Immigration detention

The South-East Asian Refugees’ Experience of Intersectionality in America Intersectionality has been widely used by social scientists to explain social identities in relation to systems of oppression. Some of the areas the term has been applied include race, gender, and class due to their interconnectivity. From Eric Tang’s “Organizing in Poor Immigrant Communities: Starting from Scratch in the Bronx”, “How Refugees Stopped the Bronx from Burning,” and Maliha Safri and Julie Graham’s “The…

Immigrant integration policies that the governments of high-level immigration receiving countries around the world must meticulously construct are based upon their diverse viewpoints towards immigrant’s integrations and their influence on society. The immigrant integration policies of developed countries reflects their values concerning the potential influence that immigrants place on the economic and social sectors of their country. A general understanding of immigrant integration claims that…

new lives and face many obstacles, such as social prejudice and poverty. Both immigrants today and in the past have to face discrimination and inequality no matter what race or gender. Manifested in the past, in literature, and in the present, immigration was and still is prevalent in society today. The Dust Bowl, prejudice against migrants in John Steinbeck’s American classic novel, The Grapes of Wrath, and efforts to deport immigrants made by Donald Trump truly capture some of the…

Canada immigrated at one point. This contributes to the relative approval and support for immigration. Banting (2010) describes a survey on “Attitudes to Immigration and Immigrants.” The survey (conducted in 2003) displays that “Canadians are much more likely to believe that immigrant are good for the economy, much less likely to believe that immigrants cause crime and (are) much less committed to reducing immigration” (Banting 2010). Therefore, in 2003, there was “little evidence of a…

The city of Aleppo is one of the most populated cities in the Levant and the one of the oldest in the world. Now, the effects of war have left the city in rubble. Families, like eight-year-old Huda’s, have had to flee their homes in search for shelter. They settled in a neighborhood west of the city. In her new home, Huda often yearns for the familiarity of her old room. Adjusting to her situation has been hard, as they barely have enough necessities to survive every day. Cuts to their water…

The film Well-Founded Fear provides insight to the Immigration and Naturalization Service, often deemed, “the 21st century Ellis Island,” and the process for seeking asylum. The whole process is based on the evaluation of the refugee’s worth. Have they suffered enough? Are they worthy of this ‘desirable’ status…

Overarching questions about both episodes: 1. Why did Albert Kahn send photographers around the world for two decades? Give at least two reasons. Albert Kahn sent photographers to promote peace between different cultures. He also sent photographers around the world to allow people to see what life was like for others around the world and for them to understand that they may not be so different from themselves. 2. What events, scenes of everyday life, and themes in Europe and the Middle East did…

The Current Refugee Crisis The amount of people the have immigrated or are attempting immigrate to Europe or many other countries in the world has increased drastically over the course of years. In the New York Times article, “Desperate Crossings” is a story about people from Eritrea, Africa who are trying to flee their home country and go to Italy, Greece. The authors Paolo Pellegrin, who did most of the photography, and Scott Anderson, who did the articles text, travelled with Bourbon…

People fled their region or nation then become refugees or "displaced persons" due to wars, natural disasters, religious conflicts or other forms of oppression. The refugee influx has been a major concern in Australia and the immigration policies have caused a number of debates and controversy since World War II. In 1930s to 1940s, Australia has been involved in the refugee crisis since the Nazi Holocaust. The arrival of Jewish refugees resulted a number of debates and arguments in the Australia…

Due to the globalization and transnationalism that exists in our modern world today, transnational migration has become more frequent from the 19th century up until now, as Hein de Haas points out. This has further resulted in the concept of diasporic existence which is a phenomenon that exists amongst migrants, dispersed from their original homelands (Butler). As to the reasons why transnational migration and diasporic existence become a choice and/or a necessary strategy for individuals,…