...Though there are flaws in laws and the number of Chinese immigrate to America increases, the actions government took early reflect on government’s ignorance of the serious issue. According to DiNitto and Johnson, policymaking involves a combination of processes, identify policy problems, formulate policy proposals, legitimize public policy, implement public policy and evaluate public policy. “Agenda setting” is the first critical step in the policy making process. If a problem wants to get on the agenda, it must catch policymakers’ attention, otherwise, government will not make policy to deal with it. Birthright citizenship has existed for a long time, and birth tourism remains “nonissue”. In other words, increasing illegal Chinese immigration...
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... Mildred, a descendant of Germany, a strong woman and successor. Mildred Schimpf is her full name and she created the reason why I have spent numerous hours going through academic journals to understand what may have been the motive behind her relocation to America. She was a daughter, mother, grandmother, and great grandmother to three generations. She was born in 1919 and passed away in 1997.She lived in Germany in her early childhood and moved to America in 1924. This made her a first generation American ancestor. In essay one, I explained the evolution of my family’s history and why they may have chosen to emigrate to America. Not only did I gather important information from Mildred’s child, Carol, but I also opened doors to new and unknown information through research on Germany. The time period this essay allocates is between 1904 and 1944. The time period that Mildred and her family immigrated to America may have been affected by the events that occurred around that time period. In 1914 World War 1 began. This may have driven the Zambelli family out of Germany. Around this time, Adolf Hitler’s authority sabotages over Germany and becomes a political catastrophe to the German nation. This historical event is explained in Brendan Simms’ scholarly article “Against a ‘world of enemies’: the impact of the First World War on the development of Hitler’s ideology.” Another aspect to look at in germany in the 19th century are the economics and financial placement many Germans...
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...In the short newspaper article, “Immigrate Assimilate” by Amy Chua published on February 3, 2008 in the Seattle Times Opinion is in response to the immigration problems the United States has and how we should solve the issue. She includes Samuel Huntington in her article to help support her ideas because he thinks the future wars will be fought not between countries, but between cultures, and she agrees with what he says. She thinks there is a major issue with the United States and our view on immigration. She thinks we should take it more serious and be accepting of everyone. Chua knows what it is like to be an immigrant because her family arrived to the United States in 1961. She provides examples from other countries of what happens if the...
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...Why did Chinese immigrate to the United States? After civil war had settled down, many immigrants came to America to live from many countries such as Germany, Ireland, and England. There are as many as 12 million immigrants at this time. Regarding Chinese immigration, they immigrated to the United States from 1849 to 1882. Between this period, America had California Gold Rush, which is one of the reasons Chinese people immigrated. Because the Chinese Exclusion Act was taken into practice, no more Chinese people could immigrate to the United States after 1882. Chinese immigration is the divergent point for Chinese’ lives who lived in America. The main reason Chinese immigrants came to America after Civil War was for work. As a consequence, most of the Chinese immigrants were single men. Especially in California, Chinese people arrived. There is the promise of gold in California during 1850s. It was called California gold rush. After they gained money in America, they usually went back to their country. Chinese immigrants began doing their own business such as running restaurant and laundries. In addition, they started their agricultural laborers. Even though the hard work such as transcontinental railroad construction that connects the coast to coast did not give them good pay, they just work for money. There were two large rail road companies in the United States at this time: Central Pacific and Union Pacific. They began competing as soon as congress took the Pacific Railroad...
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...Between the years of 2005-2010 6,721,3701 people were granted legal permanent residency in the United States, on top of that another 6,706,8931* people were admitted here as temporary workers or trainees. With the U.S. experiencing such a large surge in immigration many are concerned about what type of affects such an influx of immigrants will have on our economy and if should we continue to allow so many foreign born people to settle or work here? In an effort to counter these concerns some will argue that immigration actually benefits our economy and therefore we should treat immigration the same as we do international free trade and not limit it. Nevertheless, research has shown that on average when immigration levels are too high the average wage of workers is lowered. Considering the high current unemployment rate not only does this negatively affect native born Americans but also incoming immigrants, thus immigration levels should be reduced. A study done by Harvard Economist George J. Borjas shows that, “immigration lowers the wage of competing workers: a 10 percent increase in supply reduces wages by 3 to 4 percent.”2 According to Borjas this wage decrease can be primarily explained by applying the basic economic theory of supply and demand. This theory states that if the supply of a product increases and demand does not, then the price for that product must decrease as a result. This principle also holds true for labor market as well, if the amount of people able to...
