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Have you ever wondered how information from the news affects your beliefs? Trusting a news source can be difficult for any individual. Some news stations contain bias by default and […]
Tag Archives: immigration policies
Arizona’s Solution to Immigration in America: Is it Effective or Prejudice?
As of 2012, 16.9 percent of the U.S. population of Latinos experience racial profiling and oppression in society. The hostility towards Latinos derives from the notion that undocumented immigrants take away […]
Why Care At All?
Why we should be sympathetic to (undocumented) immigrants who are already in the US? I may be preaching to the choir, but I think it will be helpful to present […]
Coincidence or Not?
It’s interesting to that recently we have experienced a reminiscence of the Bracero programs that was implemented throughout the 1940s through the 1960s. This program called for temporary Mexican labor […]
US Economic Policies Regarding Mexico: Notice a Pattern?
The North American Free Trade Agreement began on January 1, 1994 between the United States, Mexico and Canada. This enacted lower custom barriers that promoted a free market among the […]
Using Research to Improve Immigrant Integration
The United States embodies a history of anti-immigrant sentiment, underlining the challenge we face in integrating immigrants into our society. By stereotyping newcomers and placing pressure on immigrants to assimilate […]
How do other countries deal with immigration?
Growing up with foreign-born parents, I grew accustomed to watching news from international networks, like the British Broadcasting Center (BBC) and Al Jazeera. To this day I continue to get […]
Push for the DREAM Act?
Helen Jugovic, one of the 23 board-certified immigration lawyers in North Carolina, addressed immigration reform on Monday November 26th. With the purpose of shedding a light on the needs of […]
Legalization of Undocumented Immigrants as a Solution to Poverty
Photo Credit: Anuska Sampedro After over 70% of Latinos voted to reelect Barack Obama into office on November 6th, 2012, the President made immigration policy a top priority on his […]
Ethics and Issues in Deportation
Last year’s deportation statistics were record-breaking. During 2011, approximately 400,000 undocumented immigrants were deported (Record Number of Illegal Immigrants Deported in 2011). Like all immigrant populations, the people deported formed a […]
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