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unskilled work. In the extreme third case, immigration can even allow the expansion of new forms of low skill manufacturing.  … wird ebenfalls diskutiert: Immigration kann es sogar ermöglichen, dass neue Formen von niedrig qualifizierter …
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This paper presents data and analysis suggesting that immigration as an issue has ramified on to a broader policy … agenda than "just" immigration. We show that, controlling for a wide range of political and demographic variables, those who … say that immigration is the most important problem facing the state of California are more likely to want a smaller …
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The assimilation of recent immigrants to the United States has been a topic of considerable debate. Conservative scholars argue that Latinos are developing a Spanish monolingual society on the United States-Mexico border. More progressive scholars maintain that Latinos assimilate at rates...
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Abstract Immigration has become an increasingly salient national issue in the US, and the Department of Justice … recently increased federal efforts to prosecute immigration offenses. This shift, however, relies on the cooperation of US … local concerns. To consider how the centralized goal of immigration enforcement may have influenced federal prosecutors in …
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Abstract The debate over comprehensive immigration reform in the summer and fall of 2013 had the potential to … immigration politics in recent decades. We examine recent polling data that suggest that movement in the GOP’s images in response …-thin margins in the past could present opportunities for both parties, depending on whether and how the immigration issue is …
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Abstract Who supports and who opposes legislation that seeks to tighten interior immigration enforcement among members … of Congress, and why? Interior immigration enforcement is one of the critical, but often overlooked aspects of the … comprehensive immigration reform debate in the US. An analysis of 3330 roll call votes among U.S. House Representatives since H …
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efforts were abetted by philanthropic foundation which, since the early 2000s, have prioritized immigration policy and … immigrant issues. Other foundations, hostile to illegal immigration, have funded another set of nonprofits that worked to change … immigration policy and voting laws. The article explains these complex relationships between foundations and nonprofits in the …
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. These findings suggest that relative FPE does not hold across US states. In addition, the findings imply that immigration …
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Abstract The Kansas Bureau of Labor and Industry surveyed attitudes towards immigration during the 1890s. The surveys … reveal that individuals opposed immigration for cultural and economic reasons. Key correlates were the position in the labor …
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