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Migration of Latino Males to U.S., 2001.
Economic reasons for legal & illegal migration. Impact on U.S. economy & American workers.
2,025 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 11 sources, £ 49.95
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"Except for a few refugees from Haiti and Castro?s Cuba, the vast majority of Latino men entering the U.S.-- legally or illegally -- come for economic reasons. They come, perhaps somewhat naively, expecting the streets to be paved with gold, or, at the very least, opportunities galore for making money and either sending it back ?home? or enough to bring their families Northward. Latino men flee their countries because of warfare, or rebellion which causes numerous casualties. They also come because of natural disasters- floods, earthquakes, drought, hurricanes, volcano eruptions, etc. They come with one goal: to safeguard themselves and their families and to take advantage of all they have heard about opportunities for them in America."
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Mexican Migration to the U.S., 2006.
This paper examines the various reasons surrounding the increasing migration of Mexican citizens to the United States.
1,850 words (approx. 7.4 pages), 7 sources, MLA, £ 41.95
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The writer of this paper traces the migration of Mexican citizens to America back to the 1920s. For nearly 60 years, Mexico has been the primary source of Latin-American immigrants to America. This paper supplies relevant statistics and data pertaining to this specific topic. Recent census reports state that nearly 50% of America's Latino population was born outside the United States. This paper also delves into the large numbers of illegal immigrants residing in America. In 1995, it was reported that Mexicans comprised up to 62% of the illegal immigrant population residing in America. This paper details the main reasons for the influx of Mexicans into America, including the economic disparities and differences in wage structures between the two countries. Due to the lack of economic opportunity in their country of origin, Mexican citizens continue to migrate to the U.S. in unprecedented numbers.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Economic Reasons Responsible for Migration of Mexicans to the U.S.
Reasons of Mexican Immigration to the U.S., Manner of Arrival, Different Experiences They Have to go Through and the Psychological Effects
References
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"It is also important that naturalization rates continue to be low for Mexican immigrants compared to other groups currently. Illegal immigration started to take place from 1965 in a tremendous manner. In 1995, as stated in a report, Mexicans comprised up to 62% of the immigrants who came into U.S. by adopting illegal means. Mexican immigration nevertheless cannot be stopped and coping to exist in harmony might be increasingly intricate. Nearly every year recently, the Border Patrol has prevented approximately 1 million immigrants trying to sneak into U.S. employing unlawful means from Mexico. It is normally anticipated that close to 300,000 cross the borders illegally. In case more than 1 million Mexican soldiers infringed the border, Americans will consider it as a major threat to their national security and swing into action they deem fit."
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The U.S. in Latin America, 2003.
An assessment of the success of President John F. Kennedy's Alliance for Progress in Latin America.
3,296 words (approx. 13.2 pages), 11 sources, APA, £ 65.95
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This paper examines how as early as 1958, the Milton Eisenhower report criticised U.S. behavior on Latin America and how Latinos accused the U.S. of denying them credits in the desired volume, of fixing prices to their detriment, of neglecting the necessity of social reform and of supporting the region's dictators. It looks at how under the pressure of the Cuban Revolution, John F. Kennedy launched an unprecedented development programme for Latin America which took into account Eisenhower's demands. It discusses the Alliance for Progress that Kennedy launched to help Latin America in the 1960s. It evaluate its failure by the 1970s and examines the reasons for that failure, with particular reference to Frei's Chile.
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"Idealism and liberalism would soon be replaced by realism in the White House. The Kennedy administration?s passion for the development of Latin America, strongly influenced by the realities of Fidel Castro in Cuba, was replaced, after JFK?s assassination, by Lyndon Johnson and his Latin American Affairs chief, Thomas Mann. Both men saw Latin America from the position of Texan oil entrepreneurs, ?Mexico and the rest?. As LaFeber argues Mann was, ?the perfect choice to dismantle the Alliance at the same time Johnson continued the old Kennedy rhetoric?. If the Alliance contained fundamental flaws under Kennedy?s idealists, then once the realism of Johnson and Mann, followed by the globalism of Nixon and Kissinger, came to power, the last chance for the Alliance to prove a success was extinguished."
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U.S. Child Soldier Recruitment, 2007.
Exposes the ways that the United States is actively recruiting children under age 18 for the military.
2,295 words (approx. 9.2 pages), 10 sources, MLA, £ 48.95
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This paper states that the methods, utilized by the U.S government to recruit military personnel, is a shameful process often specifically targeting certain groups of underprivileged students. Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (JROTC), the high school version of ROTC, targets poor, black and Latino children, who have limited life options. The author points out that the armed forces expends vast amounts of money for advertisements enticing young people, for schools visits and for free video games, which simulate actual training. The paper concludes that some of these children become trained killing machines committing terrible atrocities, which mark them for life. These children, who follow orders like a trained dogs, are faultless victims of war.
