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Should Illegal Immigrants be Legalized, 2001.
The arguments for and against legalization of foreign illegal workers.
1,100 words (approx. 4.4 pages), 0 sources, AU$ 55.95
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This paper discusses the pros and cons of legalizing the mostly Mexican illegal immigrants currently working in the United States. It begins by laying out the hardships at present which those working and trying to gain legal citizenship face and the burdens to the U.S. economy. This is followed by a well composed argument for legalization, include points such as; the need for agricultural workers, reduced border patrol and increased taxation.
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?The issue of the legalization of illegal Mexican immigrants now living in the United States has long been controversial. Opponent's feel legalizing the immigrants will take away jobs from U.S. citizens, and that it sends the wrong message to the thousands of immigrants who entered the country through the proper legal channels. ABC News reports "'This is a kick in the teeth to the thousands of individuals across the world who are legally attempting to enter the United States,' said Rep. Tom Tancredo, R-Colo., chairman of the Congressional Immigration Reform Caucus. 'Instead, the U.S. is saying, "Why wait? Sneak on in! Whether you enter illegally or not, you will be a resident or citizen in no time." The first lesson these new residents will learn about the U.S. is it is OK to break the law.'"
"Current estimates show at least 4 million undocumented workers live in the U. S. About one-quarter of them live in California, and most of them are Mexicans. Mexican immigrants have received amnesty before. ABC News reports, "The last time the United States granted amnesty to illegal immigrants was in 1986, when President Ronald Reagan signed a law that eventually resulted in the regularization of about 2.7 million people, mostly Mexican immigrants in California."?
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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$ 57.95
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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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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$ 57.95
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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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Illegal Immigration and the Economy, 2008.
This paper argues for the legalization of immigrants in the US and an elimination of the illegal labor market.
1,912 words (approx. 7.6 pages), 8 sources, MLA, AU$ 88.95
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The paper maintains that it is more beneficial to raise the rights of present immigrants so legal citizens of the United States can compete with them for employment opportunities rather than devoting taxpayer dollars to enforcing immigration laws which will be broken. The paper relates that this would be a big blow to businesses, many of which thrive upon the availability of cheap illegal labor. The paper argues, however, that it would help the working class and aid in narrowing the ever-growing gap between the rich and the poor in the United States.
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"Since the New World was first discovered, there has been an enormous influx of people from various parts of the world and differing cultures who have wished to resettle in what is now the United States. Of course, these immigrants have historically arrived in the United States in waves, with different portions of the globe and different ethnicities being represented in each individual wave. Yet, one characteristic that has remained constant over the history of immigration in the United States is the general apprehensiveness with which new immigrants have been welcomed by the established culture and society. Although the issue of immigration amnesty has been debated for centuries, it still remains one of the most hotly contested and influential topics in modern public debate. Significant problems with the current laws surrounding illegal immigration and amnesty still exist."
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Immigration and the Economy, 2007.
An in-depth analysis of the economic impact of legal and illegal immigrants on the United States.
4,455 words (approx. 17.8 pages), 6 sources, APA, AU$ 168.95
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The paper examines the reasons behind immigration and who these immigrants generally are. The paper researches the costs and gains to the economy that are involved. The paper shows how in recent times the gulf between the benefits and the costs brought upon by immigration is only widening, due to the larger number of unqualified people coming into the United States. The paper also notes that intelligent, skilled individuals are not attracted so much any more by the opportunities they have in the United States. The paper suggests two possibilities for change in immigration patterns.
Outline:
Why Do People Migrate?
Who are the Immigrants?
The Economic Perspective
What are the Costs of Immigration?
Where Do They Come From?
Conclusion
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"The main reason determining people to immigrate to the United States of America is the hope of economic gain, better living conditions for themselves and, often, the chance to help their families from home."
"A large number of immigrants form the so-called "brain drain", that is very smart and well educated individuals with a lot of potential that are either employed by large American companies or are offered academic scholarships and, then, are employed."
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Driver's License to Illegal Immigrants, 2008.
This paper discusses the controversial issue of issuing illegal immigrants with a legal driving license and looks at Senate Bill 1160.
