NY Times Immigration Resources




This site has a lot of information on immigration.  However, some of this text is very advanced.  Give the articles a five sentence try.  If, after five sentences, you find the text to be too difficult, then you should move on to another article.  If it doesn’t make sense to you, there is no point in you wasting your time on it. 

 http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/i/immigration_and_refugees/index.html

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  1. on November 29, 2007 at 1:27 pm Henry Wong 802 Said:

    This is homework^_^

    There is a curent immigration law.
    Before you are aloud into the USA you shall go through many procedures. They will first find a good and clean informatiom. They will ask you sepcfic questions to find out if ur bad or good. They will give you a interview. Then after the interview they will need to see your documents.After that they give you your green cards and etc.
    http://www.nilc.org/immlawpolicy/index.htm
    Done ^_^

  2. on November 29, 2007 at 2:28 pm Jon Kwok 802 Said:

    This is homework.
    This link is about how to get a visa. A visa is like a piece of paper that allows you to enter the United States for a certain period of time. To get a visa is sort of like what Henry said. First, you have to make an appointment at a US Embassy/Consulate. Second, you need to have personal information ready like your passport, documents saying why you are going to the United States, and appropriate applications. Third, you have to have your visa reviewed by a consular officer or most likely an official from Washington D.C. Visas take about a few weeks to complete. Also, there is no guarantee that you will receive your visa. In some situations, they must review your visa more thoroughly. After this, you can travel to the United States and when you get off the plane, you are to follow the non-citizen entry instructions.

    This is a paragraph. . .663 letters. . .1503 points (probably not true in scrabble).

    Here’s the link:
    http://www.unitedstatesvisas.gov/pdfs/gettingavisa.02.03.pdf

  3. on November 29, 2007 at 5:23 pm Robert...o.o 802 Said:

    This the HW:
    This article is about immigration. It talks about how the pass 7 years that immirgrants came to america. Over 10.3 million of them coming to the USA. Only half of them had the illegal staus. Out of that half 30% of them have lack of health. With lack of health they also have lack of health insurance, when the kids come to the US they would need health insurenace which they dont have. The school percent of high school graduation for both illgeal and legal immigrant is 31%.

    Here is the site:http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/29/us/29immig.html?_r=1&n=Top/Reference/Times%20Topics/Subjects/I/Immigration%20and%20Refugees&oref=slogin

  4. on November 29, 2007 at 5:58 pm jj 802 Said:

    HW:
    This is what they do see if the person is an ctizienship or not. Federal immigration law determines whether a person is an alien, and associated legal rights, duties, and obligations of aliens in the United States. It also provides means by which certain aliens can become naturalized citizens with full rights of citizenship. Immigration law serves as a gatekeeper for the nation’s border: it determines who may enter, how long they may stay and when they must leave.

    http://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/index.php/Immigration

  5. on November 29, 2007 at 7:46 pm Andrew Tsang 802 Said:

    Homework for 11/29/07
    Class 802
    Question:What is the present immigration policy in the U.S?

    Summary:
    The first thing is the border patrol/guards, they are supposed to watch the border. They have had funding and an increase of guards at 63% leading to 15,000 at the end of this year, 2007. The new policy says that an illegal immigrants would be returned to their homeland if their country did’nt take them back soon after some time. People need to see your legal documents. This is because the immigrants without legal documents are illegal immigrants. They do this to verify the immigrant. Many Mexicans, Asians, or any other races try to get over the border. All immigrants need a green card to get into the U.S so they can live there and make money.

    Bibiograhy:
    http://www.whitehouse.gov/stateoftheunion/2007/initiatives/immigration.html
    (also another website but I forgot to write it down…)

  6. on November 29, 2007 at 8:20 pm Brandon T 802 Said:

    Hw: What is current immigration policy of U.S. now?

