...New Wave Immigrants I find it pretty easy to relate to the immigrants of New York in this time. I am first-generation American, with both of my parents being born in Jamaica as a part of the baby-boomer generation. My grandparents on my father’s side, Gwendolyn and Joshua, moved to Brooklyn, New York in the early 1970s from Clarendon Parish, Jamaica. Together they had brought their seven children to the United States, but never made them citizens, just permanent residences. When they became more comfortable in America, they followed the traditional suburban path and moved to Hartford Connecticut. My dad, Hugh, moved to Connecticut with them for a while, but enjoyed the freedom that the city had to offer, and moved back and met my mom shortly...
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...The Economic Impact of Immigration Within Canada There has been an appeal in immigrating to Canada ever since the early 1800’s, but only in the past seventy years have we seen drastic changes in domestic immigration law and policy. Most notably Canada has received recognition for its Immigration Act of 1976 as well as our current Immigration and Refugee Protection Act from 2002. Canadian immigration is still evolving today and currently Canada is known as a country with a broad immigration policy that is reflected in the countries ethnic diversity. Policy goals, selectivity and trade are three prominent aspects of Canadian immigration that I have found compelling journal articles written on. Although every aspect of immigration has its differences, they all similarly share a united end common goal of further benefiting Canada. Economics is a similarity that plays a large role in each aspect and article, from strategically selecting immigrants that will quickly economically assimilate to using immigration to increase trade flow from foreign countries. Although in contrast – the article that I have found to obtain the most compelling argument on Canadian immigration policy is the one that disagrees with using immigration solely for economic means, it implicitly states that immigration policy should not solely be seen in economic benefits but that it should be seen as primarily a cultural, social and humanitarian policy opposed to an economic one. In the first article I examined...
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...Asians migrated to the United States in two waves of immigration and continue to prosper as they are at the top of the stratification system. The largest ethnic groups to migrate from Asia are Filipinos, Asian Indians and Chinese. The Old Asian Immigration or first wave of Chinese Americans began in the middle 19th Century to the 20th century. Many Chinese immigrants came to the United States because of labor opportunities. The first wave of Chinese immigrants were subject to the Anti-Chinese movement because they were seen a threat to the labor force. They were pushed from place to place and in 1882 the Chinese Exclusion Act was an attempt “to Preclude Chinese immigrants for 10years”, then in 1907 the United States Banned Chinese. The act was then repealed in 1960s. Japanese immigrants like Chinese Immigrants were both part of the first wave of Asian immigration to the United States. Japanese immigrants followed after the Chinese and have many...
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...measures according to the control of the immigration process. However, not all measures aimed at the control of the immigration process are executed fully. Nowadays, almost 23 million people live in Australia; density of the population is about 3 persons per 1 sq. km. Ethnic composition of the Australian population consists of Europeans (mostly Englishmen and Irishmen), which make almost 95 per cent, Asians (including expatriates form Middle East) – 4 per cent, and original residents and residents from Torres Strait – almost 1 per cent (Lowe, 2012). Two-fifths of the modern Australian population consists of immigrants of the first or second generations. The process of immigration is followed by the dramatic changes of the ethnic-demographic structure of the Australian society. Before the Second World War, only expatriates from the Anglo-Saxon cultural space immigrated in Australia, however, after 1945 the situation had changed. The first dramatic immigration wave came from Eastern Europe and Scandinavia; the second wave came from South Europe (in most cases from Italia, Greece, and Malta). The third wave of immigration was caused by the advent of the Labour Party that finished the discriminatory immigration policy and, at first, opened the way for the entry of Vietnamese that rushed into the country after the unification of the South with the North, and then for people from Hong Kong, China, India, the Philippines, and Fiji. Finally, the fourth wave of...
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...Influence on America’s Way of Life To begin, it goes without saying that the topic of immigration in the United States has been a very controversial topic for quite some time. During this week’s readings, I found myself weighing both the pros and the cons of immigration reform and trying to decide which side of the spectrum I fall when considering whether third world immigration is in fact, a threat to America’s way of life. My initial gut reaction was that I would not oppose immigration and do not find it threatening to America’s way of life. This initial decision was conducted before completing the readings and I found my decision was based on the fact that I did not want to be considered a “racist” or discriminatory in any way. Also, as I have mentioned in one of my previous discussions, both my parents immigrated to the United States from Cuba during the “freedom flights” in the mid-sixties. My grandparents brought came to this country along with my parents for opportunity and to escape the tyrannous and communist leader, Fidel Castro who had just taken over. I immediately thought that without immigration, my parents would have never come to this country and who knows, maybe I wouldn’t even exist to write this paper! Then, the words of Peter Brimelow caught my attention in the section of “What About My Grandfather?”, Brimelow writes: “Many Americans have difficulty thinking about immigration restriction because of the lurking fear: This would have kept my grandfather out...but...
