Mexican And Salvadoran Populations During The United States

Migrant workers are known to be the backbone of many countries, in the sense that some of them tend to they take up the unwanted and lowly skilled jobs reliant in helping keep the economy stable. In 2014, “migrants accounted for 47% of the increased workforce in the United States and 70% in Europe over the past 10 years”. Through this collective standpoint, they are seen to contribute

Immigration has played an important role throughout American history. What fundamentally sets America apart from other nations is the foundation that it was created by immigrants seeking a better life for themselves and their children (Camarota & Zeigler, 2016). During times of economic growth, laborers have been imported, and deported during recessions (Flores, 2016). An average of 1.1 million immigrants relocate to the United States annually (Storesletten, 2000). US Customs and Border Control officials, have witnessed a significant increase in the number of “unaccompanied alien minors” from Latin America, anticipating 75,000 minors (if not more) from 2016 to 2017 (Rush, 2016). The average age for “unaccompanied alien minors” is 11 years

The United States of America has the largest foreign-born population in the world. With nearly thirteen percent of the total population being foreign-born, one may find it hard to imagine an immigrant-free country (U.S. Bureau of the Census). Immigration has been an integral part of the United States’ overall success and the country’s economy since it was established and without it, would have never been founded at all. Although there are some negative issues associated with immigration and many native-born Americans believe to be more of a problem than a solution, overall it actually has a positive effect. Immigrants in America, among other things, fill jobs where native-born Americans may not want to work or cannot work, they contribute

The U.S. has been facing a number of foreign policy issues, most of them regional, some of them global. Washington’s immigration policy has not changed significantly for almost 25 years. The Obama Administration’s immigration system continues to be an outmoded, hedged mess that makes legal migration often all but impossible for many to achieve. According a report on the Center for Migration Study (CMS) website, approximately 41.3 million immigrants lived in the United States in 2013, accounting for 13 percent of the overall U.S. population, North and Central America represent 69.5%, Asia 14.1%, Africa 2.9%, Europe 2.8% and Oceania 0.2%. According to the same report, Black African immigrants represent one of the fastest-growing segments of

The first Salvadorans to migrate into the United States was during the 1950’s. They ranged from wealthy privileged individuals working and studying abroad to suvants and laboros travling as domestic service for diplomats. (1) Throught the 1970’s conflit began to rise between Honduras over land rights and immigration creating oppression and violence. Many immigrants fled leaving the government in an economic crisis leading to a civil war between the government, four guerrilla groups and a communist group known as Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN). (http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/El_Salvador) In response to the war, almost a half a million Salvadorans traveled across the boarder to find refuge in the United States from 1980 to 1990, increasing the Salvadoran population almost five times. (2)

Another challenge is the foreign-born population in the United States. Many immigrants plan to have a child in the U.S. on purpose of staying. In 2012 for example, the foreign-born population consisted of 40.7 million people, wherein 18.6 million naturalized U.S. citizens and 22.1 million non-citizens (Cillizza, 2014). There was an increasing in the foreign-born population in the last decade. Between 2000 and 2012, it increased 31.2 %, and the immigrant population grew from 31.1 million to 40.8 million people ( Rodriguez, 2014). Since the 1960s, the foreign-born share of the U.S. population has doubled; in 2012 they were 13 percent of the total U.S. population. However, the immigrant’s origin today is more diverse than they were 50 years ago in 1960 for instance, 75% of the foreign-born population that resided in the United States came from Europe, while in 2012, only 11.8 % (Ceneta, 2014).

According to the United Nations (UN) International Migration Convention report, approximately 4 percent of the world's population is migrants. This convention was entered into force on 1 July, 2003 and in this they have resolved some point that would help to develop the conditions of immigrants. Now the number has increased and there are estimated 232 million immigrants of whom 59 percent are living in developed countries. In resolution 63/225, the General Assembly (2013) of UN hold a high level dialogue on immigration and development to help the economic growth and employment remain stable (Anon, 2016). In ninth coordination meeting on International Migration of UNDP has contributed to the discussion on development of global immigrants and human mobility.

