Immigration

 IMMIGRATION: Immigration is the act of a person or persons leaving their own country with the intent to further improve their current lifestyle, job prospects or general well-being, to live in a foreign country with the specific intention of becoming a citizen of said country.  ASYLUM SEEKER / REFUGEE: A refugee is a person who has been forced to leave their own country as a result of persecution, the threat of and/or violence. Before this claim has been processed, the person is classified…

The first tool is the Role of Ideas, which are theories that may influence immigration policy. Liberal theories and communal theories are provided as examples in Lesson 1.2, and directly contrast each other. Liberal theories place the rights of individuals in higher esteem than the rights of a group, which inspires a more permissive immigration policy often described as being “open door.” Communal theories place the rights of the group or community above the…

Immigration There was a young man with the name of Jamiel Shaw at the age of 17. He was a good student and a high school athlete living in Los Angeles. Shaw was coming home one day from school when he was brutally murdered three houses down from his own. He was murdered by Pedro Espinosa who was an illegal alien and gang member. Espinosa was released from jail for assault with a deadly weapon one day prior to the murder of Jamiel Shaw. This brings up many different questions for me. Why was he…

Australian immigration policies are constantly the topic of discussion and heated contention of many legal experts, international human rights bodies and United Nations conferences and meetings for all the wrong reasons. There are countless claims and warnings of breaches of international law and convention by Australian immigration officials, with many legal experts labelling Australian policies as harsh. For decades Australian policies have ignored these outcries but in light of recent public…

immigrants and the established ones. While there are women who suffer, the new foreigners are the ones who suffer the most. These new immigrants have no rights along with limited freedom because the government discriminates and corporations abuse them. Immigration happens every day, but it has decreased because of the unlawful acts being committed towards the hard working immigrants. Out of the many…

Immigration to Australia is useful because if there weren’t immigrants, Australia wouldn’t be the same today. There wouldn’t be the variety of foods, languages, cultures, education, technology and infrastructure because if there were no immigrants in our country we wouldn’t have these opportunities. Firstly I would like to say that the immigration to Australia have had a great impact on food in Australia. Who hasn't enjoyed the wonderful cuisine of China and Vietnam? Yummy spring rolls and dim…

Citizenship and immigration are highly controversial topics in the United States. Presently, the Presidential elections have put immigration at the forefront of many public debates. Undocumented citizens and how they are death with has become the subject of much disputation amongst politicians, state, and federal government. Michelle Chen recently wrote an article for The Nation concerning a high school student in North Carolina that is being prevented from going to school due to undocumented…

Immigration Immigration is one of the biggest factors in why cultural relativism even exists. The surge of immigration to Westernized areas can be highly attributed to the increases in technology. Whole families can move from one area of the world to the other via plane or boat. Some families travel to other countries for job opportunities, for hope of a better future, or even to flee the circumstances they are enduring. When people immigrate to other lands, they carry their cultures with them…

anthropological interpretation, but an explanation on how an application for immigration relief works. Human beings who request immigration relief exist in Turner’s liminal zone, or in other words, their suffering is non-existent for the State until they go through the “ritual” of the legal process. Their stories, and foremost suffering are always there, they do not disappear, nor change after being granted with an immigration status; the fact that “There is undoubtedly dignity in the decision…

In Canada, the economic impact of immigration is a significant matter. Canada is welcoming more numbers of immigrant compare to other countries per year. Also, it is a fact that almost 20% of people in Canada are immigrants, or come from immigrant descent that is because Canada has one of the highest immigration rates in the world. There are four classes of immigrant, the first one is the family class which is closely related to people who are Canadian citizens living in Canada, economic…