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...to take up permanent residence”. Therefore, immigration in Unites States’ history dates all the way back to 1565 and the first European settlement in America or what they deemed as the ‘New World’ at the time. People choose to immigrate to other countries for various reasons, whether it is for safety, a chance at a new life, to experience another culture, or even just for the desire to explore the world. This essay focuses on the broad history of immigration in the United States, the various stakeholders’ in the issue and their stances and arguments, as well as organizing these arguments into different categories. The first wave of migration to hit America was The Great Migration that lasted between 1630 and 1640, a decade in which over twenty thousand Puritans escaped from Britain to America due to the disputes between the Puritans and King Charles I and Parliament. Between the 17th and 18th centuries, hundreds of thousands of immigrants arrived in America in order to colonize, with over half of the immigrants coming as indentured servants to the wealthier colonizers. These immigrants came from all across Europe and were all focused on establishing themselves as early as possible in America and to hopefully become rich and famous. The first stakeholder in the issue of immigration in the United States was the government and in particular, nativists. This is seen when the first law established that limited or restricted immigration to the United States was the Naturalization...
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...States experienced the largest wave of immigration in the American history: the latest figures from the 2000 census reveal that out of a total population of 281.4 million Americans, 31.1 million were born abroad or have parents who were born abroad, 11.3 million more than in 1990 an increase of 57%. Added to this, countless people have entered the U.S. by means paralegals (over 12 million illegal immigrants in the country). No country has yet faced such a pace of immigration. Immigration can be defined as the phenomenon of entry into a host of individuals or non-Aboriginal population of individuals, usually to find a job or with the intention of settling there in the prospect of a better quality of life (Collins English Dictionary , 2012). The history of settlement in the United States is inseparable from that of immigration. The real national minorities are indigenous (Amerindian, Inuit and Aleut). Since the arrival of European settlers in the sixteenth century, more than 50 million immigrants settled in the United States. Vast majority of immigrants came from Europe. First Anglo-Saxon immigration widened in the last quarter of the nineteenth century, the countries of Mediterranean Europe (especially Italy) and Central Europe. More than 23 million immigrants streamed between 1880 and 1920. A new form of immigration developed after the Second World War. It was mostly political refugees from Eastern Europe, and anti-Castro Cubans. Today, immigration comes mainly from third world...
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...Immigration has long been a contentious dilemma around the world. The reason why there are many disputes about immigration is because citizens of each country have various opinions regarding immigrants. The problem that stirs within nations is mistrust of the people. The mistrust factors into the economy and security, whether jobs are distributed to immigrants and citizens fairly or whether immigrants entering the country are actually moving for support or for causing terrorism. For many generations, governments in the United States and in Europe have extended cooperation for immigrants through the political asylum and Schengen Agreement. These proclamations are an extended invitation to those who are in need of a home and protection....
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...Batista could not gain the popularity of the people and was ousted from the government in 1959. (PBS.org) The government than again shifted to a new type of regime and has continued with the same political lens ever since. Switching to socialist fundamentals and following the lead of Fidel Castro, Cuba has and currently is, governed as a single-party state under the Communist party. Now steadily ruled, Cuba prospers in music, food and their plush agriculture. Cuba’s Spanish integrated philosophy creates a unique and passionate society that cannot be found anywhere else around the world. Cuba’s immigration is broken down into four waves of different types of immigrants, immigrating for different reasons and during different time periods. Cuban citizens settling down in the United States started after World War II, when the country became Communist. These immigrants are part of the first wave, and are primarily wealthy, white Cubans that feared that the new...
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...PATHFINDER Immigration into the US in the Early 20th Century A Comparison of European vs. Asian Immigration With a Focus on the Chinese and Irish Experiences Name: Colin McGowan Names of Members in Partnership: Colin McGowan, Kathy Cybulski, Billie Moore, Beth Brickley School / City: Hudson High School / Hudson, Ohio Workshop Location: “Crossing Boundaries” at Kent State University Curriculum / Subject Area: High School Social Studies Grade Level(s) / Intended Audiences: 9th-12th Grades Ohio Academic Content Standards: Social Studies – Grades 9-10 - People In Societies • INTERACTION • Standard 5 (A. Describe the waves of immigration to North America and the areas from which people came in each wave. B. Compare reasons for immigration to North America with the reality immigrants experienced upon arrival.) • DIFFUSION • Standard 9 – Explain the effects of immigration on society in the United States: a. housing, b. political affiliation, c. education system, d. language, e. labor practices, f. religion • GEOGRAPHY • Standard 8 – Explain how colonization, westward expansion, immigration and advances in transportation and communication changed geographic patterns in the United States. • Standard 9 – Analyze the geographic processes that contributed to changes in American society including: a. industrialization and post-industrialization, b. urbanization and suburbanization, c. immigration Specific...
