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, Kat, Alex, Eleanor, Tessa

• 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?

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

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

Noah Macia

• Overview of US policy on immigration

Zach McKee Madison Pernaa Ryan Hays

• International comparative policy

Carolyn Brett Bean