Exam 7: Making Sense of Migration and Immigration

A majority of immigrants with H1-B visas in the United States are from India.

Circular migration refers to seasonal workers that immigrate yet maintain strong ties and temporarily live in their home country.

In the 1700s immigrants from Southwestern Germany were considered a separate "racial group" than Anglo-Americans.

In 2018 the Trump administration enforced a zero-tolerance policy for illegal border crossings which resulted in ______.

Which factors motivated the Johnson-Reed Immigration Act of 1924?

Countries with push factors will have high levels of ______.

______ constitute about 3.3% of the total U.S. population.

How are the definitions of "us" and "them" socially constructed? Provide an example of a group that was once the out-group and is now considered part of the in-group.

______ assimilation supports the process of ______ assimilation.

The Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) of 1986 resulted in ______.

Due to restrictive immigration policies the immigration rate to the United States almost completely stopped from ______.

President Trump's proposed wall across the United States-Mexico border is an example of an intervening obstacle for migrants.

Negative stereotypes and hostility towards immigrants discourages immigrants from assimilating to the host culture.

Explain the difference between refugees and asylum seekers. Provide an example of each.

What was the purpose of California's Proposition 187 passed in 1994?

Refugees have fled their countries and cannot return because they would face persecution.

How is human migration from a social problems perspective different from imagining it from an individual perspective? Compare and contrast structural and personal factors in migration.

Pull factors that contribute to immigration are primarily positive.

Which person immigrated to the United States through the H-1B visa program?

Why is the United States referred to as a "nation of immigrants?"