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1990-2005 Immigration to the United States

more legal immigrants than all other nations in the world combined."6 Because of this dramatic increase in immigrant population, ...

The Non-Welcoming Canadian Nation

countries have to offer. This fear is one of the factors in the way immigration and national security are linked. Its fair to sa...

Italians, Immigrants, and Culture

p. 187). There are, in fact, several authors including Mead who see the ongoing development of identity as an issue of constructi...

Rhinton Mistry's Tales from Firozsha Baag

himself during this period (Ross, 1999). He began writing soon after his arrival in Canada, and won the "Canadian Fiction Magazin...

Immigrant Population and Narrative Therapy

wants to be counseled but a young counselor finds that she not only is very different from the client who comes from China and bar...

Mukherjee's Jasmine

respect, everything that brought solidity to an individuals life in their former country, has been stripped from them. It is as if...

Pacific Northwest Immigration of Blacks and History Lessons

South in the United States. Although neither Washington, Oregon, nor British Columbia were considered true advocates of slavery, ...

Immigrant Workers who Built the Transcontinental Railroad

This 5 page paper gives an overview of how immigrants helped build the transcontinental railroad. This paper includes explanations...

US Benefits from Immigrants from Mexico

This 6 page paper gives an explanation of how the United States benefits from immigrants from Mexico. This paper includes an annot...

Helping Culturally Different Students

How can educators help immigrant students to succeed in school? This essay reports the key points from a journal article that disc...

Homeland Security and the Unintended Consequences of their Polices and Practices

Any official policy or practice will have both intended and unintended consequences. This paper looks at some of the ways in which...

Self-Evaluation Paper: Diversity Identity

This 4 page paper gives an overview of the authors diversity identity. This paper includes the authors diversity groups such as R...

Mukherjee's Jasmine/Hawthorne's Scarlet Letter

This paper discusses Hawthorne's "Scarlet Letter," but then focuses on Mukherjee's "Jasmine," as a novel that portrays immigrant e...

The Mid Nineteenth Century Prejudice Against Chinese Immigrants

In eight pages this research paper discusses Chinese immigrant discrimination from the 1850s through the 1870s with the assistance...

A Comparison of the Cuban and Puerto Rican Migrations to the US

This paper contends that because Cubans have enjoyed a long residence in South Florida, they have made more social inroads there. ...

Migration of Eastern, Central, and Southern Europe

precedent of open heart/open door mentality, the melting pot is finally boiling over; in fact, it has been overflowing for several...

Mexican Immigrants and Alcohol Counseling

In a paper consisting of seven pages the relevant elements of counseling Mexican immigrants about alcohol dependence and use are d...

San Diego Italian Immigrant Communities Between 1840 and 1950

In twenty five pages this paper discusses Italian immigration and the impact this had on communities like San Diego with a high co...

Boston's Immigrant Newcomers

In six pages this research paper examines Boston and the profound effect 19th century immigrant newcomers had on changing the city...

How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accent by Julia Alvarez and the Themes of Language and Love

In 5 pages the importance of the duality of love and language themes to the immigrants and to the novel as a whole is examined. T...

U.S. Latinos and Issues of Education and Immigration

In eight pages this paper discusses the impact of education and immigrant issues upon the Latino communities in the U.S. Twelve s...

NYC Crime and the Amadou Diallo Case

shooting has disturbed those who believed Diallo had been killed due to the color of his skin and emphasized the uncertainty peopl...

U.S. and Indochinese Immigrants

full-blown conflict which was finally resolved by the defeat of the French army seven and a half years later in May 1954 at Dien B...

Examination of Cultural Assimilation

In five pages assimilation and various cultures are explored in a consideration of immigrants relocating to America that have to a...

The 1965 Immigration Act and Asian Americans

In five pages the effects of this law's passage in terms of the skyrocketing number of Asian immigrants that moved to the United S...

US Health Care and Immigrants

up undocumented immigrants who cross the border. Another twenty-seven million dollars is spent on administering emergency medical...

An Analysis of Verdecchia's Play, Fronteras Americanas

This paper analyzes Guillermo Verdecchia's play, Fronteras Americanas. The author focuses on the immigrant experience and Verdecc...

An Analysis of How I Got That Name

This 5 page essay analyzes the poem by Marilyn Chin. Chin presents an account of the immigrant experience as she experienced it ...

Childcare and Immigrants

childcare provisions. Women in Development programs stress immediate job placement as well as training and education. During the ...

Is It Possible for Biculturalism and Patriotism to Coexist in America?

as well. In todays world, the issue of bi-culturalism and patriotism is an important one - one precipitated by the unrest ...