Essays on US Immigration

  refers to the inclination of a society towards collective life rather than individual life. The term encircles the social networks, associations and ties among the civilians of any country. The more connected to each other a society is, the higher social capital it has. Social capital is an important determinant of a society’s well-being. It includes development of trust and a reciprocal culture among the society. As measures of social capital, Putnam (1995) focuses on membership in associations. His thesis demonstrates the declining trend of membership in US. Subsequent research on the topic reveals that the 9/11 incident actually contributed to ...

There have been several versions of the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act since its first introduction in 2001. For the purposes of this discussion pertaining to whether the DREAM Act is a good idea or not this writer will take into consideration the most recent version, which was rejected by the senate in 2010 December. While the DREAM ACT appears, generally, to be a great idea, the provisions of 2010 legislation can be considered discriminatory in many ways. Considering the idea of providing people classified ‘illegal immigrants’ or undocumented who have entered this country illegally/ legally ...

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Thesis: The present immigration policies of the United States towards education immigration are creating the possibility of racial unrest. With large numbers of Indian and Chinese students coming to the US to study and subsequently get employed, the economic prosperity of these communities is rising, leading to racial antagonism. - Present immigration policies in the United States are allowing students to get admission to universities from countries like China and India in large numbers, and subsequently apply for jobs here. - Baum and Flores have found a definite link between higher education and migration - ...

Immigration Act of 1924

It was a legislation that was supposed to limit the immigration numbers from other areas of the world, and maintain the ideal of American homogeneity. The Immigration Act of 1924 was introduced by Congressman Albert Johnson in the House of Representatives and David Reed in the senate, purposely to regulate the influx of immigrants to the United States. It was also known as the Johnson-Reid Act, enacted with the aim of restricting immigrants from Southern and Eastern Europe, and the complete barring of Japanese from entering the American soil. It was signed into law on May 26 1924; it was ...

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Thesis: The present immigration policies of the United States towards education immigration are creating the possibility of racial unrest. With large numbers of Indian and Chinese students coming to the US to study and subsequently get employed, the economic prosperity of these communities is rising, leading to racial antagonism. - Present immigration policies in the United States are allowing students to get admission to universities from countries like China and India in large numbers, and subsequently apply for jobs here. - Baum and Flores have found a definite link between higher education and migration - ...

Introduction

The issue of immigration has become very controversial in the last two decades. This controversy has come in light of drastic changes and reforms to the nation’s immigration policies from the year 2001 when the 9/11 terrorist attacks happened. The controversy on the issue of immigration reforms has emanated from the fact that there are those in the society who are in favor of the enacted policy reforms while there are those who vehemently oppose the enacted reforms. However, this paper has committed itself not to analyzing this debate or controversy associated with the immigration reform circa 2001, ...

Research question: Has immigration reforms enacted in America since 2001 enhanced the ease or the difficulty of entry into the nation by immigrants, both legal and illegal? Hypothesis: Immigration policy in the United States since 2001, has made it harder for illegal immigrants to enter the nation while it has also at the same time made it harder for legal immigrants to enter due to strict policies and laws. Economically prosperous nations such as the US tend to attract a lot of immigrants who are searching for a better life. Many leave their home countries in droves as they ...

US Immigration Bill: Pros and Cons

Immigration reforms is a political terms used while discussing the immigration policy of a nation. In the United States, immigration reforms are used to promote guest worker legal immigration while taking steps to eliminate illegal immigration. It was during the year 1986, when the Immigration Reform and Control Act made it illegal for the organizations in US to recruit or hire illegal immigrants but the act never worked on existing non-immigrant visa system programme for low skilled work force which allowed around 12 million undocumented work force to enter United States. Since then there has been demand for a strong immigration bill in ...

Introduction

Moving from country to country is an issue that requires profound concern. In order to ensure that immigration is effectively controlled, authorities in a country should focus on proper scrutiny of documents of people aspiring to visit the countries. This is important in that it helps the managements of the country to know the foreigners visiting a country . Within the United States, there is need to tighten security especially currently due to increased insecurity that is manifested by terrorist attacks as evident in many places. This study focuses on addressing the public policy regarding immigration as it is in the context ...

The report by Giovanni Peri on Rationalizing U.S Immigration policy explains the market-based reforms that ought to be implemented in the immigration system to connect employment-based inflows to the labour market. According to Peri (2010) immigrants raise living standards by boosting demand and increasing productivity thereby improving the economy and the well-being of their families. The reforms intend to use market-based auctions to apportion employment-based permits to employers as well as visas to immigrants that have a high chance to contribute to economic growth and, therefore, improve the economy of the US. The government stands to generate revenue and use ...

- Introduction/Abstract There are a number of civil rights laws that might apply to a case like Maria’s, which is a case of subtle bias and discrimination against the only female and Hispanic in a department that is otherwise exclusively white and male, and where the others reacted very negatively to certain ethnic and cultural traits as well as her accent and manner of speaking English. Most important among the laws concerning employment discrimination are the Equal Pay Act of 1963, Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, ...

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Introduction

During the last three administrations of the United States, influx of foreigners has been a priority issue considering that illegal immigrants are posing a threat to the bon fide citizens of the United States. The threat posed by the illegal immigrants is not only connected to security, but also such things as economy and social status. There have been many reforms made with an aim of reconstructing the current situation. The reforms made do not only focus on illegal immigration but rather touch on ...

The material contributes immensely to the topic and subject of discussion. He cites specific examples from Asia (Christopher Columbus), who influenced the pattern of immigration to America. Through his exploration, many, who then landed to America as immigrants, followed him. The professor has emphasized the reasons why many people immigrate. He expound on the idea that “something push or pull them out of their home countries.” For instance, Indians were forced out of some parts of Africa, and they landed in America. In addition, the rise of industrialization in America, in the 19th century, pulled many people (most ...

Determination of hypothesis

Apparently, the most important hypothesis among the three generated assumptions is the one concerned with security. The exact hypothesis is: The U.S. immigration reform policy circa 2001 to present has not improved the security situation. Apparently, the most prominent concern of the U.S government, when designing such legislation as that relating to immigration, is security. The illegal immigrants are generally associated with such evils as drug trafficking, human trafficking as well as terrorism (West & Brookings Institution, 2010). As such, the effectiveness of the U.S. immigration reform policy circa 2001 to present can only be evaluated by the much the ...