7,563 words (approx. 30.3 pages), 20 sources, MLA, AU$ 239.95
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In this article, the writer notes that there are more than 2.2 undocumented illegal immigrant drivers in California. The writer points out that they rallied with law enforcers, insurance companies and the religious sector in support of Senate Bill 1160 or the Immigrant Responsibility and Security Act. The writer explains that signed into law, this bill would allow undocumented immigrants to apply for a driver's license. The bill, authored by Senator Gil Cedillo, would allow illegal immigrants to secure a license by presenting a valid passport or identification issued by the consulate of the immigrant's country of origin. The writer discusses the arguments for and against such a bill. The writer mentions the belief that the bill would increase public safety, enhance a sense of responsibility and citizenship, and intensify homeland security by requiring applicants to undergo a criminal background check by the FBI against the terrorism watch list. The writer also explains that, according to surveys, 66% of non-Hispanic whites opposed the bill. This group believed that the bill would condone and encourage the violation of federal immigration law and induce and facilitate the commission of more crimes.
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Background Information
Deal or No Deal?
A Driver's License and the National Security
Action and Inaction
32% of Them in California
A Majority of Non-White Population in 2010
More Arguments For and Against
ITIN Issue and Other Issues in Kansas
Group Lobbies for Immigrant Rights in Kansas
Driving Permit for Utah Immigrants
Related Bills
Confusing and Self-Serving
What California Residents Feel
Other Group Reactions to the Grant of Drivers' Licenses
Sensenbrenner's Concessions
Standardizing Drivers' Licenses
For Tighter Measures ...
Asking for Just a Little Bit
The Case of Wisconsin
DMV Workers' License Scam
Hazmat Licenses
National Driver's License Draws Criticisms
Should or Shouldn't Illegal Aliens Be Issued Drivers' Licenses?
Arguments in Favor of Granting Drivers' Licenses to Illegal Aliens
Arguments Against
Suggested Solutions
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"Cedillo claimed that he had an agreement with the Governor that the latter would help pass a new law with additional security features, but that there would be no identifying markers for illegal immigrants. The Governor denied making any agreement with Cedillo. Instead, he maintained that markers were necessary for homeland security and to prevent terrorists from using a license to open a back account or enroll in flight schools. The license bill supporters argued that banks and airlines already accept consular identification cards. Many law enforcement leaders also claimed that a driver's license would enable them to track down illegal immigrants and that this would tend to result in fewer uninsured drivers and hit-and-run accidents. Conservative Republicans, however, countered that illegal immigrants had violated the law and must, therefore, be punished for it, not rewarded. They had begun taking steps towards a constitutional amendment, which would prohibit the grant of driver's licenses to illegal residents. They also worked for support for this initiative from voters in the March 2006 elections. Likewise, they accused the Governor of double dealing by requiring a marker but trying to keep the sympathy of Latinos."
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Immigrants Contribution, 2002.
Argument that the US was founded by immigrants, built by immigrants and flourishes because of immigrants.
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A paper discussing the advantages and disadvantages of immigration in the United States, from the standpoint of constitutional, legal, cultural, and economic factors.
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Immigration Control, 1997.
Examines economic, social, legal, political and ethical issues of the debate on legal and illegal immigration. Discusses its background from 1921, 1990s state and federal proposals, social services, assimilation and jobs.
4,275 words (approx. 17.1 pages), 17 sources, AU$ 195.95
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"Research Question
Immigration, both legal and illegal, has risen near the top of the national public agenda in the 1990s. Immigration was, for example, a major issue in the 1996 presidential campaign, and is now the subject of major reform bills in Congress. But, the emergence of this issue was not a spontaneous event. Immigration control, and the treatment of immigrants once they arrive in the United States, reached this level on the public agenda through a combination of efforts by politicians and policy entrepreneurs.
Immigration control has always been a significant public issue, but, in recent decades, it has not been a particularly high-priority item. The current concerns over limiting immigration contrast strongly, for example, with the 1990 Immigration Act, which increased annual immigration levels ..."
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Immigrants: We Want Them!, 2007.
This paper discusses the issue of immigration and its positive effects on America's economy.
1,657 words (approx. 6.6 pages), 7 sources, MLA, AU$ 77.95
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This paper presents the argument that passing a new immigration bill will benefit the nation's economy. The writer explores the current issues regarding the immigration bills and explores the possibility of introducing laws that will make it easier for immigrants to reside and work in America legally. The writer details the benefits that the nation will have, including a wider tax base, a better handle on terrorism and a recourse for the importation of illegal drugs. The paper maintains that the time has come to legalize the illegal immigrants who qualify, deport those who do not and reap the benefits of the billions of dollars that such a move will make for the United States' economic status.
