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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"U.S. immigration policy"”.
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UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF U.S. IMMIGRATION POLICY: EXPLOITING UNDOCUMENTED MIGRANTS FOR POLITICAL GAIN
The U.S. Congress has not passed significant immigration reform legislation since 1996. Congress’s inaction has enabled presidential administrations to amass power and shape immigration policy according to their political priorities. This thesis explores how political tribalism and ever-changing …
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SHIFTING DREAMS: INTERSECTIONS OF THE RHETORICAL IMAGINATION OF U.S. IMMIGRATION POLICY AND THE WRITING PRACTICES OF DREAMERS
… is at once the most comprehensive progressive immigration legislation and a heavily weighted document that further marginalizes migrants through those four problem areas. I employ various frameworks to examine the intersections between the discriminatory rhetoric of the DREAM Act and the …
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From the Central Kingdom to the Gold Mountain: Chinese Immigration to the United States (1820-1943)
… countries; affected the formation of the U.S. immigration policy, which prompted the Chinese immigrants to use social networks to fight hard against the discriminatory immigration policy and changed the pattern of Chinese immigration. In a word, the penetration of the world capitalist economy …
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Wedding Women to Tradition: The Politics of Marriage in the Indian Diaspora, 1947--2002
… reunification became the cornerstone of U.S. immigration policy. In particular, the migration experience of Indian women was profoundly mediated by marriage and the family, as the majority migrated to the U.S. as wives, daughters, mothers, and sisters. I also explore the greater socio-economic …
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Between Mobility and Stability: Immigration, Free Trade, and Human Rights in the Context of the Latino Immigrant
… the Latino immigrant as a threat; and U.S. immigration policy. I use these respective bodies of literature to guide the discussion of the Latino immigrant experience, from the decision to migrate through settlement in the United States. Using these themes, and tying them in with first hand …
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Polish Immigration to the U.S. since 1980 as a Political Question
The purpose of this thesis is to present the U.S. policy towards Polish immigration to the U.S. during the two decades of 1980's and 1990's and assess its impact and consequences on Polish immigrants. Using primary and secondary sources, this work primarily aims to answer the question whether and …
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The immigration challenge: the use of U.S. Military Force to control illegal immigration from Mexico
Controlling illegal immigration into the United States has become a major issue in U.S. politics. A February 1997 report released by the INS estimates that there are currently 5 million illegal aliens in the United States. In 1986, when the estimated number of illegal aliens was also 5 million …
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The Role of Information and Communication Technology in the Acculturation of Vietnamese Refugees
… by a number of factors. Throughout history, U.S. immigration policy has significantly affected the admission and adaptation of refugees. As shifts in the ideological frameworks, economic demands, and attitudes towards the rest of the world occurred in the twentieth century, which eventually …
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A Somewhat Different Voice: the Usa Patriot Act
… intelligence surveillance, money laundering, and immigration. This thesis will examine the changes that the PATRIOT Act made to Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, addressing the constitutional issues such changes have encountered as well as how the PATRIOT Act has updated the laws to reflect …
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An Inferentially Robust Look at Two Competing Explanations for the Surge in Unauthorized Migration From Central America
… think tanks, and the agencies that work in the immigration and border enforcement realm admit poverty and violence may underlie some decisions to migrate, they instead blame lax U.S. immigration policies, incorrect perceptions of U.S. immigration policy, and the exploitation of immigration …
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The Writing on the Wall: Chinese-American Immigrants' Fight for Equality: 1850-1943
… federal governments, especially with regard to immigration policy. With regard to their figurative exclusion, the Chinese were similarly vehement in their defense. On the walls of the Angel Island barracks, where many of the Chinese immigrants were incarcerated during the Chinese exclusion acts, …
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Impact of Administrative Burdens on Undocumented Youth Access to Higher Education and Benefits from In-State Resident Tuition
… in ISRT requirements reflect states' patterns of immigration, demographics, political (sub) cultures, narratives about the deservingness, organizational factors as well as the discretion that college personnel has in applying the requirements. Findings suggest that factors associated with …