centralized talent reserve and efficient utilization of resources. CONSEQUENCES OF RURA-URBAN MIGRATION...
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In this Essay I will be comparing and and contrasting our President Donald J. Trump’s approach to previous presidents such as Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama. I have to provide my input on what type of compromise (if any) should be considered between the two political parties to address: the Wall, DACA (Differed Action for Childhood Arrivals), the millions of illegal aliens currently in the U.S., and how to address states and cities that have declared themselves...
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Can you think of a time where you worked hard for something and then suddenly it was ripped away from you. This is what DACA recipients worry about and constantly have on the back of their minds. Just a background, DACA stands for Deferred Action on Childhood Arrivals and it is for individuals who came to America at a young age to pursue a better life. For DACA recipients to feel secure is for the DREAM Act to ultimately be...
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ABSTRACT COVID-19 pandemic collapses the health, economic and the social structure of the entire world. The government of every country is trying to control the pandemic by imposing actions like lockdown, discipline of social distancing, ensure to wear mask, etc. The lockdown affected the daily wage earners as well as migrant workers badly. During lockdown, their handful savings were exhausted and move back to their respective towns. On their way home, they faced many problems like lack of food, water,...
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COVID-19 is the word which has feared the whole world for past few months. The virus which originated in a small city in China has spread to the whole world and affected every single person’s life, the rich as well as the poor. It has brought the ever-busy world to a complete halt. Most of the world countries have started announcing lockdown in their respective countries in order to curb the spread of this pandemic. In India, on 24th March...
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Immigration is embedded in our country's roots, and the history of immigration in our country is long. In today’s society, immigration has become an ethical dilemma and it has developed decades of debate. It is easy for some people to have an issue with immigrants in America, but there’s a part that a lot of people forget about in this world America was formed by immigrants. Immigrants come from every part of the world, there are four types of immigration...
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 Ashima, the Indian mother of the story, is born and raised in Calcutta, West Bengali which she calls home; that is until her arranged marriage with Ashoke Ganguli causes her to travel across the globe to North America and settle in Cambridge, Massachusetts. In the early stages of this transition, Ashima struggles with leaving her entire family behind to now live with a man whom she does not know, in a place that she is unfamiliar with. As she assimilates...
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Eight years ago, former president, Barack Obama, signed the executive order known as DACA, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. It granted “protected status” to immigrants who had arrived in the United States before the age of sixteen, meaning, it allowed immigrants to remain in the U.S. While DACA did offer individuals the opportunity to work, obtain a driver’s license, along with a few other privileges, it did not offer them a pathway to citizenship. It simply meant that they would...
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According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Mexican-Americans are the most rapidly growing population group in the country. The majority of these people are families: parents and school-aged children. It has been shown that ELLs can be expected to have a higher GPA as well as higher test scores when their parents take on an active role in their education (Altschul, 2011). For this reason, teachers of Mexican ELLs need to know how to encourage parents of Mexican ELLs to participate...
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Immigration is a big reason why families are separated. They move to the US or a different country because they feel like their country does not offer good job opportunities. Immigrants also struggle since they are highly discriminated against because of their work ethic. Many people would state that immigrants take job opportunities. The first immigrants migrated to North America and that later became known as the United States. During the last Ice Age, a group of Native American ancestors...
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The upsurge in immigration brought about increasing figures to the United States, which went from 841,000 immigrants in 2000 to a total number of one million legal immigrants by 2001. This number reportedly remained unchanged in 2002, but the total number of immigrants dropped significantly in 2003 to 703,000. This drop was a direct result of the impact of the terrorist attacks of September 2011 and the fear of the loss of safety. In New York, Washington, D.C., and Pennsylvania,...
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The U.S. Supreme Court is currently examining its fundamental status of being a nation built by immigrants while maintaining the laws and ideals it upholds as a democratic nation (Jawetz, 2019). Immigration policy, which is fair to existing citizens, must uphold the rule of law while remaining functional and humane (Shachar, 2011). Upholding the law entails clear procedures and manageable pathways for immigration, yet just punishment for those who violate the laws (Motomura, 2020). The emotional pleas from undocumented young...
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During the presidency of Donald Trump, we have seen many controversial things being said and done. It has been no secret that since the beginning of Trump’s time in office, he and his administration have not let anything get in the way of how they want to aid in making America great again. During this time we have seen a huge division in our country that has affected our society more than we may like to admit. In 2017, Donald...
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I want to begin by thanking you for being a voice and an advocate for many of us who live in Michigan. Your actions show that you want to make Michigan a better place for many. Being the first woman from Michigan to be elected to the United States Senate, you are truly an inspiration to women across the nation who are beginning their careers in politics. In 2012, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) started during the Obama...
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Throughout America’s history, there has never been an African-American president. In the year 2008, America elected its first African-American president Barack Obama. During his two terms as president, Obama passed out many policies hoping to better America’s economy. Of all of those policies, the best policy was the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals or simply “DACA”. Deferred Action for Childhood Action was the best policy because it opened up job opportunities for immigrants, increased labor supply, and boosted the economy's...
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How can we save our unheard minorities, and immigrant population in our schools and urban cities? Today, many of our minority and immigrant population feel that their needs and mental health challenges are not being heard by our government officials. The Dream Act, in 2001 recognizes that individuals brought into the United States illegally as children were innocent of purposefully violating immigration law and were already integrated into the U.S. culture (Issitt, Micah L, 2017). Minority immigrants often believe that...
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