Outline:
Introduction
Positive Benefit
Blueprints
Opposition
Drugs and Terrorism
Conclusion
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"In one study it was determined that while Americans may be paying more in taxes because of the number of immigrants who are here, the overall U.S. economy has benefited from the immigrants by as much as $10 billion a year(Serrin pp). The study was conducted by the National Research Council. According to those involved with the study owners and customers of the restaurant industry, the textile industry and agriculture, and hirers of domestic help are the primary benefactors of the immigrants, both legal and illegal in nature(Serrin pp)."
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Canadian Black Immigrants and Inequality, 2008.
This paper discusses black immigrants, Canadian immigration policy
and the related inequality.
1,976 words (approx. 7.9 pages), 5 sources, MLA, AU$ 90.95
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In this article the writer discusses that the patterns of immigration by blacks, and especially black women, over this century demonstrate discriminatory and preventive measures by the Canadian government. The paper relates that this pattern is best understood through the structural functional perspective because immigration policy is designed to ensure that Canadian society is of a certain type. The writer explains that the Canadian government permits certain quotas of immigrants into the country at specific times for labor needs. However, it also carefully controls immigration and prevents family formation. This paper argues that the intention of the Canadian government is and always has been to ensure that blacks and people of color would never be a dominant group and have access to power in the country.
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"Immigration policy provided a means to cope with labour shortages while it also defined what is meant by a suitable permanent citizen. That definition was determined by race, ethnicity, class, and also by gender. Black women from the Caribbean were in the worst position. Black workers received half the pay for performing the same work as whites. For domestic workers, conditions went beyond discrimination since they had to endure intolerable conditions of no free time, unpaid overtime, and had to live in. The live-in requirement guaranteed that the women could not form families."
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First, Second and Third Generation Immigrants, 2006.
A discussion regarding communications breakdown between first generation immigrants and later immigrant generations.
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This paper discusses the predictions of changes coming to the Hispanic community which are based on the birth-rate of second and third generation immigrants currently outstripping the entrance of first generation immigrants from Spanish speaking countries. According to the paper, this shift will create dramatic changes as the new generations attempt to communicate their differences in values and perspectives as their language and cultural values shift from those of their parents' or grandparents' countries to those of the United States. The changes, although perhaps less pronounced due to the United States relatively new "salad bowl" perspective on culture, will be both sweeping and inevitable.
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"The Hispanic community in the United States is changing. This change is not a result of any outside forces; rather, it is coming from within the Hispanic community itself. The change was inevitable, coming from the growth of the community over time. With this change come the inevitable difficulties between generations, only exacerbated by a new language and a new culture--and even a new way of thinking. The Hispanic community is changing because the population of "second generation" immigrants, the children of people who came to the United States, is overtaking the number of Hispanic people coming into the country. "
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Driver?s Licenses for Immigrants, 2004.
This paper discusses the pros and cons of laws to grant driver?s licenses to all immigrants, regardless of their immigration status.
1,045 words (approx. 4.2 pages), 5 sources, MLA, AU$ 52.95
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This paper explains that the current licensing procedures are compromised by loopholes and fraud, placing the public at a security risk. The author points out that law enforcement officers express a strong need to ensure safety on public roads by licensing all drivers, regardless of the legality of their residence. The paper concludes that, given the reality that a license is now much more than a license to drive, both the Driver?s License Integrity Act and the Visa and License Integrity Act would best serve the need of lawful aliens and temporary visitors, while guarding against abuse from potential wrongdoers.
Table of Contents
Obtaining a Driver?s Licenses
License to Drive
Arguments against Licensing
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"Rep. Jeff Flake of Arizona has also sponsored the Visa and License Integrity Act. This bill will prevent federal government agencies from accepting licenses as identification documents issued by states that do not tie license expiration to the expiration of an alien's visa. Flake believes that these bills are "common sense, cost-effective ways to address this problem without placing additional burdens on U.S. citizens. Both bills are currently being debated in their appropriate committees."
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Poverty among Immigrants, 2006.
This paper examines the reasons for the gap between U.S. born Americans, who appear to enjoy a higher standard of living, and non-U.S. born citizens, who appear to have a lower standard of living.
