IMMIGRATION POLICY Flashcards
From what region of the world do the most foreign-born people living in the US come from?
50.4% comes from Latin America
What percent of non-citizen Latinos make-up the US workforce?
Half of 17.4%
What do we mean by remittances to Latin America from the United States?
Money sent back home from immigrants in the United States
What percent of the gross domestic product do remittances from the US back to countries like Honduras and El Salvador represent?
Honduras= 21%
El Salvador=21.5%
How and why is migration used as an economic policy for Latin American nations?
Its easier to make money in the United States therefore 73% of immigrants from Latin America send money back home
What are some of the basic features of current immigration policy in the US?
- Citizenship as a privilege
- bring relatives and family of citizens professionals and skilled workers
How many legal immigrants does the US admit every year?
1 million
What did the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (Simpson-Mazolli Act) do for people who were not in the US legally?
granted amnesty 3-4 million people who were illegal immigrants in 1986 were able to get citizenship.
Plyler v. Doe (1982)
Free education for all children regardless of their immigration status
Do Republicans support tougher policy on immigration?
- yes
- concerned about socio-economic and criminal impact of illegal immigration
Do Democrats generally support tougher policy on immigration?
- No
- illegal immigration and a guest worker program depresses/decreases wages for everyone else
Do Democrats generally support LAX immigration policy?
- yes
- Opportunity for everybody
- They want “THE VOTE”
Do Republicans generally support strict or LAX immigration policy?
- strict
- Business Interests (guest worker program, or even amnesty) and
- some fear that harsh policies would alienate/piss off the emerging bloc of Hispanic voters from the Republican Party
How are immigration pressures in Europe similar to immigration pressures in the US? How are they different?
- both want to keep out illegal immigrants from bordering countries (ex. US, Canada, Mexico, & Europe Middle East, North Africa)
- US: economic reasons
- Europe: political and social reasons
Which country has the highest homicide rate in Latin America? The lowest?
Highest = El Salvador Lowest = Canada
