Worksheet 5
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Instructions:
You will need to write two summaries. From this article, you will learn essential information, especially for those students majoring in history.
Watch video:
Read the articles:
1. The Long View: The Past, Present, and Future of U.S. Immigration and 2. Mental Health Issues for Immigrant Adolescents: Research and Practice
Write:
a) The first summary will include a brief description of the four major waves of Immigration in the United States, then write at least three health stressors reflected in some immigrant students.
Read:
Solito p. 67-78
b) The second summary is a reflection of the lived experience of Gabriel M¤ez. This might be one example of the many kids arriving from South America. However, immigration is coming from everywhere, not only from Latin America. Reflect on the reading, and write your thoughts as a university student. You can describe the challenges of the writer. What do you think about him? Is there anything that impressed you? What is the narrator’s message?
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The Long View: The Past, Present,
and Future of U.S. Immigration
JEANNE BATALOVA AND AARON TERRAZAS
he United States is the worldàleading destination for migrants and the
country has a long history of welcoming periodic waves of newcomers.
While the U.S. population accounts for 5% of todayàworldàpopulation, about
20% of the 214 million international migrants worldwide reside in the United
States.1 Immigration and immigrants hold an indisputable position in the
pantheon of national mythology.2 Yet, few issues in contemporary U.S. politics
are as contentious or politically volatile as immigration. Perspectives cut unpredictably across the gamut of societal cleavages including geographic region of
residence, political party affiliation, socioeconomic class, and racial and
ethnic group.
It is difficult to interpret public opinion trends on immigration, but there is
little doubt that Americans agree that the current immigration system is deeply
flawed.3 A July 2010 nationwide poll conducted by the Pew Research Center
and the National Journal found that nearly two-thirds of U.S. adults considered
it ¥ry important4hat Congress address immigration policy in the months
ahead.4 Periodic Gallup polls conducted between 1965 and the present show
Copyright 2012. Springer Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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1
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division, Trends in International
Migrant Stock: The 2008 Revision, UN database, (New York: United Nations Department of Economic
and Social Affairs, Population Division, 2009). http://esa.un.org/migration/index.asp?panel=1.
2
Hirschman, C., Kasinitz, P., & DeWind, J. (1999). The handbook of international migration: The American
experience. New York, NY: Russell Sage Foundation.
3
For a review of public opinion and migration, see Transatlantic Council on Migration. (2009). Migration,
public opinion and politics. Gu?tersloh, Germany: Bertelsmann Stiftung.
4
Available on PollingReport.com, an online aggregator of public opinion polls. Retrieved October 10, 2010,
from http://www.pollingreport.com/immigration.htm.
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Grigorenko, E. L. P. (Ed.). (2012). U.s. immigration and education : Cultural and policy issues across the lifespan. ProQuest
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