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Asian Immigration, 2002.
An in-depth study of Asian immigration to the United States.
3,030 words (approx. 12.1 pages), 10 sources, MLA, AU$ 143.95
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This paper explores Asian immigration to the United States during the 1970s. It describes the impact Asian immigration had on America since that time, the different Asian groups who arrived and the social and political reasons for their voyage to America. The author writes that Asian immigration to the U.S. began over a century ago, in 1830 Chinese immigrants entered New York, since then Asian immigrants have become one of largest foreign-born groups in America. The paper introduces a Taiwanese immigrant, Wu Hsiung Chu and presents the details of his life in Taiwan and his immigration to the United States of America.
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"Asian people were excluded from entering the United States, until the Immigration Act of 1965. This act allowed immigration from countries such as China, India, Korea, and the Philippines to grow. In addition to the immigration Act of 1965 another law in 1975 created a program of resettlement for refugees fleeing Cambodia and Vietnam. A year later, the program was extended to include Laotians. (People Is Plural)
Vietnamese immigration was slow until 1970 when it began building rapidly through the fall of Saigon in 1975. After that it increase with thousands of Vietnamese were admitted under refugee provisions created in an effort to save a half million South Vietnamese who fled Vietnam in tiny boats. During the highest point of Vietnamese immigration in the mid to late 70s, an average of 120,000 entered Vietnamese people came to the country each year. The Vietnamese American population is the most geographically concentrated among Asian groups. The largest waves of refugees were handled through Camp Pendleton located in Oceanside, California, and most of these Vietnamese immigrants settled in the Westminster area of nearby Orange County. (Parsing Asian America) "
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Asian Immigrants in Hawaii, 2004.
This paper examines the phenomenon of Asian immigrants on the island of Hawaii.
1,354 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 4 sources, MLA, AU$ 73.95
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This paper looks at the history of Asian immigration to Hawaii. It explains the impact of the decisions made by politicians at the end of the 1800s to allow Asian immigrants to migrate to assist with sugar cane farming and in other industries. It examines the social consequences of Asian immigration and looks at the contributions made by this population group.
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"America is said to be a nation of immigrants, and although Hawaii is not part of the upper 48 states, it holds true to this tradition. Hawaii has a very significant Asian immigrant population that has greatly influenced the culture of the islands. "The first Japanese to set foot in North America were sailors. Typhoons, southerly winter winds, and the kuroshio (black current) sometimes pulled Japanese coastal shipping vessels and fishing boats far out into the Pacific Ocean....According to a nineteenth century study, at least sixty Japanese vessels were pulled out into the Pacific Ocean from 1617 to 1875. It can be safely assumed, however, that the overwhelming majority vanished without a trace and their crews perished at sea." (Van Sant, 22) So although there were Asians making journeys to the Americas long before then, the majority of Asian immigrants came to Hawaii during the nineteenth century when plantations were seeking large,cheap work forces and they invited large groups of immigrants to leave their home countries in search of a better lifestyle. These immigrants had a large impact on Hawaii by bringing pieces of their own Asian cultures with them and integrating those into Hawaiian culture."
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Asian Immigrants and Philadelphia, 2004.
Presents a plan for attracting more Asian immigrants to Philadelphia in order to make Philadelphia a fully functioning global player in the business world.
1,081 words (approx. 4.3 pages), 5 sources, APA, AU$ 60.95
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This paper suggests Philadelphia's locally oriented economy is a factor preventing the city from becoming a fully functioning global player in the business world. It suggests that Philadelphia could be aided in its transition from a manufacturing-based economy to a service-based and information technology economy by bringing in more Asian immigrants. The paper notes Philadelphia's low ranking in terms of the percentage of its population that is made up of Asian immigrants, and in particular Korean immigrants, and then presents a plan that would attract more legal Asian immigrants to the city.
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"Just six years ago, in a business research article (Adams, 1997), it was asserted that, in an era of swiftly expanding globalization, Philadelphia is not capable of becoming a fully functioning global player. Indeed, Philly?s ?regional economy is arguably more locally oriented than during its manufacturing heyday,? Adams insists, because you simply can?t export ?services? as well as ?manufactured goods? ? and indeed Philadelphia lost 65% of its manufacturing base between 1970 and 1990. Ms. Adams went on in her article to note that the City of Brotherly Love had recently lost a number of major corporate headquarters to international acquisitions; and that of the 32 seats on the Greater Philadelphia First (GPF) Corporation?s board (in 1997) ? a coalition of chief executive officers of the biggest regional corporations, and other power brokers ? less than half were no longer filled by CEOs, but rather by regional managers."