2,895 words (approx. 11.6 pages), 13 sources, MLA, AU$ 123.95
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This paper explains that some of the reasons for the differences in earning power of immigrant population are directly related to their academic level and language skills; as these immigrants gain new qualifications and their language skills, their statuses improve and they come out of the poverty trap. The author points out that immigrants also send some of their earnings to their home country to support their extended families thus reducing their own standards of living in United States. The paper concludes that immigrant poverty is unusually limited to the first generation immigrants because, within 20 years of immigration, the differences between non-U.S. born and U.S. born Americans disappear and these immigrants become a part of the U.S. society with fewer links abroad. The paper excludes illegal aliens from the analysis.
Table of Contents
Reason for Poverty among Immigrants
Language Difficulties
Remittances to Home Countries
Drugs Abuse by Immigrants
Unemployment among Immigrants
Discrimination against Immigrants
Education Level of Immigrants
Conclusions
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"The Office of Scientific and Engineering Professionals (OSEP) report stated that [OSEP. 1988] proportion of foreign assistant professors of engineering younger than age 35 has increased from 10 percent in 1972 to over 50 percent during the period 1983-1985. About two-thirds of the postdoctoral university appointees are not U.S. citizens, and about 60 percent of foreign students obtaining Ph.D. degrees in the United States remain here. The OSEP however complains that large number of these engineers come from countries where the language and cultural backgrounds are likely to be significantly different from those of most native-born Americans."
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Post-War Eastern European Immigrants, 2001.
This paper examines the influx of Eastern European immigrants to the United States especially after the Second World War. It discusses three major immigrant groups - Poles, Czechs and Russians and also discusses Americans' attitudes towards these groups.
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This paper examines the influx of Eastern European immigrants to the United States especially after the Second World War. It discusses three major immigrant groups - Poles, Czechs and Russians and also discusses Americans' attitudes towards these groups.
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"Established Americans often look down on new immigrants. The cultural habits of immigrants are frequently targets of criticism, especially when the new arrivals come from a different country than those in the established community. This is true despite the fact that so much of what we have accomplished as a nation has been due to the contributions of recent immigrants who have been willing to work as hard as they can to make a better life for themselves and their families ? and alon the way for the rest of the country as well."
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Immigrants in Urban America, 2005.
This paper reviews John Bodnar's book "The Transplanted--A History of Immigrants in Urban America", which offers a new perspective on immigration and American social history after 1930.
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This paper explains that John Bodnar's book "The Transplanted--A History of Immigrants in Urban America" expresses a new and creative analysis of the common experience of mostly European immigrants who underwent the transition from being rural dwellers in Europe to city-living in the United States and concludes that these immigrants maintained a separate identity in their national traditions. The author points out that the book pictures the living conditions and political atmosphere in immigrants' country of origin, with special emphasis on those factors that spurred emigration, by using vivid descriptions of life and famine and poverty in Ireland, privations occasioned by World War I in Germany, anti-Jewish persecution in Eastern Europe and fascism in Italy. The paper concludes that the book provides information in both an overview format and ethnic group specific information; however, only two non-European ethnic groups are dealt with and there is a large quantity of examples and interpretations which sometimes makes the book difficult to read.
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"The book describes how early immigrants, with much needed industrial skills and arriving mostly from northern and Western Europe, were welcomed. However, the later immigrants arriving from southern and Eastern Europe, the focus of the book, were not welcomed by the "native born" Americans. These immigrants lacked skills and good breeding and came at a time when a large influx of unskilled labor was no longer a xenophobia (fear of strangers or aliens) that saw their way of life being threatened by the constant arrival of new immigrants with different values and ideas. These Americans saw their job security challenged by immigrants that were willing to accept lower wages to secure jobs."
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Immigrants and United States Military Service, 2006.
A discussion regarding the issue of immigrants and the US military.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 5 sources, AU$ 38.95
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This paper discusses the issue of immigration, a subject of contention since European settlers stepped foot on the soil of North American shores. Currently, immigration is at the forefront of the American news, particularly in terms of the role of the illegal immigrant in society. However, many Americans are unclear as to where even legal immigrants "fit" in American society. The paper further discusses how even in today's society, the general public lacks clear understanding of what non-naturalized immigrants can or should do in terms of the military, whether at home or overseas. If immigration is not new to this country, neither are immigrants in the military.
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