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The Definition of Immigration Essay The definition of immigration has developed to include a profound understanding of migration. Immigration has put an emphasis on the effects of school funding. Evidence suggests that the largest challenge in school funding is the result of increase in migrant children in schools. As a result, as the South Carolina State Superintendent of Instruction a policy must be in place for the anticipated increase of immigrant children. Many South Carolina voters agree that increase immigration has a profound impact on taxpayers. For example, immigrants impose costs on state government by using more in government services than they pay in taxes (Huddle, 1997). This causes taxes in taxpayers households to soar tremendously. Due to the increase ...show more content... Having this in place will allow direct monitoring of immigrant students expenditure for the school year thus meeting the budget goals of the fiscal year. The operations and planning staff member task would be to offer continuing planning for school districts reducing operation cost and overcrowding in the schools due to the increase in immigration. Lastly, I would have the educational policy staff member to create learning communities for immigrants and their families as well as support services in the community. Having this in place would eventually lessen the language barrier between the home and school and allow meaningful opportunities to play a part in their children's education . Due to the lack of funding caused by the recession, I would tell parents, voters, and members of the General Assembly the same thing that I tell my senior–level staff. I would focus on the immigration policy and its effect on educators as well as meeting the educational needs of immigrants in the schools and communities. I would emphasize heavily to the General Assembly of South Carolina the importance of providing funding to schools so that all schools can provided certified English as a Second Language (ESOL) teachers who will be able to offer an adequate education to the immigrant students. An important idea that was raised in the article that is likely to impact the future of South Carolina's system of public education is school finance. According to DeParle (2010), Get more content on StudyHub.Vip

Essay on Immigration Experience Immigration Experience HIS/120 Immigration Experience Dear Journal, There are many reasons why my family decided to leave their homes in Italy and make the move to America. There were many political and religious issues, along with towns and homes being overcrowded. My family were farmers looking for a change and the unification was rural along with the land management was poor. As my family did not have a lot of cash, we could only afford to buy tickets in the cargo area of the ship. The food was horrible as we were sailing to the new land. We ate a lot of potatoes, soup, and left overs. It was food to comfort us but not what I really wanted to eat. ...show more content... There was so many people from different countries wanting the same thing as we did. Ellis Island was covered with long lines of people waiting for inspection. This consisted of examination by a doctor and an interview with an inspector. If a doctor saw you as sick, you would have to stay at Ellis Island until you were well again. While with an inspector, immigrants were expected to answer questions like where they were from, whether they had relatives in America or not, how much money they had, could they read or write in any language, and if they had jobs waiting for them in America or not. Most Italian immigrants had to speak to the inspector through a translator because they did not know any English. I could many Italians "refer to the island as L'Isola delle Lacrime: The Island of Tears" (Grossman, 1993). We were amongst the lucky ones that did not get sick and have to be sent back to or homeland. We only had to wait about twelve hours before being passed and were able to stay and start a new life. While many Italian immigrants scattered across the states, my family felt as if it was in our best interest to stay close. My parents made the decision to stay in New York because they were comfortable here, familiarity, the influence of Catholicism, and thought we had already traveled enough to get here. We lived in a Get more content on StudyHub.Vip

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Immigration in USA Essay The United States of America is the best place for immigration. The history proved that the United States was the dream land, the place of chances. That started when Europeans escaped form their countries because there were no jobs and no safe places to live. America became the best choice for people who were looking for political asylum, jobs, or freedom, but after a few generations something changed the Americans look to immigrants as strangers and they forgot where they are from because America is multicultural place and immigration movement should be understandable, but this is not the case. Governments should develop good laws for immigrants by giving rights to immigrants to stay in America, to protect them, and to allow people who ...show more content... At first the government supported open immigration in the open and settled land, but after the Civil War while, states began to pass their own immigration regulations and immigrating become more difficult. The Supreme Court decided immigration would be under federal jurisdiction in 1875, and Congress created the Department of Immigration in 1891. Since 1900 to 1921, Congress created the "quota system," which gave authorization for a specified number of individuals of all ethnic groups in immigration like most Asian nations (Wellman, Cole). The government has also put provisions designed to encourage migration of certain kinds of workers who have lost the skills from the current population. In 1924, as the fears of the immigrants fleeing from border increased, Congress set up the first Office of border control to watch the immigrants from Canada and Mexico. Immigration numbers decreased significantly around 1925 and 1945 In 1948, Congress made a temporary revision to the immigration policy to allow people displaced by World War II to be in America. in 1952, Congress made the McCarran–Walter Immigration and Nationality law, which officially canceled any remaining limitations on the grounds of race, and immigration to people of any nation. The McCarran– Walter immigration and nationality law improved political growth (Schrag). Therefore, in 1965, Congress abandoned the quota system and the acceptance of immigration, based on the Get more content on StudyHub.Vip