    Go to: http://www.ailf.org/ipc/infocus/ipc_infocus_0704.shtml

    This internet page will show will be a summary about a report. It told me about the good effects on immigrants such as immigrants can secure better jobs quickly, earn higher incomes, and contribute to the U.S. economy. I learned that immigrants are doing well in America too. According to the 2000 Census, 91 percent of children and 97 percent of grandchildren of Mexican immigrants speak English good. This page is from the views of the good outcomes for the immigrants.

  7. on November 29, 2007 at 9:28 pm Max 802 Said:

    HOMEWORK:WHAT IS THE CURRENT IMMIGRATION POLICY OF THE U.S. TODAY.
    LINK:http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2004/01/20040107-3

    America is stronger and better than any other nation because of the hard work and the faith and entrepreneurial spirit of the immigrants. The nation has received 18 millions of mens, womens, and childrens in the mayn other nations. About 14 percent of the nation’s workforce is foreign-born. Most of them begin working in America by taking hard jobs and going on long hours in important industries. Many immigrants also start businesses, taking the familiar path from hired labor to ownership. Illegal entry across the borders of the nation makes more difficult for doing urgent tasks of securing the homeland. The system is not working. The nation needs an immigration system that serves the American economy, and reflects the American Dream.

  8. on November 30, 2007 at 5:25 pm Stacy 802 Said:

    This is HW:
    What is current immigration policy of U.S. now?
    Since the Statue of Liberty stands for freedom, rights and justice, America is opened to any immigrants that come. During these past decades, the number of immigrants arriving to America is growing by 500 in the beginning, a sudden drop most of the way down and has kept on increasing as it continues. Since this sudden increase in the middle had happened, America was stated that if you wanted to enter at all, you would had to pass a literacy test. So, if you pass the test, you are free to enter the USA. But if you failed, you must leave and try again for the next few years!!
    Link:
    http://www.web.missouri.edu/~brente/immigr.htm – 4k

  9. on November 30, 2007 at 5:27 pm Stacy 802 Said:

    My badz… link is http://web.missouri.edu/~brente/immigr.htm

  10. on November 30, 2007 at 5:30 pm Amy Said:

    Immigration laws should be fair to the immigrants. They must increase the immigrants rights in their work place. They’re treated unfairly by U.S born citizens. If they want higher wages, they will no speak out because they’re scared that the Owners won’t hire them if the owners were U.S born. The pro-middle class immigration policy should give them labor rights.
    http://www.drummajorinstitute.org/library/report.php?ID=21

    Illegal immigrants in the U.S needs legal protection and it’s still a challenge for them. People who are born in the U.S like the low and middle class people most likely express or go towards anti-immigration. The illegal immigration Control Act shows that the legislator is ready for all those fears. A document reported that protecting the immigrants right in the work place help the middle-class because immigrants pay the most taxes.

    http://www.drummajorinstitute.org/library/article.php?ID=6421

  11. on November 30, 2007 at 8:24 pm Derrick 802 Said:

    This is HW:
    In the early 1800s immigrant was both good and bad for America. Since then it has became an issue on topic. Later in 2003, President Bush used the laws from the 1800 and he focused on a program called guest worker. This program to enter the country but not to stay, they could fill jobs. Immigrant were happy because they didn’t leave their country for nothing. They could support their money thanks the program guest worker.

    Link:http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/i/immigration_and_refugees/index.html

  12. on December 2, 2007 at 4:57 am Eric Hom 802 Said:

    Hw–

    “In 2003, President Bush called for a comprehensive overhaul of the nation’s immigration laws, the first since the mid-80’s. His proposal focused on creating a guest worker program that would allow immigrants to legally enter the country temporarily to fill jobs that employers say would otherwise go unfilled.”

    I think this was only used to help America. I think Bush didn’t have any intentions to do with the immigrants. After all there is a war going on and America needs money so probably he uses those people to help work and pay for the war and then when the war is over. Also on the link I learned that one present immigration policy of U.S today is that the immigrants must come here with fluid English or learn English, must pay their taxes. Also another policy i learned is that un-working people looking to become a citizen will have to go back to where they came from.

    http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/i/immigration_and_refugees/index.html
    http://www.whitehouse.gov/stateoftheunion/2007/initiatives/immigration.html

  13. on December 2, 2007 at 8:42 am Raymond L. 804 Said:

    HW:
    In the 1800s it was a good and bad thing that immigrants came to America. It was a big problem during that time. In 2003, President George W.Bush used a law from the 1800s. Immigrants can come in the U.S but not stay there. They were only there to fill in jobs.