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...and the Dominican Republic. According, to Juan Gonzales the Latino immigration is and will be an unstoppable phenomenon. The 1860 Cuban immigration began as Spain was in control over Cuban territory. Many of these factors instigated Cuban defection from the Spanish Crown. This started from Spain’s taxation towards the wealthy. The US involvement took effect rapidly as most of these merchants and businessmen conducted business in American soil. Many of these individuals instantly were given...
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...Immigration in America AMH 2010 During the Colonial period, the United States experienced successive waves of immigration, particularly from Europe. Many immigrants came to America seeking greater economic opportunity, while others arrived in search of religious freedom. Starting in 1820, some federal records, including ship passenger lists, were kept for immigration purposes, and a gradual increase in immigration was recorded. At the turn of the 19th century, roughly 1790-1830, the population of the US doubled to 10 million people as a result of an increase in reproduction, as immigration had slowed during this time to about 250,000. Then another major wave of immigration occurred from 1815-1865 just after the defeat of Napoleon in 1815. Between 1841 and 1850, immigration nearly tripled again, totaling in 1.7 million immigrants, including at least 781,000 Irish, 435,000 Germans, 267,000 British, and 77,000 French. Bad times and poor conditions in Europe drove people out, while land, relatives, freedom, opportunity, and jobs in the US lured them in. Approximately one-third came from Ireland, which experienced a massive famine in the mid-19th century resulting in 750,000 people who starved to death. In the 1840s, almost half of America’s immigrants were from Ireland alone. Typically penniless, these Irish immigrants settled near their point of arrival in cities along the East Coast such as Boston and Ney York City. Nearly 2 million Irish migrated to the United States during...
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...Project Gangs David Vary Bryant & Stratton College CRJU102 W. Verna 25 July 2013 Introduction This paper is on Gangs. It will include the meaning of gangs both the Federal and State definition. The others areas it will cover will be the History of Gangs, The impact of Gangs, Gang Problems, Drugs and Trafficking, Guns and Violence, and Special gang Units. Federal Definition The federal definition of gangs as used by the DOJ, DHS, and ICE is an association of three or more individuals; whose members collectively identify themselves by adopting a group identity, which they use to create an atmosphere of fear or intimidation, frequently by employing one or more of the following: a common name, slogan, identifying sign, symbol, tattoo, or other physical markings, style or clothing, hairstyle, hand sign, or graffiti; whose purpose is to engage in criminal activity and which uses violence or intimidation to further its criminal objectives. Whose members engage in criminal activity or acts of juvenile delinquency that if committed by an adult would be crimes with the intent to enhance or preserve the association’s power, reputation or economic resources? The association may also possess some of the following characteristics: The members may employ rules for joining and operating within the association. The member may have to meet on a recurring basis. The association may provide physical protection of its member from others. The association may seek to exercise...
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...Immigration Debate BCOM/275 October 21, 2013 Immigration Debate America always was and still is a nation filled with a diverse group of people, many who have come from different countries. There have always been people on both sides of the fence, even back then on the subject, and we still have the same issue today. People have always been coming into the United States throughout history both legally and illegally. The issue has always been a topic of debate; even more so with each passing day. During the 1870s and on up through the 1920s a huge wave of immigration changed our history. Immigrants came from all over the world in search of both new lives and opportunities in what would be a great new land for them. Many came because their countries were so poverty-stricken they needed to start over. Some of the immigrants had difficulty being accepted into American society due to the oppression and hardships challenging their new start. Racial discrimination and rejection were common among new immigrants. The sudden spurt of immigration and the resistance from natives caused suppression imposed by the US government. The 1924 National Origins Acts drastically cut the number of immigrants allowed to come into the country. When this went into effect immigration, mainly from Asia and Southern and Eastern Europe, ended. During the years between the 1880s and 1920s around 25 million people came to the US which caused it to become a huge melting pot, with a variety of...
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...Changing with Immigration Rachel Villarreal Vasquez PPA 604 Urban Planning/Redevelopment Professor; Lum July 12, 2014 Education Changing with Immigration Controversy about changes in our education has surrounded the United States for a number of years. But immigration has changed the way we teach our children in the United States today, in the past, currently and trending we are beginning to cater to our environment. The education in the United States is no longer the leading one in the World. The United States was known for producing the most educated college students placing them in the highest ranked jobs. Yet, personally immigration did affect the way that education was presented to me, my family and my community. A perspective personal journey of the education lived by an American born child to an immigrant Mexican Mother and an Indian Father whose own foundation is built on education which can and will empower millions of children. Free access to education had always been the key to the success of educating men, women and children. Yet, I can still remember the personal experience that left its long lasting effects, as it has for many others equally. The changes that happen from generation to generation as education changed due to the immigration of people into the United States. As presented in the following article, “At the dawn of the twenty-first century, immigrants were coming to the United States in near record numbers, reminiscent of the great waves that engulfed...
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