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    Non-Immigrant Visa Options for the United States of America Foreign nationals coming to the United States need a non-immigrant visa‚ unless they are Canadians‚ or are eligible for the Visa Waiver program‚ which allows business or tourist visits of up to 90 days. If non-U.S. citizens wish to live in the United States permanently‚ a “green card” or permanent resident status is required. The “green card” offers the ability to live‚ work or conduct business anywhere in the United States. An

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    A Nation of Immigrants

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    A Nation of Immigrants at a time when the issue of immigration and immigrants has taken center stage in this country‚ the message of President John F. Kennedy’s classic essay A Nation of Immigrants is as relevant today as it was 50 years ago.  That is why the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) and publisher Harper Perennial have reissued this landmark essay on the contribution of immigrants to American society. With a new introduction by Senator Edward M. Kennedy‚ A Nation of Immigrants (Harper Perennial)

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    Latino Immigrants and Social Welfare Policy Page 1 of 6 Latino Immigrants and Social Welfare Policy Overview of the Issue This essay will examine the plight of Latino immigrants; review the opposing opinions concerning providing social welfare for Latino immigrants; and explain and justify the authors’ opinion concerning this urgent national concern. Immigration is an increasingly divisive issue in the U.S. Significant numbers of immigrants working and living in the U.S.‚ combined with mounting

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    Honduran Immigrants

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    For this assignment‚ I thought it would be important to research the new wave of Honduran immigrants coming to America by way of Mexico and the complexity of migration‚ culture and education. The process of migration is incredibly complex and in many respects‚ traumatizing for those that have taken the journey. For Honduran immigrants‚ there are issues of brutality and harsh living conditions endured in ones home country and deprivation of basic resources and human rights while crossing into unsafe

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    Illegal Immigrants

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    2012 The Benefits of Illegal Immigrants Are illegal immigrants or undocumented immigrants beneficial to America’s economy? Most illegal immigrants have a positive impact on the United States (U.S.) economy. Illegal immigrants have a positive impact on the United States economy because they increase our tax revenue‚ they add to our social security‚ and they also increase our employment rates.” In 2000‚ statistics revealed 8.7 million illegal immigrants resided in the United States” (Knickerbocker

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    Immigrants In Brazil

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    German Impact on Brazilian Industry and Culture By: Chris Frome‚ Phillip Katz‚ and Mike Rose Flag_of_Germany_and_Brazil_(diagonal) Introduction German immigration into Brazil has played an integral role in shaping Brazilian culture and has facilitated a cultural role that has culminated in numerous cultural exchanges between the two countries. Brazil’s German population is most concentrated in the South region of Brazil and immigration began in the 1820s. When the German immigrants first started

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    Immigrant Dbq

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    huddled masses yearning to breath free”(Carnes 640). The message that “Lady Liberty” conveys is one of acceptance and embracement of immigrants no matter how poor‚ outcaste‚ or unwanted‚ because America was the “Land of Opportunity.” The cartoon in Puck Magazine depicts the United States as a US Ark Refuge with Uncle Sam opening his arms to the poor and decrepit immigrants looking for freedom. (Doc A) Shortly after this cartoon was made America’s open door policy began to diminish replaced by nativist

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    Immigrant Neighborhoods

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    In order to understand the immigrant neighborhoods‚ one will first have to look at what was happening in the nation‚ beginning in the early 1900’s to the early 1950’s. Arguably‚ the events leading up to and after the Great Depression has what reshaped the future of the immigrant story. Leading up the Great Depression‚ the push to create and shape immigrants into true American molds was rapidly increasing. The idea of Americanization‚ stemming from young radicals‚ was to encompass and provide a new

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    Immigrant Workers

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    December 4‚ 2009 Leo Mosquera Comp 111 Research paper IMMIGRANT WORKERS Immigrants had decide to come to the United states leaving behind their families and exposing their live crossing the border in seek of better work opportunities‚ freedom‚ and happiness. However‚ the reality is other. For thousands of years people have left their home country in search of happiness. Immigrants today still equate the country they are immigrating to with the Promised Land. While many times this Promised

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    The New Immigrants

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    population skyrocketed. From a low at roughly 3.5 million immigrants it jumped to a high of 9 million within the first ten years of the new century. Immigrants of this time are labeled from “Old” and “New” Immigrants. The “Old” Immigrants where mainly from Northern and Western Europe from 1860-1890‚ coming from the United Kingdom‚ Ireland‚ Germany and China. Roughly during this time there was a influx of 18 million immigrants. These immigrants were seen as a contribution to America. There was a smooth

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