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Asian Immigration To U.S., 1999.
Examines the ole of global economic restructuring in changing immigration patterns, law and U.S. labor needs.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 5 sources, AU$ 63.95
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"The purpose of this research is to examine factors that led to changes in patterns of Asian American immigration in recent years. The plan of the research will be to set forth the background that makes exploration of these changes relevant and then to discuss the changes in more detail as well as the most important reasons that they came about.
The main factor of change in patterns of Asian immigration to America in the twentieth century can be summed up in two words from the title of the book edited by Ong, Bonacich, and Cheng: global restructuring, specifically shifts in the distribution of industrial priorities and division of labor for the benefit of holders and controllers of capital. Political policies can be seen to have played a role in this process, such as for example the Immigration Act ..."
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Asian-American Immigrants and Gangs, 2006.
A look at why Asian-American immigrants become gang members.
2,533 words (approx. 10.1 pages), 8 sources, MLA, AU$ 122.95
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This paper discusses the problem of Asian-American gangs in the United States and attempts to explain why many Asian youths that have immigrated to the United States become gang members. The paper looks at the socio-economic reasons and the cultural reasons as well as the Asian mentality that makes gang life appear attractive to Asian youth and then takes a look at certain aspects of gang life including attitudes, subcultures and fighting between different Asian groups.
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"When one wonders why Asian-American young people become gang members, they might want to listen to Vietnamese observer Le Xuan Kho. He suggests that Asian-Americans refugees share a common tendency, after coming to America. They like, he says, to cluster together and form community organizations. "[This] can be traced back to a traditional pattern common to all agrarian societies in Southeast Asia," Le says. (Cassidy)"
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Asian Women Immigrants, 22.
This paper takes a look at two generations of Asian women worker immigrants to America.
1,100 words (approx. 4.4 pages), 4 sources, MLA, AU$ 62.95
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An examination of the social issues created by the influx of immigrant workers with a special focus on female workers from Asian countries. This paper looks at how these women have to fight for recognition on a number of fronts - being Asian, being immigrants and especially being women. The writer looks at two generations of these workers and asks if their personal attitudes have changed and whether society's attitudes have changed towards them, as well.
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"With the high level of susceptibility to gender and minority issue, Asian women immigrants have to cope with more challenge than their male fellows do. As immigrants, they need enough fortitude to get along with their new community besides fulfilling personal dreams.
"The problem of discrimination has been continuing since the first group came in America in the middle of 19th century. The earlier generation mainly worked as labors, domestic helpers, even prostitutes. The industrialization era commenced in America in 1870 had attracted mass movements of migrants from other countries and built long establishment after that."
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The Experiences of Asian-American Immigrants, 2007.
An analysis of the experiences, as an Asian-American, of the character of Jing-Mei Woo in Amy Tan's novel "The Joy Luck Club".
1,659 words (approx. 6.6 pages), 6 sources, MLA, AU$ 86.95
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This paper discusses the complex character of Jing-Mei Woo in Amy Tan's novel "The Joy Luck Club". It describes her experiences as a second-generation Asian-American and how she is caught between the Asian world and the Western world. The paper argues that Jing-Mei's difficulties are common to many Asian-Americans and Asian-American immigrants.
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"Note that in both of these examples, there is no talk of assimilation. Rather, the goal is to retain an Asian identity, while at the same time adopting aspects of the American culture that are seen as desirable, and as congruent with an Asian identity. This seems to be a goal for many Asian-American immigrants. It certainly seems to be a goal that Suyuan sets for Jing-Mei. After all, she both reminds her that she will always be Chinese, while at the same time exhorting her to excel in the ways of the Americans. The latter is unrealistic, as she takes it to extremes. It is left to Jing-Mei to figure out what is possible for her in her new culture, and what is not. However, to do so she also has to get in touch with her Chinese roots - as she does by visiting her sisters."
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Asian Immigrants, 2002.