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"The processes paramount recruitment tactic remains the Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (JROTC), the high school version of ROTC that was established by an act of Congress in 1916. This program was created to develop citizenship and responsibility in young people. JROTC is currently experiencing the most rapid expansion in its history. Junior ROTC provides both citizenship and leadership experience for today's high school students. The program instructs students in public service, civic values and personal responsibility. Junior ROTC is not a military recruitment program but is based on proven motivational training and classroom teaching
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Latino Migration, 2002.
Examines the causes and consequences of the migration of Latino men to the United States.
2,057 words (approx. 8.2 pages), 11 sources, MLA, £ 44.95
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The vast majority of Latino men entering the U.S.- legally or illegally- come for economic reasons. They come, perhaps somewhat naively, expecting the streets to be paved with gold, or, at the very least, opportunities galore for making money and either sending it back ?home? or enough to bring their families Northward. This paper examines the problems Latino men face when arriving in America including racial prejudice, rejection by more established Latino communities who view their arrival as a threat to their livelihood and the threat of American authorities. The paper also examines the affect of this migration on the American economy, including the economy's dependency on these largely unskilled workers.
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"The idea of assimilation does not come easy, and it does not present the priority for Latino men who escape the poverty of their native lands to arrive in the U.S. Except in Southern California, and in the Haitian, Dominican, and Cuban enclaves in Miami, newcomers, illegal or otherwise, are not as readily accepted by the community because of two basic reasons: the general assumption by the community- even Latinos who have emigrated earlier, is that, because most of these male newcomers are illegals, they call attention to the many other illegals who have lived in the U.S. for many years.; and second, they are new competitors for low paying jobs, and, again because some are, and many others are assumed to be illegals, these men are willing to accept far less than the official minimum wage."
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International Migration and the U.K. Economy, 2004.
An extensive analysis of the impact of international migration on the U.K. economy.
9,031 words (approx. 36.1 pages), 30 sources, MLA, £ 129.95
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This paper claims that immigration is a political problem on the minds of every destination country's citizens. The paper proposes that abundant in-migration is responsible for a variety of economic and societal ills in the developed nations. The paper explains that this issue is often discussed in the United Kingdom. The paper looks at the current view of immigration in the U.K. The paper examines government figures regarding the profiles of immigrant populations and discusses the findings of other researchers regarding the components of the current viewpoint of the negative or positive status of immigration into Britain in 2005.
Table of Contents
Chapter One: Introduction and Statement of Problem
Factors Contributing to the Immigration Issue
Two Competing Viewpoints
Definitions
Hypothesis
Chapter Two: Review of the Literature
General Studies
Ethnic Groups and Economics
Overpopulation
Ethnicity
Social Programmes
Legislation and Policy
Violence and Terrorism
In Favour of In-Migration
Chapter Three: Methodology
Chapter Four: Findings
Ethnicity
Religion by Ethnic Group
The Immigrants
Country of Birth
Crime
Health
Chapter Five: Discussion
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"In an era of globalisation, the question of immigration would seem to be moot; however, it is anything but that. As governments grapple with ways to accommodate their original citizens with new ones, the issue of immigration has taken on a more, rather than less, cogent appearance. Indeed, in many places, immigration hard-liners have been responding to the coming and going across national borders with varieties of 'hardliner' responses. In 2002, Jean-Marie Le Pen exploited the issue to run second in France's presidential elections; in the Netherlands, straight talk on the issue by the late Pim Fortuyns forced the government into a coalition with his party. This strong showing suggests that German conservative Edmund Stoiber can maintain power in his party. The politicians have, for the most part, contended that they were responding, with their anti-immigration stances, to public sentiment. "
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The Great Mexican Migration to the U.S .in the Mid-1800s, 2001.
A paper about how the American immigration to Texas profoundly affected the Mexicans who lived and migrated there.
1,663 words (approx. 6.7 pages), 2 sources, £ 37.95
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"As the whites gradually entered Texas in the mid-1800s, the tensions between the whites and Mexicans were violently building up, waiting to explode. Texas had people from the United States migrated down there, and on the other hand, people from Mexico were migrating up there, both trying to benefit from the promising land. Texas was an opportunity to gain riches from, and both whites and Mexicans had an equal start to gain their wealth, however, eventually the Mexicans lost their authority over Texas as they had lost the American Mexican War. As the Americans grasp on Texas became stronger and stronger, it weakened the status of the Mexican people, creating the emergence of ethnic division of labor in Texas. The weakening status of Mexicans in Texas that created the emergence of ethnic division later affected the Mexicans on how they were perceived by Americans as the Mexicans migrated to the Southwest for a solution to their problem."
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The U.S. and the U.N. Rights of the Child Convention, 2002.
This paper discusses why the U.S. hasn't signed the treaty on the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child.