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Migration Essay Migration Migration is one of the most important issues facing international politics today and is becoming more prevalent an issue every year. In 1980 the estimated number of refugees was 8.2m, 1990 – 15m, 1992 – 20m (Castles and Miller, 1993, p 84). In our society there are a lot of preconceptions and prejudices about immigration and its effect: "they are stealing our jobs!" "They are all scroungers" and "we are to generous to them". It can be argued that these all arise from institutions such as the tabloid media and right wing political groups, but also from past Government policy which took ...show more content... One of the most common arguments against immigration is that it puts a strain on government expenditure. Some economists argue that "social capital expenditure on housing and social services for immigrants reduced the capital available for productive investment" (Castles and Miller, 1993, p 76). In Britain, the current media scare is "bogus asylum seekers" and how they are a huge drain on the social services. A quote from the BBC web page sums up the anti immigration feeling in this country: "We are too soft. I'm happy for the government allowing genuine asylum seekers into this country. However something has to be done about the scroungers who think they could make a better life here. There's nothing for them – our classrooms are over–crowded, our hospitals can barely cope and our social services are on the brink of collapse such is the demand for pensions and benefits. It's hard enough making a life for yourself when you live here by right. Simon Skelton, UK" (http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/talking_point). The British National party claim: "The procedure of investigation of ' refugee ' claims, together with the job of Get more content on StudyHub.Vip

The Problem with Immigration Essay examples There are many, many issues when it comes to immigration and migration. Nothing is just black and white, and there is always at least two sides to a story, usually more than that. I'm going to tell my side, or at least the side that I see the most of living in Arizona, a border state to Mexico. Being that the issue of immigration is so broad, I've narrowed it down to the most important question to me, living in the southwest, concerning Mexican/American border issues. Is it the immigrants themselves that are the problem or is it the laws governing immigration? This is a big debate amongst politicians, activists, students, citizens, non–citizens, and everyone in between. I think that the problem ...show more content... Who can argue against the fact that a successful government must be unified in, if nothing else, its communications? However, the debate over the official language spread deep. Remembering the previous paragraph, foreigners will be here no matter what. They are the majority in some communities. This means that there is a whole population of consumers speaking and understanding only a language other than English. Anyone wanting to make a profit in these communities is forced to acknowledge the fact that the language of that community must be accepted. It is just like the rules of supply and demand. There's a tremendous market in many U.S. areas that speaks mainly Spanish, Korean, etc. Particularly, in the southwest, the main foreign language is Spanish. The single largest foreign–language population in the U.S. is Latin Americans, both native born and not. (Sassen p16) It was not until December of 1996 that the Supreme Court agreed to hear Arizonans for Official English v. Arizona. This was on the issue of whether or not government services must be in English.(Clark p56) Now, considering how long the debate has been at hand, wasn't 1996 a little late in the game? Why has it taken so long just to get to where we are today with immigration laws (which have improved, but are far from satisfactory.) Using Charles S. Clark's Chronology in The New Immigrants, the period of 1920 to 1950 only housed three significant changes in policy, including the first quotas. Get more content on StudyHub.Vip

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Immigration Essay Sociology immigration happened because individuals were escaping from religious or political persecution. For instance, in the seventeenth century, there was a man known as French Huguenot Protestants who came to UK in order to escape from religious persecution and the Jewish people came in the UK during the Second World War in order for them to sought refuge in Britain. During this same period, there were men and women from commonwealth countries like: Notably India, Pakistan and the Caribbean who came to UK and served in the British armed forces. There were also individuals from Eastern European like: Poland and Czechoslovakia who also came in the UK and served in the British armed forces. In the mid–twentieth century, individuals from former Commonwealth nations were offered what is known as inducements which allows them to emigrate to the UK in order to help find solutions to labour shortage in: public transport, textile industries and health services. Since the European Union has been expanded, the Office of National Statistics Online stated that in 2004, there has been a lot of migration from Eastern Europe. In 2008, there were up to 163,000 people who entered the UK than those who left the UK. (Stretch and Whitehouse, 2010, 2nd ...show more content... However, Emigration is about the movement of individuals from their home country to a different country in order for them to make permanent residence. According to research, they stated that there were lots of emigrant from the UK to enter other countries to start new lives. Whereas, there were less immigrants making new homes in the UK. However, in the early 1930s, there were reverse changes in the UK. Research showed that there were more individuals coming in the UK than those who are leaving the country. Based on this issue, there has been demographic changes in the UK. (Stretch and Whitehouse, 2010, 2nd edition, Get more content on StudyHub.Vip

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Immigration And Immigration The debates over immigration and immigration policy did not develop in recent memory. In fact, one could argue that the debates over this issue date back to antiquity. During Biblical times people did not agree with each other regarding immigration. Even the authors of the Scriptures had different opinions about immigration . Matthew and Paul are two New Testament authors who each discuss the topic of immigration in their writings. Matthew did so in the second chapter of his Gospel, and Paul, in the thirteenth chapter of his letter to the Romans. In the Gospel of Matthew, the author discusses the story of the birth of Jesus Christ. Some people could argue that this story is an argument in favor of lenient immigration policies and international laws, especially those regarding refugees and asylum. Matthew mentions the dream that Joseph had about "an angel of the Lord" (Matthew 2:13) telling him to flee to Egypt with his wife and their new baby because King Herod was searching for baby Jesus in order to kill him since Herod did not want to believe that Jesus was the Messiah. This dream conversation is important because part of the context of Matthew is trying to convince people that Jesus is the Messiah. The UN High Commissioner for Refugees defines a refugee as someone who has "been forced to flee his or her country because of persecution, war, or violence." (UNHCR) An asylum seeker, according to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, is defined as a person who "flees their Get more content on StudyHub.Vip