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...English 1A/ Conklin MW 11:00 – 1:00 5/1/08 Illegal Immigration Understanding We read: French President Nicolas Sarkozy says, “America did not say, ‘Come, and everything will be given to you.’” Instead, he said, "Come, and the only limits to what you will be able to achieve will be those of your own courage, your boldness, and your talent” (qtd. in “Speech,” pars.12). Sarkozy is correct about the American ideal, it has driven millions of people here for the past 200 years. because this ideal is what drives millions of people since the first settlers came in 1492 to America. For some immigrants, this drive for a better life is so strong that they risk and sacrifice their lives in their attempts to attain it. For example, some immigrants are willing to come to America illegally. Norbert Santana, a writer for The Orange County Register, writes “the U.S. Bureau of Labor, the Pew Hispanic Center and the Center for Immigration Studies generally agree there are about 12 million unauthorized immigrants in the U.S.” (pars. 18). There is no accurate method of counting how many illegal immigrants actually live in America; however, there are enough here to cause conflicts. Some illegal immigrants come to America for a few years to make money, and then they take their fortunes back home, while others come to live and to raise their families. All of these immigrants are unwelcome by many Americans because they perceive the immigrants illegal entry into the United States (U.S.) as a...
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... In Turkey , brain-drain began 1960s with doctors and engineers among the first group of emigrants. Then scientist began to immigrate other countries too. After many people graduated from university, they immigrate the other countries because of providing the first step for their goals. This is the result of the economic crisis. But at the same time, it damages our country. People are able to immigrate not only other countries but also out of the city. But our government wants to prevent it. To solve this problem, the government should provide high salary, the best job opportunities,better technology for them. Salaries aren’t enough for people who are working in the big company. Although they graduated from the best universities , they couldn’t have good incomes. Because our government can not provide a good salary for them. In this way, they are trying to find a solutions but they can not find anything. So they decide to immigrate to the other countries. They don’t deserve low salaries. Because they will do everything for us and our country. So government should give lots of money to them that they deserved. If we don’t give them a good salary, how can we push them to invent the new things which are buildings e.t.c. If our government provides the best salaries, they don’t want to immigrate to the other countries. People who want to immigrate to the other countries can not find good job. After they have completed their training, they usually expect work(job) should not...
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...Immigration is a very concerning and controversial issue here in the United States. There are many individuals who are in favor of it and many who are not, for several different reasons. I think however that immigration should be strictly monitored for the reason of the events that we have recently experience over the last eleven years, beginning with the World Trade Center tragedy. I believe that individuals should have a right to immigrate if they so choose however I think that it should be for the right reasons. There should not be any such thing as illegal immigration in the United States. While I understand that we have many large borders that would need to be patrolled I think that the mother and father of the eight year old who died in the Boston Marathon bombings would agree that no value can be placed on a life. Taxpayers in America pay hundreds of thousands of dollars each year to the individual who chooses not to work and have seven kids to obtain hundreds of dollars in governmental assistance a month, and that does nothing to keep our nation safe. Therefore in perspective it may be worth the man power and the money to save the lives of the American people. With that being said I believe the only solution to the Indian Question would be to open up immigration completely to all countries around the world. Therefore you would not be considered to be attempting to remove different ethnicities and races of individuals from our country. While I think that the Indian Question...
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...Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status). This is discussed below. Which relatives may I petition for? A U.S. citizen can file a petition for the following relatives: • Husband or wife; • Children, married or unmarried.1 A U.S. citizen who is at least 21 years or older may also petition for the following relatives: • Parents; • Brothers or sisters. When you submit your petition, you are required to provide evidence to prove your relationship to the person for whom you are filing. What does the petition do for my relative? Filing a Form I-130 and proving a qualifying relationship gives your relative a place in line with others waiting to immigrate from the same country or region based on the same type of relationship. When your relative reaches the front of the line, he or she may be eligible to immigrate after passing the required background checks and meeting requirements for admission. For example: You file a petition for your unmarried son over 21 years of age. If we approve it, your petition gives him a place in line with people from the same country category who...
