Immigration
hideImmigration is the arrival of new individuals into a habitat or population. It is a biological concept and is important in population ecology, differentiated from emigration and migration.
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New research analyzes issues in immigration law
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Nov 17, 2009 |
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University of Miami Law Professor Rebecca A. Sharpless has recently authored a research paper titled, "Toward a True Elements Test: Taylor and the Categorical Analysis of Crimes in Immigration Law."
New CReAM research on the factors that shape individual attitudes towards migration policy
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Nov 04, 2009 |
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A new research paper from CReAM (Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration at UCL) investigates the factors which determine individual attitudes towards migration policy.
Fear of discrimination saw Paddys and Biddys decline
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Oct 21, 2009 |
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The Durham and Northumbria Universities study, both based in the UK, suggests that a fear of prejudice made the Irish immigrants steer clear of giving their children Irish Catholic names, a trend also seen in today's society ...
US-born Asian-American women more likely to think about, attempt suicide
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Aug 17, 2009 |
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Although Asian-Americans as a group have lower rates of thinking about and attempting suicide than the national average, U.S.-born Asian-American women seem to be particularly at risk for suicidal behavior, according to new ...
The benefit of migration
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Jul 23, 2009 |
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Immigrants from the eight Central and Eastern European countries that joined the European Union in May 2004 are less likely to be claiming welfare benefits and less likely to be living in social housing than people born in ...
US says speeding up visas for researchers
Jun 04, 2009 |
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The United States is speeding up visa applications for researchers and graduate students, an official said Thursday, hoping to ease a long backlog that raised fears that scientists would head elsewhere.
Will the economic crisis lead to major societal changes?
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May 08, 2009 |
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Why are former business executives and attorneys volunteering more time to help their communities? Why do the children of immigrants assume values very different from those of their parents? Why has the size of Japanese families ...
How will the uninsured fare in swine flu outbreak?
May 04, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Swine flu could shine a glaring light on the best and worst about American-style health care.
Post-9/11 immigration enforcement lowered demand for undocumented workers
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Apr 29, 2009 |
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A recent study in the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management shows that as a result of a variety of interior enforcement initiatives implemented in 2002-2005, such as the ramping up of the Social Security no-match progra ...
Houston: The face of America in the next 20 years
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Apr 27, 2009 |
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Houston is a reflection of where most of America's cities will be in the next 20 years, according to Stephen Klineberg, Rice University sociologist and director of the annual Houston Area Survey.
Fewer applications for H-1B visas expected this year
Apr 02, 2009 |
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With unemployment skyrocketing across the nation, tech and other companies this year are expected to request fewer visas for highly skilled foreign workers, according to industry experts.
Anti-immigrant sentiment greater in California than Texas
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Mar 02, 2009 |
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Los Angeles, London, New Delhi, Singapore and Washington DC (March 2, 2009) California and Texas have the largest populations of Mexican immigrants in all of the United States. A recent study, published by SAGE in the January/February ...
Study: Immigrants close earning gap more slowly than previously thought
Oct 20, 2008 |
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Immigrants whittle into a broad earnings gap with American-born workers only about half as fast as long-accepted estimates suggest, according to new research by a University of Illinois economist.
Study debunks myth that early immigrants quickly learned English
Oct 17, 2008 |
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Joseph Salmons has always been struck by the pervasiveness of the argument. In his visits across Wisconsin, in many newspaper letters to the editor, and in the national debates raging over modern immigration, he encounters ...
Study finds previously deported immigrants more likely to be rearrested after leaving jail
Sep 08, 2008 |
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Deportable immigrants who previously have been expelled from the United States are more likely to be rearrested on suspicion of committing a crime after they are released from jail than other deportable immigrants without ...