Immigration Essay Research Paper : Why Immigrants Should Have Better Immigration Process All my life, my mother and father has told me how hard it has been to support our families in Vietnam. The economy from here to there is so horrible that we have to support them. We're always sending at least about a million in Vietnamese money which is equal to about a hundred in American money due to the currency between America and Vietnam. Because of these two reasons, I am in favor of having better immigration process for people who come outside the US. Through out the US, there are many ignorant people out there. Who are only thinking about money and how to make money? While not thinking about how other races has affected our countries. Unknown to ...show more content... Many academics, including the most famous sociologist alive today, William Julius Wilson has proven the fact why many Immigrants work in such low paying jobs in the service sector. Namely because many Native – US born citizen just do not want them. In other words, there is a demand for their labor because low–income Blacks and Latinos frequently won't take those kinds of jobs. In fact, it is proven that Immigrants can actually generate more jobs. Given the fact that, they have revitalize the reproduction of garment manufacturing, shoe manufacturing and even agriculture. Because of all these immigrants taking over what the Native born Us would take, industries like these have actually been recovering from being shut down. Now with new departments and industries being opened, they create many new jobs for the middle range people allowing them to continue on with their own standard way of living (i.e. personal services, in hotels, restaurants, maintenance, cleaning, construction etc.). "Immigrants abuse the welfare system." Now another reason on why many people complain about there being too many immigrants would have to be on the welfare system. After many refugees entered America due to many disasters or even wars, only about 2.5 percent, had actually received public assistance. That's only compared to the 4.2 % of the native born. Refugees who actually Get more content on StudyHub.Vip

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Immigration Issues Essay The United States has long served as a refuge for people who seek to escape hunger, poverty, torture, and the oppression of the human spirit in their own countries. However, the issue of immigration in the United States has become a political flashpoint since the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. The sacralization of the tragedy has served to paint all immigrants with the same fear–ladened brush, and has marginalized and stereotyped an already vulnerable population . Today, more than ever, immigrants in the United States face increasing stressors as they try to assimilate in a politically charged post 9/11 world. To be an effective social worker, immigration issues and multicultural awareness is critical. Mary and Mario, a couple who ...show more content... The journey of many immigrants is characterized by trauma prior to, during, and following migration. They may be escaping hunger, war, poverty, or torture in their native country. The decision to migrate to host country is not an easy one for most immigrants. People leave behind family members, and often risk their lives to cross borders in order to live a life of freedom and opportunity. Immigrants must endure intolerance and suspicion, while navigating the complexities of assimilating to a language and a culture foreign to their own. If the person enters the country without proper documents, they live in constant fear of being detained and deported. Undocumented immigrants may have to accept jobs far below their skill level, and endure blatant discrimination. If Mario is an immigrant, his volatile behavior may be a result of acculturative stress or immigration trauma Immigration trauma has different phases, but generally begins years before the individual leaves the country. The person is usually leaving conditions deemed intolerable; poverty, unemployment, and violence, and fear for one's safety are common. The immigrant then has to endure acculturative stress, the loss of social support, and displacement. A recent study asserts that 11% of all immigrant Latinos reported political violence exposure and 76% described additional lifetime traumas (Foster, 2001). Armed with this knowledge, the clinician assessing Mario and Mary would want to screen Mario for trauma, Get more content on StudyHub.Vip

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Essay About Immigration America is the "Land of Opportunities for the Immigrants" . Across the world , it is perceived as the ideal destination for anyone planning to immigrate or settle abroad–in terms of "Quality of Life" it offers to all its inhabitant . The quality of life or we can say "The American Life" is attracting thousands of people to America every year . The Immigration Scenario in US is largely dominated by Mexicans , Canadians , Caribbean Islanders but now migrants from Asian Countries like China , India , Vietnam , Korea are mastering the trend . According to the stats , nearly 13% of the American population is immigrant or foreign born which is roughly over 40 million people & Asian Immigrants constitute 26% of the total US population . Many Immigrants who have moved to America termed it as the best decision of their of life and these are those who have made good fortunes in America whether in jobs or their businesses . America is one place where immigrants will get their perfect cocktail of freedom , opportunities and money which equates to a elevated life and better living conditions . Many countries from where these migrants are coming from have closed atmosphere with restrictions , poverty , controls , cut throat competitions and work on the survival of the fittest ideology which is making them step out ...show more content... American has always been referred as the "Immigrants Country" and among the US community there is constant recognition of their contribution & role Immigrants play in the Growth of of US Economy and America in General . There is another set of immigrants who restore to illegitimate routes to catch hold of their American Dream and at time people who have migrated under illegal routes have faced many hardship and problems Get more content on StudyHub.Vip

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