Discusses racial discrimination.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 6 sources, AU$ 76.95
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Discusses racial discrimination. U.S. policies that institutionalized discrimination toward Asians in the 19th and 20th Centuries. Chinese immigrants in California. Need for cheap, immigrant labor. The Chinese Exclusion Act & its repeal. Internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II. Post WWII immigration reform policies. Increase in Asians immigrating to the U.S. after 1965.
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"Unlike European immigrants, Asian immigrants have been victimized by U.S. policies that allowed the institutionalization of racial discrimination. During the 1870's, 70,000 Chinese found their way to the US because of economic distress and dislocation on the Mainland, a figure which rose to over 100,000 in the 1880's. Racism against Asians and the fear of competition brought in by foreign workers who were willing to work in unskilled jobs for extremely low wages brought about the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882. This Act made it unlawful for laborers of Chinese descent to enter the US. This prohibition was further enlarged in 1888 to encompass 'all persons of Chinese race' origins.
Large numbers of specific immigrant groups (Mexicans, Haitians) have often lead to resentment and result in calls from ..."
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The Asian-American Immigrant, 2004.
A discussion of the Asian-American culture through a review of their literature.
1,227 words (approx. 4.9 pages), 2 sources, MLA, AU$ 66.95
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This paper analyzes the way the literature of a certain culture portrays that culture. The focus of this paper is on the Asian-American immigrant population. The paper examines and compares two novels written by Asian-Americans, "China Boy" by Gus Lee and "The Hundred Secret Senses" by Amy Tan. The paper contends that the two novels share similarities in setting, the role of multiple languages and the belief in the Chinese spirit world. Nevertheless, the paper points out that these similarities exist only in the most general sense; these three shared themes are dealt with very differently in each book.
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"The United States of America is a country of immigrants. Throughout the history of our nation, people from all over the world have come to the United States. Disparate as their reasons for new so may be, all immigrants had to learn to cope with a similar situation. Living in a new and, to them, foreign nation, the immigrants had to come to terms with both their present and their past and how the two could be integrated. What that de facto meant is that the immigrants and their children had, in order to become successfully a part of the culture of the United State, to reconcile the culture of their homeland with American culture. This reconciliation was often unwilling or forced, and often fraught with problems. Nevertheless, immigrants often wanted to keep part of their old customs, even while adapting to America. In the twentieth century, America has experienced a wave of non-European immigrants."
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Asian Immigrants in America, 2002.
Discusses Chinese immigration to the United States from a historical perspective.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 6 sources, AU$ 71.95
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This paper examines the lives of Chinese Americans within the modern and historical contexts. It looks at the successes of the culture which was once a virtual slave society that was used to build the railroads, mines and farms of the west.
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Asian-Ameican Immigrants, 1997.
Examines the history, legal restriction, prejudice, assimilation, focusing on Japanese & internal migration from cities to suburbs.
2,025 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 10 sources, AU$ 114.95
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"ASIAN AMERICAN MIGRATION FROM CITIES TO SUBURBS
Introduction
This research reviews the migration of Asian Americans from cities to suburbs. While such migration has not been extensive, the process is accelerating in the last decade of the twentieth century. Because Asian Americans are one of the fastest growing population groups in the United States, the extent of Asian American migration within the country is significant to the future demographic character of the country.
Formation of Immigrant Communities in the United States
The formation of ethnic communities of immigrants in the United States has always flown in the face of the so-called melting pot perception of the country. As the new waves of immigrants to the United States began in the mid-1960s from Latin America.."
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Immigration and Anti-Immigrant Fears, 2004.
This paper looks at the role of immigration and anti-immigrant fears in America.
1,130 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 4 sources, AU$ 63.95
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In this article, the writer discusses the role of immigration and anti-immigrant fears in American politics in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The writer looks at the volume and character of immigration and its economic impact. The writer discusses big city machines, Red scare and Palmer raids. Further, the writer examines how immigration became a major factor in American national politics.
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"Immigration developed as a major factor in American politics during the late 19th century, due to the large scale of immigration, the new and more diverse origins of the immigrants and the resulting social and economic tensions. Immigration contributed to the growth of big-city political machines and after World War I fear of immigrant radicals triggered the first great Red scare in American national politics. Thus, immigration and the fear of immigration and immigrants played a major role in ... "
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Immigration and Immigrants, 2002.
This paper discusses identity theory as a concept in sociological theory as related to immigration and immigrants.