5,060 words (approx. 20.2 pages), 8 sources, MLA, £ 88.95
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This paper presents a detailed examination, written from a legal standpoint, of the treaty on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Children. The paper concludes the U. S. is willing to intervene in other international problems, such as oil; and therefore, it should make a public statement to protect the world?s most precious commodity, children, by supporting the treaty.
Table of Contents
Introduction
What Is It
What It Protects
What about the Legal Standpoint
Why Is Treaty Needed
Why Won't the U.S. Sign?
Reasons for Signing the Treaty
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"While there are many political reasons that the US may refuse to sign the treaty, one of the chief causes for concern might be the establishment of an International Criminal Court. Many UN delegates support the idea of an International Criminal Court but the United States has been steadfast in its refusal to agree. An international criminal court might begin the slippery slope of descent to the power of individual nations when it comes to many issues including the treaty.If the international criminal court gains favor and power in the future it is feasible that the court could be used to enforce the treaty."
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Multiculturalism in the U.S. and U.K., 2005.
This paper presents an analysis regarding the doctrine of multiculturalism.
904 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 4 sources, MLA, £ 21.95
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In this article, the writer discusses the doctrine of multiculturalism. The writer offers an analysis of why such a doctrine is problematic. In order to examine the issue of multiculturalism, the writer uses examples from the public education systems in the U.S. and Great Britain to show the difficulties in treating all cultures as equal.
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"Multiculturalism is defined by the Ayn Rand institute as the view that all cultures are equal. While this doctrine is often adopted in spirit if not in principle in the U.S. and Great Britain, multiculturalism is problematic as a term. For if all cultures are equal we cannot say that there is one superior way of being, one superior set of values or one superior method of educating individuals. However societies like America and Great Britain often adopt such methods values ... "
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The United States Latino Population, 2007.
An analysis of the reasons for the under-utilization of services by the U.S. Latino population.
3,413 words (approx. 13.7 pages), 13 sources, APA, £ 66.95
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This work examines the under-utilization of services on the part of the U.S. Hispanic population. The paper examines the literature on the topic and presents the methodology by which the subject has been studied along with case study findings and facts. The researcher concludes by suggesting why the Hispanic population tends to under-utilize services made available to them.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
I. Review Of The Literature
II. Quantitative Versus Qualitative Research
Methodology
III. Summary
IV. Questionnaire
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"Having reviewed the considerations that must be applied to research and having noted the factors and elements that will be questioned and examined within the conduction of the research it is the opinion of the researcher that the primary method of investigation should be through the qualitative method. In the opinion of this researcher the qualitative methodology will be the optimal approach in seeking the reasons behind the Hispanic population's under-utilization of services available to them. Considerations in the study will be on basis of the fact that in the findings or indeed the realities that exist in the findings are of a holistic nature and furthermore that that researcher and those being researched are not able to be completely separated and that because of the interactive nature of the relationship are in fact inseparable. The qualitative research method leads to asking questions such as what does the Hispanic population know about their own culture that will be discovered through research; (2) What concepts are used by the Latino population in classifying their experiences? (3) What 'folk theory' do Hispanics use to explain their individual experiences? And (4) How can the cultural knowledge of the Hispanic population be translated into a cultural description that will inform the researcher and their colleagues? (Qualitative versus Quantitative, Del Siegel)"
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Chinese Migration to the United States, 2006.
This paper examines the Chinese migration to the U.S. using the push-pull theory, as it relates to the topic of immigration.
2,075 words (approx. 8.3 pages), 3 sources, MLA, £ 45.95
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The writer of this paper attempts to justify why many Chinese citizens chose to immigrate to America as opposed to other nations, such as England or Germany. This paper utilizes the push-pull theory to provide insights into the Chinese migration to the U.S. The pull-factor represents the attraction to a receiving country, often a major industrialized nation of the first world, by some perceived offering or opportunity. The push-factor entails impelling reasons such as low living standards, lack of economic opportunities, political repression or war, which made the people choose to leave their country of origin. This paper examines the various reasons Chinese citizens chose to leave their country, including China's feudal society that was controlled through traditional roles and responsibilities that were based on age, sex, birth order and social class. Chinese migration to the U.S. started during the 1840s. This paper explains how the American gold rush of the 1850s served as the pull factor, while the economically depressed area of south China served as the push. This paper examines the difficulties the immigrants faced in America, including the inherent cultural differences that led to conflicts between the new immigrants and the Americans. The writer also discusses the various reasons many Chinese immigrated to Hawaii and the Pacific West Coast, in which Chinese immigrants made up a large portion of the labor force.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Immigration History
Conclusion
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"The Hawaiian government felt it was right to use the workers in the fields but one the contracts were up they did everything in power to keep the Chinese from becoming g full fledged members of the island. This included bringing Japanese to substitute for Chinese as well as using Filipinos for the same purpose. In 1903, Hawaii literally created a law that stipulated that only United States citizens or anyone who was eligible to become a citizen which meant non Asians could become employed in the Hawaiian territory. Metropolitan areas became the sanctuaries for the masses of Chinese immigrants. In San Francisco for example, the notion of a 'Chinatown' implied that Chinese in America were in charge of a world within a world."
