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Today's Immigrant Woman Entrepreneur |
Immigrant women entrepreneurs are rapidly making their mark in the U.S. business sector, in every region of the country and across a large range of industries. Today, immigrant women of the post-1960s wave of immigration comprise one of the fastest growing groups of business owners in the United States. This study examines the rise of immigrant women entrepreneurs and profiles them as a group using data from the 2000 Decennial Census and other sources. January, 2005 (Volume 4, Issue 1)
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Remembering December 17: Repeal of the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act |
December 17 marks the anniversary of the 1943 repeal by Congress of the Chinese Exclusion Act of May 6, 1882. With only a few exceptions, this law barred any Chinese from immigrating to the United States, and was the first time U.S. immigration policy singled out citizens of a particular nation for wholesale discrimination. (December 2004)
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From Denial to Acceptance: Effectively Regulating Immigration to the United States |
U.S. immigration policy is based on denial. Most lawmakers in the United States have largely embraced the process of economic “globalization,” but stubbornly refuse to acknowledge that increased migration, especially from developing nations to developed nations, is an integral and inevitable part of this process. Instead, they continue an impossible quest that began shortly after World War II: the creation of a transnational market in goods and services without a transnational market for the workers who make those goods and provide those services. November, 2004 (Volume 3, Issue 5)
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Legal Fiction Denies Due Process to Immigrants |
Over a thousand noncitizens face indefinite detention in the United States on the basis of a meaningless legal technicality. (October 2004)
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Immigrant Athletes in the Summer 2004 Olympics |
Immigrants and the children of immigrants are prominent among the athletes representing the United States in the 2004 Olympics. The stories of these immigrant athletes offer a vivid glimpse of the immigrant experience in the United States. (September 2004)
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Putting a Cap on Competitiveness: Arbitrary Limits on H-1B Visas Undermine U.S. Science and Engineer |
Arbitrary congressional limits on the number of H-1B visas that can be granted annually to highly skilled foreign professionals may undermine the international competitiveness of U.S. science and technology. (October 2004)
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Power and Potential: The Growing Electoral Clout of New Citizens |
Immigrants – and groups in which immigrants are a large percentage of the population, such as Latinos and Asian/Pacific Islanders (APIs) – are a growing portion of the U.S. electorate. In a closely contested presidential race, the growing ranks of “new citizens” – foreign-born individuals who become “naturalized” U.S. citizens – are increasingly important political players. October, 2004 (Volume 3, Issue 4)
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