1,158 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 5 sources, MLA, AU$ 63.95
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This paper applies the identity theory to the case of immigration in the United States. It asks if the United States should continue to allow Immigrants to enter the U.S. seeking refuge and citizenship, when the nations states are already overly populated? It questions whether immigrants should be allowed to enter the U.S. and work when there are hundreds of citizens and native-born Americans already unemployed and desperately searching for work. It uses these questions as example of the conflicting messages immigrants and their children face in modern day society, and explains how they add to the increasingly complex problem of finding identity in a torn nation.
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"The United States is world known for its ethnic diversity, due in part to the immigration allowed over several years. Many people however, fail to find a means to foster inter-racial and ethnic identities, thus causing much conflict and a lack of a uniform sense of identity. The social issue relates to finding a common identity in a nation of multi-ethnicities. Children of immigrants are now coming of age, and from a social psychological stand will make the most lasting impression on society. The character of society will be shaped by their experiences."
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American Immigration, 2002.
An overview of issues pertaining to American immigration such as illegal immigration and American immigration policy.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 3 sources, AU$ 71.95
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This paper will focus on a series of issues. Initially, the question of illegal immigration and undocumented aliens will be considered. Subsequently, broader reforms to American immigration policy will be considered. Essentially, it will be argued that illegal immigration and the employment of undocumented aliens is a problem that needs to be addressed while the assertion that immigration in general is problematic will be dismissed. America has historically been a nation of immigrants and it can continue to be so. However, illegal entry must be controlled.
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Illegal Immigration, 2008.
Looks at the problem of immigration, especially illegal immigration in the United States.
2,385 words (approx. 9.5 pages), 10 sources, MLA, AU$ 118.95
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This paper argues that immigration has changed the face of America more than any other event in American history. The author points out how immigration, especially illegal immigration, has negatively affected the working lower class. The paper contends that limited immigration is better than completely opening American borders and is better than trying to completely close them. An annotated bibliography is included with the paper.
Outline:
Impact of Illegal Immigration
Political Debates do not include the Real Issues
Difficulty Finding Monetary Assistance
High Cost of Housing
Open Door Borders
Disservice to American Citizens
Education System in a Crisis
Identity Theft and Fake Documentation
Illegal Immigrants and Drug Trafficking
Are the Two Equally Bad?
Mexico Letting Its Citizens Leave with Encouragement
Money for Mexico through Illegal Immigration and Drug Trafficking
Minority Elected Representatives
Between a Rock and a Hard Place
Moral Choices
There are no Easy Solutions
Moral Choices
Exodus of Jobs
Moderation and Fairness
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"Immigrants live differently than American low income families. They house four or five adults in a small apartment and share the rent without concern to cramped living quarters and bleak conditions. Immigrants pool their resources so that they can easily manage the high cost of living in America. As a result, landlords increase the rent because the supply is being filled by immigrants. Low income families who have one or two wage earners with wages of eight, nine or ten dollars find it increasingly difficult to compete with immigrants who have four or five adult incomes contributing."
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Immigration, 2002.
A discussion of the issues of immigration and the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS).
3,327 words (approx. 13.3 pages), 12 sources, MLA, AU$ 153.95
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This paper describes the role of the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) in dealing with immigrants and in particular with the disparities in immigration policy for different groups and the long-term detention of immigrants who have committed no crime. It looks at the current system and its pros and cons as well as providing a literature review and relevant statistics. It examines how the central concern since 9-11 has been that the INS improve their system in order to prevent another terorist attack. It evaluates what improvements to the system are required such as a way to screen applicants more carefully in order to weed out anyone who can be considered a security risk, finding a way to keep track of immigrants once they are admitted and reshaping the system so it puts the security of Americans first and the convenience of the applicants for immigration second.
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"In 1999, the INS deported 62,359 legal permanent immigrants for such crimes, a jump of nearly 75 percent since the laws took effect, and another 72,000 were allowed to leave voluntarily. Some 4,000 of the criminal immigrants being held today are from such countries as Cuba, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos. They are being held as detainees who once committed a crime, not as criminals, and yet they could be serving life sentences, because their countries will not accept them back. They remain behind bars unless granted rare releases on bond. Immigration attorneys say that the Anti Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act and the Immigrant Responsibility Act strip U.S. immigration judges of nearly all the discretion they once had."
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