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China's Migration, 2005.
This paper discusses China's inward migration to international migration in the 20th and 21st Centuries.
2,025 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 9 sources, £ 55.95
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In this paper, the writer discusses that inward and international migrations are very close in their motivations for Chinese citizens to seek employment for better economic conditions. The writer discusses that by the massive influx of rural workers coming into China's big cities, there is an obvious demand for workers that will become the new Chinese urban working classes. The writer points out that essentially, China has become a growing power that has released its tight grip on insular Communist policy in global economies, making it possible for an industrial complex to be created outside of the mostly rural farming classes of the 20th century.
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"This migration study examines the inward and international aspects of migration that have been steadily growing over the past one hundred years and into modern times. By realizing the differing aspects of economic issues, which have caused many Chinese to migrate internationally, the inward migratory patterns in Chinese society are equally progressive. In seeking greater wealth in foreign lands due to lack of jobs and economic opportunity, International migration often portends a lesser trend in migration in China, and ultimately, inward migration has become a rising trend due to labor and economic values in modern rural China."
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Math Achievement in African-American Males, 2007.
An analysis of the differences in mathematical achievement between African American males and White males.
5,741 words (approx. 23.0 pages), 44 sources, MLA, £ 95.95
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This paper focuses on mathematical achievement in African-American boys versus their white counterparts. It addresses risk factors such as family income, mother's education, single-parent households and a non-English primary language. The paper discusses the works of theorists Lev Vygotsky, Jerome Bruner and John Dewey regarding this issue.
Table of Contents:
Objective
Introduction
Theoretical Framework
Limitations
Literature Review
Summary of The Literature Reviewed
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"The African American male was not expected to achieve in educational areas of management and accounting studies evidenced in the statement related in the work of Dantley and Leonard (2006) who states that a participant related that: "I only indulged myself in my studies to the degree that I was satisfied that I could do math up to multiplication and division of fractions and decimals and it was good enough for me for what was I going to do. I wasn't going to be doing any math. To be a laborer, all it's going to require is to run a piece of machinery." (p. 42) additionally a participant stated: "We don't have no industry out there and the industry that is out there, they're not targeting the Black community and saying, "If you go and get more math, then I can guarantee you this." (p. 45) and finally: "I have hopes. My expectation is that (my son) will graduate from high school. If he doesn't, it's no big deal...My expectation for him is to probably be no worse than I was. Just to pass." (p.46) (Dantley and Leonard, 2006)"
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Legal Migration from Mexico, 2005.
A discussion of the pros and cons of allowing legal migration from Mexico into the United States.
1,654 words (approx. 6.6 pages), 7 sources, MLA, £ 36.95
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This paper introduces, discusses, and analyzes the topic of legal migration. Specifically, it discusses the benefits of allowing legal migration from Mexico to the U.S. and the damaging effects of not allowing legal migration. In addition, it analyzes the problems and dangers that have come from the increased border patrols. Allowing more legal migration from Mexico into the United States is a controversial issue that has been addressed by many, but never acted upon. The writer points out that the flow of illegal immigrants from Mexico into the U.S. takes its toll in many forms; allowing more legal immigrants to enter the U.S. would solve many problems, including death in the deserts, smugglers trafficking in human lives, and reuniting families separated by time and borders. It argues that legal immigration from Mexico must be addressed and increased for the benefit of so many Mexican citizens who want to better their lives.
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"The history of legal and illegal immigration into the country from Mexico has not always been fraught with problems. In the 1940s, the "bracero" program allowed Mexican farm workers to immigrate to the United States to work primarily in the farmlands of California and Texas. The program was temporary, and allowed workers to come into the country because of a labor shortage in the US caused by World War II. It continued rather sporadically until 1964, when the US ended the program, feeling it artificially lowered the wages for American farm workers. When the program ended, the Border Patrol, the enforcement division of the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), (now called the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, USCIS), apprehended perhaps 42,000 illegal workers attempting to enter the country along the Mexican border. By 1974, that number had skyrocketed to at least 710,000 illegal immigrants apprehended attempting to enter the country, and in 1986, the peak year, 1.7 million people were apprehended. Today, at least 1,000,000 workers are apprehended each year (Borjas and Fisher 626). In 1986, President Reagan and the Congress enacted the Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA), a form of amnesty that allowed many illegal aliens already in the country to remain in the country legally. It also created many sanctions against employers who hire illegal aliens."
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