SEARCH RESULTS

YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Addressing the Problems of Illegal Immigration

Essays 481 - 510

From Ellis Island to JFK by Nancy Foner, Asians, and Hispanics

from South America and Mexico are not the same. They possess different traditions, religions, social practices and are in essence,...

U.S. Open Borders and Immigration Policy

5,000 people a year, but it resulted in an influx of immigrants. According to Don Barnett, the annual average for refugee immigrat...

Immigration of Mexicans and Italians

amount of concern over Italian immigration today. Italy is a relatively small country that poses no stress to the United States to...

Justice and U.S. Immigration Policy

281 million people in the United States (U.S. Census Bureau Population Distribution, 2002). The population in the Midwest experie...

Mississippi Masala and the Immigration Experience

this Southern town oppose the relationship between a woman of Indian extraction and an African American. In a climatic scene, De...

Civil Liberties, Terrorism, and Immigration Laws

the arrests and the consequent interrogations that they were outraged and told officials that these tactics would not prove to be ...

Early 20th Century American Immigration

Sometimes, however, they were simply viewed as a criminal element or as a political radical (Hay, 2001). Consequently, American i...

Immigration Impact of 1952's McCarran Walter Act

Act of 1952 passed which severely limited the immigration of anyone of colored persuasion to enter the United States. Only those o...

Early 20th Century U.S. Immigration of the Japanese

For the purpose of comparison two articles from vastly different publications were chosen from the extensive list which immediatel...

Immigration and Migration of Chicago Since the Civil War

published in 1929, Charles Edward Merriam observed, "The racial complexity of Chicago is one of the characteristic features of its...

Past and Present Immigration

In eight pages a comparative analysis of past and present immigration issues is presented in a consideration of any changes with v...

Early 20th Century Immigration and American Policy Influences

quoted poem "The New Colossus" as well as inscribed on the base of the Statute of Liberty, American immigration policy in the earl...

Nancy Foner's From Ellis Island to JFK and Thirteen Immigration Questions

there are no two dominant groups among new immigrants to NYC as there was at the beginning of the twentieth century. On the other...

Immigration and Economic Considerations

ideas of Thomas Malthus and his theories on population growth. Then we can apply this to the UK. His theory was based on...

U.S. Migration of Mexicans and Italians

are vast differences. For instance, quotas set had a direct impact on Italians trying to migrate from the southern portion of Ital...

Immigration to Nineteenth Century America in 'The First Great Wave'

of the time were the primary motivators for virtually all of the immigrants to the United States. The example of the Irish serves ...

Post September 11 Immigration Laws of the United States

aftermath of the terrorist attacks has been to cast suspicion on specific groups of people. Civil rights attorneys charge that so...

Immigration Policy Proposal by the G.W. Bush Administration

20). The premise is that both the workers and their employers would benefit from such a policy (p. 20). Cooper (2004) adds that th...

Canada's Economy and Immigrants' Effect

In fourteen pages Canada is examined in terms of its economy and the effects of immigration as a result of its postwar policy. Th...

New Immigration in an Ethnic and Immigrant Working Class Historiographical Context

be a serious threat to the overall social fabric. For nearly as long as man has existed, social intolerance has been driving a we...

U.S. and Immigrants from Haiti

immigrant population - its identity, customs, mannerisms, fears, hopes, desires, troubles and especially its place in the larger "...

America and Spanish Immigrants

such as ceramics, pottery and basket weaving represent an enormous dexterous talent that was instrumental in maintaining the survi...

Cinema and U.S. Immigration

In five pages the film El Norte's portrayal of immigration to the United States is presented in this overview. There is 1 source ...

Immigration Benefits vs Costs

This paper compares and contrasts the positives and negatives of immigration. Economic costs are outlined as are the societal imp...

Native American Cultural Changes

In five pages the increased U.S. immigration and the changes upon the culture of native Americans are examined. One source is lis...

Elian Gonzalez and America's Immigration Policy

This paper examines the immigration policy of the United States in a discussion of the incident involving one of the Cuban boat pe...

Russian Immigrants in Brooklyn

themselves. Finally, the new immigrants seem to be more Russian than Jewish (Barker A01). It is interesting to note that the ear...

Cubans and Mexicans in the United States A Perspective Comparison

In 8 pages the Hispanic conditions as they relate to Cubans and Mexicans are considered first during the 1800s and then in terms o...

New York City's History and Impact of Immigration

parts of the city (1997). Upon arrival, the Jews formed groups and associations (Sarna, 1998). Today, the city has a great many m...

2 Articles on Labor and Immigration Compared

In six pages Lora Jo Foo's article on the necessity for strengthening protective legislation for the immigrant workforce is compar...