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31 Cards in this Set
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asylum
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Protection from persecution because of religion, race, or political party.
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destination country
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Country you are supposed to go to if you are immigrating
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drought
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Lack of water which often results in famine due to lack of crops
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naturalized
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Someone who is granted permission to become a citizen in the US
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persecution
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Someone who is threatened with suffering or harm, or is suffering or being harmed
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refugee
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The person who is being persecuted and decided to leave their country, and seeks asylum in another country
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visa
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Paper that allows someone to visit a country
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West Germany
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Place people left to immigrate to the US after World War II
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green card
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A paper allows a refugee or immigrant to get a job
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hospitality
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A job field that a lot of immigrants are able to get jobs in, like cleaning hotel rooms
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lottery professional
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When they choose a number of professional immigrants to come to the US, like doctors
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seasonal
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Jobs for immigrants that occur on in the summer, winter, fall, etc., like strawberry pickers
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tuberculosis
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A sickness that immigrants can bring to their destination country, so they are checked and are vaccinated
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vaccinated
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Shots given to immigrants so that they do not get a sickness that could spread
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black market
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Many irregular immigrants cannot get a job because they do not have a green card, so they have to get a job in the black market which is illegal employment
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social security
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Something you pay into to get when you retire but immigrants pay into it but do not get the benefits
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traumatic
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when something terrible scars you for life, physically or mentally. immigrants can have traumatic experiences before or when coming over
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xenophobia
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fear of immigrants
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amnesty
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Gives illegal immigrants legal status
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deportation
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Being sent back to your home country because are sick or have a criminal record
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unscrupulous
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to not be fair, like taking advantage of an immigrant by charging lots of money to fill out easy forms because they don't know the language
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non refoulement
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protecting immigrants that could be persecuted if sent back to their home country
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ethnic
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a group of people who revolve around a belief or culture
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mentor
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someone who helps to guide and teach
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census
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population count
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fundamentalist
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extreme political views
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fusion
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the blending of two different things, like cultures
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indigenous
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original people who lived in the land
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logistical
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the amount of resources a country uses for its immigrants
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ratify
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to accept a bill or law
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sector
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a group of people in one economic or skill group
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