Countries like the United States of America (U.S.) or Canada are for some individuals a synonym of prosperity, opportunity and economic power. This situation has led Latin Americans to emigrate in search of the "American Dream", which means having the possibility of a higher quality of life for themselves and their families. Still, the majority of the immigrants choose the U.S. above other countries to achieve this dream, either for its location or reputation. However, the “American Dream” is not always accomplished through legal channels; instead, a significant number of individuals enter the country by crossing the border illegally or enter the country legally “with valid student, tourist, or temporary work visas but subsequently overstay the period of the visa or fall out of status” (Hilfinger, Mcewen & Clark, 2015, p.81). This situation has increased in recent years and is becoming an economic, political and social problem for the U.S. government. According to some statistics, “Seventy-six percent of undocumented immigrants are reported to be Hispanic” (Androff & Tavassoli, 2012, p. 165) where the Mexican undocumented population was estimated at 6.7 million in 2012, and the number of undocumented population from Central America was estimated at 1.6 million (Massey, Durand & Pren, 2014). Therefore, it is necessary to analyze the origins that are causing individuals to leave their countries and the effects of this.

In this assignment, the strengths and weaknesses of the claim that migration creates global connections, will be discussed. This will be done by discovering what counts as migration and how it is valued, how global connections can be both positive and negative, about the concepts of 'diaspora' and 'translocalism' and how important they are when considering both migration and global connections. To enable the discussion of the subject matter, it must first be understood what is meant by the terms 'migration' and 'global connections', migration is used to describe the circulation of people from their country of origin into

Regardless of a quickly growing literature in the last several years, the question of migration still continues to seem like a neglected area of research in several areas. However, Migration by Michael Samers, a geography professor at University of Kentucky, offers a respected and thought-provoking opening text to immigration worldwide. The book has four main compelling chapters, an introduction, and a conclusion. Within each section Samers addresses popular questions within this field of study.

“The rise in the number of international migrants reflects the increasing importance of international migration, which has become an integral part of our economies and societies. Well-managed migration brings important benefits to countries of origin and destination, as well as to migrants and their families,” (Hongbo, Wu 2016).

4) Schiller, N. G., Basch, L. G., & Blanc, C. (1992). Towards a transnational perspective on migration: race,

Migration has always represented an important factor in society’s development. Ever since ancient times, people have been travelling around the world, some staying only for a while, some choosing to set (A SE STABILI???) in certain areas, getting married and starting a family with a local partner. Consequently, cultures and languages mixed and this is how powerful nations like England, The USA, Germany were born. This phenomenon of migration also takes place nowadays, constantly. People leave their native land in the hope that foreign countries will offer them either better paid jobs or simply a more resourceful background for their children. Unfortunetely, times changed and nowadays’ world requests more

People migrate for a multitude of reasons, including but not limited to: moving from a developing country to a developed country, moving from a place where their human rights are being violated, moving for jobs and money earning opportunities, moving away from internal conflict and war, and moving from areas affected by natural disasters. Recently, there has been an influx of people migrating to Europe, and the continent has been affectively transformed from a place of emigration to a place of immigration. Many of the migrants who want to enter into Europe are moving in an attempt to escape the harsh post-colonial way of life in Northern Africa, and in order to find a way to earn a living. Migrants make treacherous journeys, often risking their lives, in the hopes of crossing borders and improving their circumstances, but often find that the outcome is not what they were looking for.

Global governance is a set of coercive norms, principles, rules and decisions-making procedures existing over and above the level of nations-states which have to comply with them. In the realm of international migration in which individuals opt voluntarily to cross countries boundaries in order to stay in the host state for a minimum of length of time, it appears that that the need of global governance has become unavoidable by the mid twentieth century. Effectively, states struggle to control international migration. Indeed, history demonstrated that migration has often been uncontainable and unrestricted in most countries, at start of the twentieth century, despite the rejection of foreigners due to national security concerns, racial discriminations, public health considerations rather than economic objectives, as per S. Dajajié (2001: P. XV). Even if the border control remain the permanent right of the sovereign states, the rapid increase of the globalisation process, in the second half of the twentieth century, has majored and accelerated migration through out the world. According to S. Djajié, the twentieth century witnessed a strong income differential between workers of rich and poor nations. This was due to the fact that workers in the advanced market economies witnessed enormous improvements in their economic, social and political status (this workers were enjoying high labour standards, collective bargaining and welfare state). However, the same level of