Examples of illegal immigration in the following topics:
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- Though immigration to the United States has been a major source of economic growth and cultural change throughout American history, the recent discourse surrounding immigration deals mostly with illegal immigration.
- The illegal immigrant population in the United States in 2008 was estimated by the Center for Immigration Studies to be about 11 million people, down from 12.5 million people in 2007.
- According to a Pew Hispanic Center report, in 2005, 56% of illegal immigrants were from Mexico; 22% were from other Latin American countries, primarily from Central America; 13% were from Asia; 6% were from Europe and Canada; and 3% were from Africa and the rest of the world.
- While the majority of illegal immigrants continue to concentrate in places with existing large Hispanic communities, an increasing number of them are settling throughout the rest of the country.
- The challenge of illegal immigration is closely linked with that of border security, the concept of which is related to the persistent threat of terrorism.
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- The illegal immigrant population is estimated to be between 7 and 20 million.
- More than 50% of illegal immigrants are from Mexico.
- While the majority of illegal immigrants continue to concentrate in places with existing large Hispanic communities, illegal immigrants are increasingly settling throughout the rest of the country.
- As a significant percentage of employers are willing to hire illegal immigrants for higher pay than they would typically receive in their former country, illegal immigrants have prime motivation to cross borders.
- Discuss the history and status of immigration (both legal and illegal) and the workforce in the United States
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- While the majority of illegal immigrants continue to concentrate in places with existing large Hispanic communities, illegal immigrants are increasingly settling throughout the rest of the country.
- Between 7 million and 20 million illegal immigrants are estimated to be living in the United States.
- The majority of these illegal immigrants are from Mexico.
- An estimated 14 million people live in families in which the head of household or the spouse is an illegal immigrant.
- Describe the nature and scope of illegal immigration in the United States
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- Immigration is also widely used to describe proposals to increase legal immigration while decreasing illegal immigration, such as the guest worker proposal supported by George W.
- Proponents of greater immigration enforcement argue that illegal immigrants cost taxpayers an estimated $338.3 billion dollars.
- The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 made it illegal to hire or recruit illegal immigrants.
- In 2009, services provided to illegal immigrants, including incarceration, cost the state of Arizona an estimated $2.7 billion.
- The Arizona immigration law directs law enforcement officials to ask for immigration papers on a reasonable suspicion that a person might be an illegal immigrant.
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- Immigration is also widely used to describe proposals to increase legal immigration while decreasing illegal immigration, such as the guest worker proposal supported by George W.
- Proponents of greater immigration enforcement argue that illegal immigrants cost taxpayers an estimated $338.3 billion dollars and jeopardize the safety of law enforcement officials and citizens, especially along the Mexican border.
- The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 made it illegal to hire or recruit illegal immigrants.
- Almost half entered illegally.
- The Arizona immigration law directs law enforcement officials to ask for immigration papers on a reasonable suspicion that a person might be an illegal immigrant and make arrests for not carrying ID papers.
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- The United Farm Workers union, led by Cesar Chavez, directly addressed this illegal exploitation of workers.
- In the United States, immigration has a long and complex history.
- Central issues include the low enforcement of labor laws with regards to immigrant workers who are subject to dangerous or exploitative conditions; lack of due process in the courts for residents who entered the country illegally; debates about whether languages other than English should be taught in public schools and used in government documents; and debates about whether children who entered the country illegally can be prosecuted and deported.
- While illegal immigration is the most controversial issue in American politics, immigrants who enter the country legally also face civil rights challenges.
- Mexican-American immigrants have organized many political demonstrations to protest the exploitation of workers, discrimination in education and employment, and heavy-handed criminal justice enforcement against illegal immigrants.
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- As of 1868, U.S. policy encouraged Chinese immigration.
- This bill overturned laws setting immigration quotas, opening the borders to increasing immigration from Asia and Latin America.
- That said, Asian American immigrants have diverse ethnic backgrounds, with large immigrant populations arriving from China, Korea, and India, for example.
- There has been some controversy over illegal immigration from Asia, with some speculating that as much as 15% of the Asian American population is in the U.S. illegally.
- However, largely due to favorable stereotypes of Asian Americans, debates surrounding illegal immigration tend to focus on Latinos, who are more negatively stereotyped by native born Americans.
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- Examples of immigration patterns in certain countries help to illustrate how specific factors influence immigration numbers worldwide.
- Mexico: Mexico does experience large numbers of immigrants crossing over the Guatemalan border, but many of these individuals enter illegally and get deported.
- The tighter immigration laws have made immigrating to the U.S. from Mexico very challenging.
- Many Mexican immigrants enter and live in the U.S. illegally.
- U.S. borders have tightened in recent years to help control illegal immigration.
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- In the United States, anti-immigration views have a long history.
- Responding to these demands, opponents of the literacy test called for the establishment of an immigration commission to focus on immigration as a whole.
- Though this bill did not fully restrict immigration, it considerably curbed the flow of immigration into the United States.
- American nativist sentiment experienced a resurgence in the late 20th century, this time directed at illegal aliens, largely Mexican, resulting in the passage of new penalties against illegal immigration in 1996.
- Illegal immigration, principally from across the United States–Mexico border, is the more pressing concern for most immigration reductionists.
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- Social scientists rely on four benchmarks, initially formulated when studying European immigrants in the U.S., to assess immigrant assimilation:
- Questions of citizenship in relation to illegal immigration is a particularly controversial issue and a common source of political tension.
- Jimenez have suggested that these geographical shifts may change the way researchers assess immigrant assimilation, as immigrants settling in new areas may encounter different experiences than immigrants settling in more traditional gateways.
- If the child belongs to a group that has been exempt from the prejudice experienced by most immigrants, such as European immigrants, they will experience a smoother process of assimilation.
- Give a real life example for each of the four benchmarks of immigrant assimilation