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Immigration and Immigrants Immigrants are individuals who leave their country of origin to settle in another state. For the receiving state, this process is known as immigration, and for the sending state this phenomenon is emigration . For much of...

Immigration is—politically and economically—one of the most controversial policy issues in Western Europe. Originally a diverse continent, Europe is being criticized for closing its doors to new citizens and becoming a...

Demographic movements of people have occurred throughout history, sometimes on a vast scale and over very great distances, but before the development of the nation state only warfare and conquest could exert any control over the phenomenon. From...

The permanent settling of people from other countries. Immigrants take up a new residence to escape the poverty or persecution of their original countries, to increase their personal and ECONOMIC WELFARE in a new country or to join relatives who have...

Immigration refers to the movement of people between one country and another. While human migration has existed throughout human history, immigration implies long-term permanent or forced indefinite residence (and often eventual citizenship) by the...

IMMIGRATION Brooks, Philip Immigration 48 pp. Heinemann LE ISBN 1-4034-3807-2 $27.07 PE ISBN 1-4034-4181-2 $7.95 (5) 4-6 20th Century Perspectives series. Published fall 2003. Crowded double-page spreads address such aspects of immigration as why immigrants left their countries of origin,...

5 Black Leaders Lend Their Voices to the Debate Immigration has been a problem in America since the first European settiers arrived and disrupted the civilizations of the natives they encountered. Enslaved Africans followed shortly and, together with White indentured servants, formed the...

Election 2006 brought a lot of change to American politics, but little has changed on the issue of immigration. Sixty-eight percent (68%) of voters continue to believe that securing the borders is more important than legalizing the status of undocumented workers already in the country....

H-1B Visas: The U.S. is again showing how well it can seal the border against skilled, law-abiding workers who are crucial to its economic future."It's just nuts," says Carl Shusterman, an immigration attorney quoted in the Los Angeles Times. And we couldn't agree more. Shusterman...

In the following essay, Guillaume discusses Henry Mayhew's observations about Jewish immigrants living in London, focusing on issues of labor and trade. Guillaume notes that Mayhew expressed sympathy for the poor “street Jews” in the lower classes and contempt for wealthy Jews whom he considered greedy and selfish.

In the following excerpt, Takaki discusses the manner in which literature depicting stereotypical Chinese laborers influenced American attitudes towards them.

In the following essay, Slatter describes the various roles played by Russian immigrant characters in English fiction, including the oppressed victim, the ideologue, and the heroic adventurer.

“Today, the annual tidal wave of over a million immigrants . . . is endangering our American way of life.” —Americans for Immigration Control “Immigration is not undermining the American experiment; it is an integral part of...

A rhetorical analysis of an opinion article dealing with immigration, written by Tom Buchholtz.

Provides a historical perspective of immigration in America. Details the life of a new immigrant. Discusses the implications of legal and illegal immigration.

Discusses the history of Hispanic immigration to the United States. Describes reasons why immigrants come to America. Provides anecdotal evidence.