News tagged with immigrant
Teenager reportedly finds solution to 350 year old math and physics problem
(Phys.org) -- In Isaac Newton's Principia Mathematica published in 1687, the man many consider the most brilliant mathematician of all time used a mathematical formula to describe the path taken by an obj ...
May 29, 2012 |
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Study reveals cultural characteristics of the Tea Party movement
American voters sympathetic to the Tea Party movement reflect four primary cultural and political beliefs more than other voters do: authoritarianism, libertarianism, fear of change, and negative attitudes toward immigrants ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Aug 22, 2011 |
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Rise in immigration may help explain drop in violent crimes, study says
During the 1990s, immigration reached record highs and crime rates fell more precipitously than at any time in U.S. history. And cities with the largest increases in immigration between 1990 and 2000 experienced the largest ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
May 14, 2010 |
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Study of Farmers Branch, Texas: Immigrants seen as threat to white, middle-class 'American' identity
Who belongs in America? Immigration has sparked a raging national debate about that question — including in the Dallas suburb of Farmers Branch, Texas, the first U.S. city to adopt an ordinance requiring renters to prove ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jul 06, 2010 |
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Understanding anti-immigrant sentiment
(PhysOrg.com) -- Immigration is a long-simmering issue in the politics of many countries, including the United States. A 2007 Pew poll found that three-quarters of all U.S. citizens want to further restrict ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Feb 19, 2010 |
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At odds in Europe over differing visions of multiculturism
The government of Germany has announced that it will place more stringent demands on all immigrants in an effort to better integrate them into society. Since then, a growing debate about multiculturalism has ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Nov 15, 2010 |
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Study: 88,000 US citizen children lost lawful immigrant parent to deportion
The United States government has deported the lawful immigrant parents of nearly 88,000 citizen children in just a decade, according to a new report released today from the University of California, Berkeley, and the University ...
Mar 31, 2010 |
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Increased marginalization of students in Sweden
The successful Swedish model of reducing the impact of students' different social, cultural and economic backgrounds on academic outcome is severely threatened after 20 years of educational reforms. This is the main point ...
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Jan 25, 2011 |
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Will the economic crisis lead to major societal changes?
Why are former business executives and attorneys volunteering more time to help their communities? Why do the children of immigrants assume values very different from those of their parents? Why has the size of Japanese families ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
May 08, 2009 |
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Study: Skilled immigrants boost US innovation
A study published in the latest issue of the Journal of Labor Economics finds that highly skilled temporary immigrants boost technological innovation in the U.S. without displacing U.S.-born workers in the process.
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Jul 15, 2010 |
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Hidden lives of Baltimore's Irish immigrants unearthed for first time
An archaeological team from the University of Maryland is unearthing a unique picture of the Baltimore-area's early Irish immigrants - of city children taught to read and write at home before widespread public ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jun 24, 2011 |
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Stanford sociologist goes undercover to study Latino immigration in the South
(PhysOrg.com) -- Monica McDermott spent a year working in a South Carolina discount store to see how an influx of Hispanic immigrants is changing the area's social dynamics.
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May 06, 2010 |
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Why the immigrants come
The image of the impoverished immigrant, whether depicted being jammed with others in the trunk of a car or ducking through the underbrush to reach the border, has become a cultural meme. The endless influx ...
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May 27, 2011 |
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Phone points illegal border crossers to water
(AP) -- A group of California artists wants Mexicans and Central Americans to have more than just a few cans of tuna and a jug of water for their illegal trek through the harsh desert into the U.S.
Dec 29, 2009 |
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Online tool launched to find aliens in US custody
US immigration officials on Friday launched an online tool to help people find illegal aliens who have been placed in US custody.
Jul 24, 2010 |
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Immigration
Immigration (derived from Latin: migratio) is the act of foreigners passing or coming into a country for the purpose of permanent residence. Immigration is made for many reasons, including economic, political, family re-unification, natural disaster, poverty or the wish to change one's surroundings voluntarily.
For more information about Immigration, read the full article at
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