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    Immigrant Challenges

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    An immigrant faces many challenges in the new country they arrive in. Whether they chose go willingly to another country‚ or they do so because of necessity‚ the challenges do not decrease. The first challenge is to fit in and understand how anything works. Things such as the social norms‚ the expectations‚ and the civil regulations must be identified and adhered to. There is no one to help you initially‚ and you are thrust into the deep end with limited resources and limited knowledge. But the

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    Nevynskyy Iryna Anthropology 37 Professor Chaney Enculturation of an immigrant Language barrier‚ one would think‚ is the hardest thing for an immigrant to adopt in order to become a member of one’s new life. Correct usage of grammar and slang‚ and the ability to use it as your own‚ without first translating it in your head. So one goes to school‚ and learns the words‚ and how to form sentences so as to be able to communicate and not feel like a complete outsider. Yet

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    when America was becoming more industrialized‚ the U.S was seen as the land of opportunity to many people in Europe and Asia. During the mid to late 1800s‚ “Old immigrants” from Western Europe had originally come to America to dig in the goldfields and help build the transcontinental railroads in the West. After them‚ came the “new immigrants”‚ from Southern and Eastern Europe. Although both were very culturally different‚ they had the same intents when coming to America and got the same negative responses

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    Critically assess the impact of the criminal justiceAct (2003) has had on penal policy and practice. The criminal justice Act (2003) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It is a wide ranging measure introduced to modernise many areas of the criminal justice system in England and Wales and to a lesser extent in Scotland and Northern Ireland. It is also an act to make provision for criminal justice including the powers and duties of the police and dealing with the offenders to amend the

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    Immigrant Experience

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    How does not belonging and belonging arise in the immigrant experience? The immigrant experience is a significant journey which encompasses the dynamic process of belonging and not belonging. Whilst a sense of insecurity‚ fear and rejection emerges from an individual’s inability to integrate into wider society‚ these emotions can be mitigated by forging meaningful connections to others‚ thus leading to a sense of social inclusion. Moreover‚ immigrants who have a sense of self-realisation are the ones

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    The Impact of the Affordable Care Act on North Carolina’s Uninsured Population The American people like to think that they have the best health care system in the world. Unfortunately‚ the majority of the evidence does not support that view. According to the RAND Corporation and the Institute of Medicine‚ Americans receive the proper treatment only 50% of the time for their condition (2006‚ 2013). When compared to other countries‚ the Americans pay far more for their health care (Laureate Education

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    The housing Act 1980 was an act of parliament passed by the parliament of the United kingdom that gave five million council houses tenants in England the right to buy their houses from their local authority (The guardian 2015) This social policy has an impact on social workers in 21st century. Most of the homeless are lone parents‚ low income‚ young people‚ old age‚ unemployment disabled and ill health these are the group of people who are more likely to be supported by a social worker. But due

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    Undocumented Immigrants

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    immigration and I don’t have to go far to see the hate against our community. It is happening here in our own back yard cities like Farmer Branch‚ are denying undocumented people the right to rent an apartment for lack of documentation. Undocumented immigrants live under the shadow and fear of being deported back to their homeland. As I stood in the rally it became so real for me because I cannot lie and say I felt proud to see such disruption from those who looked like me. Then I realized that if they

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    Following the terrorist attack on September 11th‚ 2001‚ in New York City‚ numerous anti-terrorist measures were enacted worldwide. The Anti-Terrorism Act (Bill C-36) was introduced in Canada on Oct. 15‚ 2001‚ and became reality on Dec. 24‚ 2001 (Wark‚ 2006). While the purpose of this legislation was to fortify Canadian security against terrorism‚ it has done so at the expense of citizens’ rights. More powers have been granted to police and courts in their war against terrorism‚ but certain Canadian

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    Italian Immigrants

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    Italian Immigrants During the time period from 1880 to 1920‚ millions of people from around the world made the decision to immigrate to America. Specifically the Italian that immigrated to the United States came from Southern Italy. Roughly 5 million immigrates arrived at Ellis Island during the time period of 1880 to 1920. The original homes of these Southern Italians was economically depressed and predominantly agricultural in comparison to the Northern Italian’s home‚ which were prosperous

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