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Social Work, Immigration and Asylum
Debates, Dilemmas and Ethical Issues for Social Work and Social Care Practice
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2004
The practical and ethical challenges facing human service professionals working with refugees, asylum seekers and other people subject to immigration controls are discussed in this much-needed book. The contributors explore the tensions that exist between traditional anti-oppressive values and the...
Immigration and Women
Understanding the American Experience
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2011
The popular debate around contemporary U.S. immigration tends to conjure images of men waiting on the side of the road for construction jobs, working in kitchens or delis, driving taxis, and sending money to their wives and families in their home countries, while women are often left out of these...
Deportation in the Americas
Histories of Exclusion and Resistance
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2018
In Deportation in the Americas: Histories of Exclusion and Resistance, editors Kenyon Zimmer and Cristina Salinas have compiled seven essays, adapted from the Walter Prescott Webb Memorial Lecture Series, that deeply consider deportation policy in the Americas and its global effects.
These...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2014
This edited collection addresses theoretical, political and practical aspects of the connection between external immigration controls and internal welfare controls. It considers the implications for the both those subject to controls and those drawn into the web of implementing internal welfare controls....
The Law that Changed the Face of America
The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015
The year 2015 marks the 50th anniversary of the passage of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) of 1965—a landmark decision that made the United States the diverse nation it is today. In The Law that Changed the Face of America, congressional journalist and immigration expert Margaret Sands...
Melting Pot or Civil War?
A Son of Immigrants Makes the Case Against Open Borders
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2018
“A clarion call to everyone who cares about the American nation and
every person who calls it home.” —J.D. VANCE, author of Hillbilly Elegy
Why would a son of immigrants call for tighter restrictions on immigration?
For too long, liberals have suggested that only cruel, racist,...
The Politics of Immigration
Questions and Answers
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2007
In the spring of 2006, millions of immigrants and supporters organized in cities and small towns across the United States to defend their rights following the passage of HR4437, a bill designed to punish unauthorized immigrants. In an unprecedented show of force, tens of thousands of workers marched...
Immigration Structures and Immigrant Lives
An Introduction to the US Experience
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2017
Immigration Structures and Immigrant Lives provides a concise, comprehensive, interdisciplinary introduction to United States immigration and immigrants. The book is presented in two parts. Part I addresses the history, structure, dynamics, and politics of United States immigration from colonial times...
by Speedy Publishing
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2014
The term immigration law has come up many times in the news during the past few years. What is immigration law? Immigration law is the law that a country uses to determine the status of the people coming into their country. These laws differ from land to land. Having a reference guide about immigration...
Immigration to Israel
Sociological Perspectives Studies of Israeli Society
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2017
This eighth volume in the Studies of Israeli Society series presents a broad array of topics related to the sociology of immigration to Israel. The focus is on immigration and migration during the 1980s and 1990s. The chapters were selected from a list of approximately 450 articles on the subject...
by Donathan L. Brown, Amardo Rodriguez
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2014
Examining actual policy to identify the facts, this book exposes how racially charged political and legal debates over immigration reform in the United States continue to inform our immigration policy.
• Covers policies pertaining to immigrants and immigration reform and relates these policies...
Immigration and the Current Social, Political, and Economic Climate
Breakthroughs in Research and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2018
Unstable social climates are causing the displacement of large numbers of people around the world. In consequence, the issue of safe relocation arises, leading to the need for new policies and strategies regarding immigration. Immigration and the Current Social, Political, and Economic Climate: Breakthroughs...
by adesuyi leslie ajayi
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2012
Immigration to the USA: Who is coming from where?
The United States of America is a complex country comprising the indigenous American Indians, unwilling African migrants' descendants, European colonists- the first real immigrants, and the more recent wave of global immigrants. The United States has...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2017
In the globalized era, a higher level of attention is given to various migration, immigration, and refugee movements. By undertaking research on these concepts, their impact on contemporary society can be better understood. Social Considerations of Migration Movements and Immigration Policies is a pivotal...