And one from CNN

http://www.cnn.com/2011/11/25/opinion/wilkinson-jobs-immigration/index.html?hpt=hp_t3

NY Times on Immigrants & Ethnicity

Articles in the NY times today:

• http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/25/nyregion/mexicans-in-new-york-city-lag-in-education.html?hpw
• http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/26/bachmann-renews-attack-of-gingrich-over-immigration/?scp=2&sq=immigration&st=cse
• http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/26/business/jeno-paulucci-a-pioneer-of-ready-made-ethnic-foods-dies-at-93.html?scp=1&sq=ethnic&st=cse
• and an on-going series: http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/us/series/race_remixed/index.html?scp=2&sq=race&st=cse

Research Project Reminder

This is a reminder the the second research project is due next Monday. The project is to mine the library's ProQuest databases for information about an immigrant or immigrant family and write a report on what you find and how it compares to what you have learned from the textbook. The report should be roughly 2,000 words and should include full citations of the records you use from the databases (census, passenger list, death index, etc.). It would be best to print out copies of the documents and include them with your report. Remember that the library's subscription to the databases ends on Wednesday.

Immigration in the Age of Globalization, part 1

1870 Census Taker

For Monday's class, please read Chapter 17 through page 422 and be prepared to answer the following questions:

• What has changed and what has stayed the same in American immigration since 1986?
• In the 2000 census, what percentage of the population was foreign born? How does that compare to the historical numbers? (Hint: check the tables in this chapter and in chapter 6.)
• According to the 2000 census, the largest numbers of immigrants came from what regions of the world? Where did most settle? What were their education achievements and income?
• Why is the data so misleading when the census data on immigrants is lumped together?
• What does Daniels say the responsible historian must try to do?
• Who are "nonimmigrant" immigrants?
• Who do experts think comprise the major portion of the illegal immigrants?
• What is the longstanding discrimination against Mexican as opposed to Canadian border crossers?
• Why are the government's estimates of the number of illegal immigrants so unreliable?
• If we accept the government's numbers, what, in Daniel's opinion, are the vast majority of the 1.8% of the U.S. population that is undocumented?

Check out this website: http://immigration-online.org/

Chapter 16

While reading Chapter 16, please highlight at least one sentence, phrase or statement per page. Be sure to bring your book to class on Monday as participation points will, in part, be based on completion of this task. You should be prepared to discuss all highlighted passages.

Caribbean, Central Americans and Soviet Jews

Please remember to send me an email with your research topic if you have one or your request for one if you'd like some direction. You are encouraged to work together to find out how all the tools and databases in the system work.

For Friday's class, please read Chapter 15 and be prepared to answer the following questions:

• Who are the majority of recent immigrants from Spanish-speaking America and who do their migration patterns most resemble?
• What became the Cuban American population center, what was their socio-economic background, and what effect have they had on the part of America where they are concentrated?
• How has the Cuban Refugee program effected race relations?
• What percentage of the Dominican population came to the U.S. on tourist visas?
• Why are conditions so bad in Haiti, and why are Haitians not generally given refugee status in the U.S.?
• With the exception of Costa Rica, what kind of shape are the countries of Central America in and why?
• Why did the president of El Salvador ask the U.S. not to deport Salvadorans?
• What are the three classes of Central America refugees?
• What is the sanctuary movement?
•  Why did Soviet Jews go to the head of the immigration line? What's the irony in this?

Research Project & The New Asian Immigrants

Reminder: Tuesday is Election Day!

For Wednesday's class, please spend some time investigating the resources available on the library's ProQuest databases. I expect everyone to gain basic familiarity with the system and to bring specific suggestions for using it for immigration/ethnicity research.

Also, please read Chapter 14 and be prepared to answer the following questions:

• What three things does Daniels say brought about a change in attitude towards Asian immigrants?
• What characteristics have led to Asian Americans being called the model minority?
• What are ABCs and FOBs and who are the "silent" Chinese of San Francisco?
• What are the three distinct increments of Filipino immigration?
• What profession niche do recent Filipino immigrants dominate and why?
• Who were the Koreans who came before the 1965 immigration act?
• What do Indian and Korean immigrants have in common?
• How and why do Vietnamese immigrants differ from other recent Asian immigrants?
• What was the total number of Vietnamese War refugees and their children, and what nationalities are included?
• Compare the population growth of Chinese, Japanese, Filipino, Indian, Korean, and Vietnamese Americans since 1965. What accounts for the differences?

Changing the Rules

For Monday, please read Chapter 13 and be prepared to answer the following questions:

• Recap: What are the Immigration Act of 1924 and the national origins system?
• How did the Cold War effect immigration and immigration policy?
• What was surprising about who was admitted under the Displaced Persons Act of 1948?
• What did President Truman say was the greatest vice of the quota system and what was he specifically referring to?
• While immigration policy was still focused on Europe, who was really immigrating to the U.S. in larger numbers and why?
• What was revolutionary about the Immigration Act of 1965 and how did it fit with the national mood?
• What were the unanticipated results of the 1965 law?
• What is parole authority and how does it relate to the Refugee Act of 1980.
• How does a refugee differ from an asylee?
• How did American attitudes toward refugees change between WWII and 1980?
• What was the Mariel Crisis and how did it compare with Haiti's boat people?
• What's so interesting about the numbers of legal immigrants and the quota limits?

The fallacy of 'secure communities'

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1111/67409.html

Alabama Hispanic students not coming back

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1111/67438.html