Spring 2019 Immigration Research Page

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Instructions for Posting Research

Posting format

• Follow this pattern to post research results and links to this page:

• Brief description of resource.

• Link. "[" url space title "]"
• Your real name

Example:

• This article corrects some misinformation about immigration to Italy. (Pick some of the important facts/claims out of the article and include in this description to save us time.)

• Italy's Post Fact Immigration Debate -- Politico
• Alfino

Focused Research Questions

From today's class, we will generate a small number of focused research questions for shared research. Here's a starter list, to modify during discussion:

• What are the drivers of US immigration?

• Zach Padilla

This article gives several very simply and easily comprehended issues to why migrates, specifically from Central America, feel so enticed to leave their homes and attempt migration to America: https://www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/articles/2018-06-21/why-are-central-americans-coming-to-the-united-states Kat

• Alex: This article gives reasons that push people to immigrate to the U.S. such as persecution and pollution. It also has reasons that pull people to come to the U.S. such as higher wages and safety/stability. https://justiceforimmigrants.org/what-we-are-working-on/immigration/root-causes-of-migration/

• This article just gives some of the main reasons with a quick summary about each.

• Why People Migrate: 11 Suprising Reasons
• Eleanor
• Tessa
• Saij

• What forecasts do experts make about patterns of global human immigration?

• Danny Smart

• Is Frum right about a trend toward economic migration from Central America?

• Kiersten

• Why is there so much suffering and social disorganization in El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatamala (the "Northern Triangle")?

• Baylee Robertson
• elyse rugee
• olivia molitor

• What do critics and defenders of asylum law say about it?

• Noah Macia
• James Silvestri

• This article provides information about the asylum law, in the US, such as what the application process is, how long the process is, and how many people are granted asylum.

• Asylum in the United States
• Emma Sanchez

• Overview of US policy on immigration

• Zach McKee

• Historical Overview/ Historical Overview of Immigration Policy
• This article provides a brief overview of the US immigration policy and how it's changed over the years from the 1800s to modern day.

• Madison Pernaa

• How the United States Immigration System Works
• This website informs on how the immigration policy we currently have in the US works and the limit on how many people are intended to come into the country each year based on several criteria.

• Ryan Hays
• Brennan Cronk

• International comparative policy

• Carolyn Brasch https://web.a.ebscohost.com/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?vid=5&sid=68217986-9a1b-4775-bfc7-8fe126fccabc%40sdc-v-sessmgr05 --- this article compares US policy to European countries such as France, Britain, Germany and Italy
• Brett Bean
• Brendan Tormey
• Remy Delplanche

• This article illustrates how Trump plans "crackdown" on individuals with expired visas.

• https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/04/22/donald-trump-orders-crackdown-foreigners-overstay-visas/3544008002/

• William Barber