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    Filipino Immigration

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    Filipino Immigration 2 Abstract Many Filipinos who have migrated to the U.S had an opportunity to explore a different type of life. Living in America there are so many opportunities for each Filipino to live‚ work and to have a better type of lifestyle. Migrating from a third world country is a huge transition from the way life is in the U.S. Coming from a country of seven thousand plus islands and a culture where “…women were considered equal to men‚”(1) according to Linda A. Revilla in her

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    Editorial: Immigration

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    Editorial: Immigration Between 1880 and 1920‚ almost 24 million immigrants arrived to the United States‚ primarily from southern and eastern Europe. All of these “new immigrants” underwent numerous troubles suffering separation from family‚ disease‚ and even the news that they were not welcome. Low wages‚ unemployment‚ and religious persecution pushed all of these men and women out of their homeland to travel to a new place which was known as “The Land of Liberty”. Many were welcome‚ but that

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    Illegal Immigration

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    Illegal Immigration Cheryl Alcala American Government Scott Wilson November 19‚ 2012 Illegal Immigration has become a very big issue over the past several years. There are many people against illegal immigration to the United States. Over the years‚ there has been much debate of who should hold power when it comes to illegal Immigration issues‚ the Government or Individual States? Right now it is the Government that holds said authority but the debate is should it be the government or should

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    Immigration Reform

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    Immigration and Immigration Reform Haley Johnson Axia College of University of Phoenix Thesis Statement: More and more immigrants are coming in to the United States each year‚ and we as a nation should truly reevaluate our immigration policies. Immigration and Immigration Reform The number of illegal immigrants who come into the United States each year is staggering‚ and the numbers just keep on increasing. Three million illegal immigrants come into the United States every year

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    Immigration Reform

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    Immigration is a sensitive topic with different point of views ranging from letting everyone in to letting absolutely no one in. Our country is in a fragile state with the current economic downturn we are in we need a new immigration policy now before everything gets out of hand. There are three major things we need to change in our policy: reduce the number of visas awarded annually‚ expand foreign aid and trade benefits to help governments in developing countries strengthen their economies‚ and

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    Christmas, Then and Now

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    see the commercialism behind the holiday. This realization takes away from the special feeling of Christmas. The increased new toy commercials‚ the plastic santas at Wal-Mart in October‚ all the little things I got excited over when I was younger now‚ put a damper on the

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    Women, Then and Now

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    Women‚ Then and Now Cassie Biery COM/155 October 23‚ 2011 Tara Rodriguez Women‚ Then and Now The thought of the 1950s conjures up many wholesome images; perfectly dressed and smiling mothers who have every meal on the table‚ working fathers with all the answers to life’s problems‚ and perfect children all gathered around the table. Today‚ the words wife and mother conjure up images that are similar‚ however far more complicated. Unlike the clearly defined gender roles of the 1950s‚ today’s

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    Temporary Immigration

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    that the United States has been keeping a close watch on is the immigration and deporting. As of 2002 the ability to obtain a visa has gotten harder due to the Enhanced Border Security and the Visa reform act. In order to enter the U.S. the person who wishes to enter must a fingerprint and photo ID. The photo and fingerprint are given when signing up for a visa and also at the port in which entering (Rathod and Iyer). The reason why getting a visa is stricter is because the men that hijacked the

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    Illegal Immigration

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    Illegal Immigration When it comes to the country as a whole‚ everyone has an opinion on how to change it. Most of the time we don’t see eye to eye‚ but I’m pretty sure we can agree on one thing….Illegal Immigration is a huge problem. It’s something that should’ve been controlled a long time ago and it wasn’t. Now that the issue is out of control‚ everyone has their hands up in the air and coming up with the most drastic “solutions”. The issue of illegal immigration really became a big issue when

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    Chinese Immigration

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    Michael Gillaspie American History Ms. Rankin 15 December 2003 Chinese Immigration In many aspects‚ the motivations for the Chinese to come to the United States are similar to those of most immigrants. Some came to "The Gold Mountain‚" and others came to the United States to seek better economic opportunity. Yet there were others that were compelled to leave China either as contract laborers or refugees. The Chinese brought with them their language‚ culture‚ social institutions‚ and customs

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