Immigrant Victims, Immigrant Accusers
In: University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform, Band 48
In: University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform, Band 48
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In: The annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Band 641, Heft 1, S. 58-78
ISSN: 1552-3349
Since the 1990s, immigrant settlement has expanded beyond gateway cities and transformed the social fabric of a growing number of American cities. In the process, it has raised new questions for urban and migration scholars. This article argues that immigration to new destinations provides an opportunity to sharpen understandings of the relationship between immigration and the urban by exploring it under new conditions. Through a discussion of immigrant settlement in Nashville, Tennessee, it identifies an overlooked precursor to immigrant incorporation—how cities see, or do not see, immigrants within the structure of local government. If immigrants are not institutionally visible to government or nongovernmental organizations, immigrant abilities to make claims to or on the city as urban residents are diminished. Through the combination of trends toward neighborhood-based urban governance and neoliberal streamlining across American cities, immigrants can become institutionally hard to find and, thus, plan for in the city.
In: IZA Discussion Paper No. 2345
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In: Political psychology: journal of the International Society of Political Psychology, Band 29, Heft 4, S. 621-623
ISSN: 1467-9221
In: Current History, Band 32, Heft 4, S. 748-751
ISSN: 1944-785X
In: The Salisbury review: a quarterly magazine of conservative thought, Band 19, Heft 2, S. 8-9
ISSN: 0265-4881
In: Journal of ethnic and migration studies: JEMS, Band 3, Heft 4, S. 399-404
ISSN: 1469-9451
In: Journal of Economic Studies, Forthcoming
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In: The annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Band 367, S. 23-32
ISSN: 0002-7162
Immigration has been a continuing source of needed manpower for the US economy during almost all periods of its history. During earlier periods, it provided large numbers of semiskilled & unskilled laborers needed to maintain our industr revolution. At present, many immigrants are contributing their badly needed skills & professional talents to our increasingly complex economy. It is anticipated that this pattern, of immigrants matching their skills with the needs of our labor market, which has proven so beneficial to the immigrants themselves as well as to our economy, will continue into the future. HA.
In: Journal of European social policy, Band 28, Heft 5, S. 452-470
ISSN: 1461-7269
It is not only immigration and the incorporation of immigrants into society that serve as challenges for post-industrialised countries, but also rising inequality and poverty. This article focuses on both issues and proposes a new theoretical perspective on the determinants of immigrant poverty. Building on comparative welfare state research and international migration literature, I argue that immigrants' social rights – here understood as their access to paid employment and welfare benefits – condition the impact which both the labour market and welfare system have on immigrants' poverty. The empirical analysis is based on a newly collected dataset on immigrants' social rights in 19 advanced industrialised countries. The findings confirm the hypotheses: more regulated minimum wage setting institutions and generous traditional family programmes reduce immigrants' poverty more strongly in countries where they are granted easier access to paid employment and social benefits.
In: Public affairs quarterly: PAQ, Band 16, Heft 1, S. 39-62
ISSN: 0887-0373
In: Immigrants & minorities, Band 31, Heft 1, S. 115-117
ISSN: 1744-0521
In: FP, Band 95, S. 151-160
ISSN: 0015-7228
IMMIGRATION NOW DEFINES POLITICAL CONFLICT OVER THE BASIC VALUES OF AMERICAN SOCIETY--MUCH LIKE RACE, TAXES, AND CRIME--AND EVOKES RACIAL, CULTURAL, AND ECONOMIC ANXIETIES. UNFORTUNATELY, AS THE PUBLIC DEBATE INTENSIFIES, IT IS INCREASINGLY CHARACTERIZED BY DISAGREEMENT OVER FACTS AS WELL AS POLICY. THE STRUCTURE AND GOALS OF U.S. IMMIGRATION POLICY ARE FREQUENTLY MISUNDERSTOOD. U.S. IMMIGRATION POLICY NEEDS TO BE VIEWED AS THREE FUNDAMENTALLY DIFFERENT SET OF RULES: THOSE THAT GOVERN LEGAL IMMIGRATION (MAINLY SPONSORED ADMISSION FOR FAMILY AND WORK); THOSE THAT GOVERN HUMANITARIAN ADMISSIONS (REFUGEES AND THOSE GRANTED ASYLUM); AND THOSE THAT CONTROL ILLEGAL ENTRY. THE DISTINCTION IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE EACH CATEGORY IS GOVERNED BY DIFFERENT LEGISLATION, INVOLVED DIFFERENT NETWORKS OF BUREAUCRACIES, IS GUIDED BY DIFFERENT GOALS, AND RESULTS IN IMMIGRANTS WITH LARGELY DIFFERENT CHARACTERISTICS. THIS ARTICLE DISCUSSES THE MAGNITUDE OF IMMIGRANT FLOWS, THE PACE AND DIVERSITY OF IMMIGRATION, CHARACTERISTICS OF IMMIGRANTS, GEOGRAPHIC CONCENTRATION, AND ECONOMIC IMPACTS. HIGH LEVELS OF IMMIGRATION GIVE THE UNITED STATES UNDERAPPRECIATED ADVANTAGES IN THE WORLD ECONOMY: AMERICA HAS A SUBSTANTIAL POPULATION WITH FAMILIAL, ETHNIC, AND LANGUAGE TIES TO SOME OF THE MOST DYNAMIC ECONOMIES IN THE WORLD.
In: The public opinion quarterly: POQ, Band 74, Heft 4, S. 674-695
ISSN: 1537-5331