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...Running head: IMMIGRATION 1 Immigration By: Ibrahim Elabani For: Cori Claus Renison University College Writing Skills Level 300 March 2nd, 2015 IMMIGRATION Immigration These days, many individuals who live in developing countries are looking to migrate to developed countries. They would like to ensure a good and safe future not only for themselves, but also for their children. Immigration to developed countries from developing countries is a widespread phenomenon currently to countries such as United States of America, Canada, and Australia. According to Dodamin and LaPorte (2005), “Better standards of living and quality of life, higher salaries, access to advanced technology and more stable political conditions in the developed countries attract talent from less developed areas” (p 487). There are several causes that lead people to leave their lands, such as unstable political issues, poor education systems, and inadequate healthcare systems. 2 Currently, political issues are a major cause of immigration. Many citizens do not have a right of free speech in their countries; for instance, Libya was controlled by a dictatorship that ruled the country for forty-two years, there were limited human rights for Libyan citizens who did not have any freedom of speech during the Gaddafi regime. In 2011 a Libyan Revolution and Civil War took place that lead to the overthrow of the previous dictatorship regime but still did not result in freedom of speech; hence, many Libyan...
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...CheckPoint: Modern Challenges in Immigration • Select an immigrant group from Ch. 4 of the text. • Imagine yourself as a current member of your selected group, and consider the following question: Would I want to immigrate to the United States, and why? Think about what opinion you would have of the immigration process, including naturalization, the costs, fingerprinting, and so forth. • Consider whether the process would seem easy or difficult for you as an immigrant. After you have thought about your answers, proceed to the next step of this CheckPoint. • Post a 200- to 300-word summary that answers all of the following questions: • Should United States government policy favor certain kinds of immigrants? • Should citizenship preference be given to the neediest applicants? The most talented? The most oppressed? The richest? • Should applications from certain countries be given priority? (Feltey, 2006, p. 11) I chose Haitian as my selection for an immigrant group to immigrate to the United States. The reason for choosing to immigrate to this country is to raise a family, receive good education for my children and further my education as well, and have a well paid job to support the family. The quality of life in the United States would be more stable and less fear, than the inferiority life style back in Haiti where there is more violence, instability, limited sources of food and jobs, and death. Being a Haitian immigrant, I would believe...
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...All but one were allowed in the nation. The steps toward the turn of the 20th century were massive economic growth in the United States and massive amounts of people coming in and out of the United States. The United States started to grow in population as the years went on because of the liberties advertised in the United States which started an influx in population and aided in the growth of Chinese immigrants. This eventually built a bond with the U.S. and China until the Panic of 1873, an economic depression that affected the U.S. until 1880. Due to racial discrimination and the melting pots of cultures, races, and religions, Chinese immigration was eventually restricted which made it extremely difficult for Chinese citizens to immigrate to the United States for jobs, which...
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...According to Philip R. Popple and Leslie Leighninger’s “A cultural mosaic”, in other words, is a group of people that emigrate from their native country to a foreign country, and are connected to other nations. In this article, the authors describe a relation between cultures and group of people that immigrate to other country and keep their own tradition. Also, the authors mention that in the United States, many cultures are mixed with each other and generate one nation, in other words are called a melting pot. This article involves an idea of nationality and the relationship between nations. Levine claims that in the United States there is no idea of “melting pot” which means two cultures are related to each other and make a new nation. However,...
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...attired with an enormous range of educational chances. Be its top-class colleges, high schools, universities, professional institution or no matter what, students can get themselves enrolled in any of them in matching with their preferred levels. I believe this is a major factor! In my own case, I preferred to do my doctorate degree in USA and chose a great guide also in control engineering. As most of us like our children to get the best education, we may plan to immigrate to countries in the west, which excel in education with top-ranked Universities, eminent faculty,...
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...Immigration Immigration is the act of moving to reside in another country permanently. People who immigrate is called immigrant or can be considered as permanent resident. In the old days, people immigrate to another country due to many factors such as changing climate, inadequate supply of food and wars. The pace of migration had accelerated since the 18th century due to the involuntary slave trade and then followed by industrialization in the 19th century. But nowadays, there are varies of reason that motivate immigration. In this essay, I will write about the factors that motivate migration and challenges immigrants face in the new country. There are both pull and push factors that motivate migration. According to Lewis (1982),” environmental, economic, political and social problems can be categorized as push factors in migration.” Lack of employment opportunities is one of the main problems in immigration, such as in Indonesia. Indonesia ranks the 4 largest population in the world. With so many competitors to emulate with, it’s difficult to find job. The pays is not good and some are unable to support their family and is forced to be a labor in foreign countries. So, there are many people immigrate to another country hoped to get a job in there and start their new life. In Indonesia, safety is what people fear of. Criminality occurs everywhere, especially in big cities such as Jakarta and Surabaya. In 2011, there were reported 54,799 violent crimes, 64 murders, 68 rapes...
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