PPT-Immigrants and Immigration

Immigrants and Immigration in Canada The Condensed Version Paradox Canada needs immigration more than immigrants need Canada Why Canada needs Immigrants Offset the declining birth rate Ensure a sufficient tax base. The Benefits, why . America Relies on it,. and why we must find . a solution. 1. Illegal Immigration. Beneficial to American citizens as well as immigrants. Our reasons:. They pay taxes like citizens do. Gordon Hanson. UC San Diego & National Bureau of Economic Research. Consensus on immigration?. “We need immigration reform that will secure our . borders and bring . the 12 million people . here . 8.47 Explain the causes and effects of the wave of immigration from Northern Europe to the United States. Immigration. Immigration is . the action of coming to live permanently in a foreign country.. And Urban Life . 1870-1915. Chapter 15. The Gilded Age. suggests that there was a glittering layer of prosperity that covered the poverty and corruption that existed in much of society. This term was coined by Mark Twain.. Lesson 3. Big Ideas. Both geographers and historians have studied how and why people have immigrated to the United States.. Push factors such as lack of freedom, a shortage of jobs, war, famine, or high costs of living caused people to leave their home countries.. Lillian M. Hewko. Law Students for Reproductive Justice Fellow, NHWN. 30 . Regional Coordinators (RC’s) in . 26 . states and District of Columbia. National policy analysis, regulatory comments and advocacy, develop and share model state marketplace policies.. I. IMMIGRANTS AND URBAN CHALLENGES. Mid-1800’s . L. arge . numbers of immigrants crossed the Atlantic ocean . T. o . begin new lives in America.. Between 1840 – 1860 in the U. S.. More . than 4 million immigrants . . True: . Of the 175 million migrants in the world, the U.S. admitted 1,063,732 documented immigrants in 2002. Undocumented immigration adds approximately 350,000 people per year by INS estimates. . EUROPEANS FLOOD INTO AMERICA. Between 1865 and 1914 nearly 25 million Europeans immigrated to the United States.. By late 1890s more than half of all immigrants were from eastern and southern Europe. GUIDING QUESTIONS. WHY DO PEOPLE MIGRATE?. HOW IS URBAN LIFE DIFFERENT FROM RURAL LIFE?. Europeans Flood Into America. How did European immigrants of the late 1800s change American society? . Let’s find out!. Immigration. 1870-1910: 20 million immigrants entered the US. Added to the labor pool. Added to the demand for housing. Added to the demand for goods. Eastern & Southern Europeans. About 14 million immigrants from Italy, Greece, Poland, Russia, Slavic states. Economic immigrants. Legal immigrants. Migration averaged 1 million per year. Quotas, refugees, and . H1-B provision. One-third of population growth. One-half of labor force growth. LO1. Number of Immigrants. Rev. Kelly Nieman Anderson. What can We Do? . What can we DO?. PRAY. PRAY. God of the journey, God of the traveler, . We pray for those who leave their homes in search of new beginnings and possibilities, may they know your presence with them. . Curriculum Qs. What factors influence immigration policies in Canada (i.e., economic, political, health, security)? . How are changes to Canadian policies on immigration and refugees a reflection of world issues? .