    Link:http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/i/immigration_and_refugees/index.html

  14. on December 2, 2007 at 11:48 am Gary Li Said:

    This is HW:
    In the early 1800s, immigration was good and bad for America. In 2003, President Bush use immigration laws in the mid 1800. He focused creating a program called Guest Worker. The program allowed the immigrants to enter the U.S. to get the jobs. Immigrants from all over the country went into the U.S. to get the jobs and they were happy because they can support their family. They can buy things so they won’t be poor anymore.

    Link:http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/i/immigra

  15. on December 2, 2007 at 12:13 pm Dinah 802 Said:

    This page provides information on laws, policies and explainations controlling immigration. It says that The Immigration and Nationality Act was created in 1952. Before this act, there were variety of statutes governed immigration law but were not organized in one location. The McCarran-Walter bill of 1952 collected and codified many existing requirements and reorganized the structure of immigration law. The Act has been amended many times over the years, but is still the basic immigration law.

    http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.eb1d4c2a3e5b9ac89243c6a7543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=02729c7755cb9010VgnVCM10000045f3d6a1RCRD&vgnextchannel=02729c7755cb9010VgnVCM10000045f3d6a1RCRD

  16. on December 2, 2007 at 1:27 pm larry Lin......802 Said:

    This is my homework:
    Immigration was a good and bad thing for America. Since the 1800s immigration has been a problem in the U.S, and it is still one of the troubling tissue today. In 2003, Bush wanted to pass out a proposal that was called the guest worker program. This didn’t make deportation for illegal immigrants but instead it offer them assistance. It was a program that let immigrants come to the U.S legally and temporarily fill in the jobs at the U.S. This plan was set aside when the Iraq war started. Meanwhile, there was a group called bipartisan that tried to do the guest worker program and make illegal immigrants to gain their legal status. This didn’t work even through the help of President Bush. The group was defeated and that senators didn’t think that kind of bill would be passed before the election of 2008

  17. on December 2, 2007 at 1:28 pm larry Lin......802 Said:

    comment 14 is my homework and the link is
    http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/i/immigration_and_refugees/index.html

  18. on December 2, 2007 at 1:39 pm Freddy Said:

    This HW

    There are a lot of immigration laws in the U.S. There are a bunch of diffrent ways you can come the the U.S and stay here. Some examples are asylum wich means protection and immunity from extradition granted by a government to a political refugee from another country, a green card wich is an official card wich lets foreign national’s work in the U.S legally, or a visa that allows you to enter the United States for a certain period of time.But even with all of that it still take’s a while for you to get these things because of all the leagal steps that need to be taken. However if you are born in the U.S you automatically because a U.S citizen even if your parents are not.

    (word definition from dictionary.com)

  19. on December 2, 2007 at 1:39 pm Freddy Said:

    from 802

  20. on December 2, 2007 at 4:00 pm Mai Lan ~ 802 Said:

    Homework.

    This shows the laws and rules from the past few years…..
    http://www.nilc.org/immlawpolicy/index.htm
    http://www.nilc.org/immlawpolicy/aosupp/aosupp021.htm

  21. on December 2, 2007 at 4:40 pm jun wei zhong 804 Said:

    there are many law to about the nation’s immigration. like President Bush made a law that the immigrants can legally enter the country and to find their jobs. buring the 2005 the Republican-controlled House passed a law say that rejected Mr. Bush’s plan for a guest worker program and instead called for the deportation of all illegal immigrants. on that law that is passed out, alot of the immigrants was reacted angrily through the spring of 2006.

  22. on December 2, 2007 at 4:41 pm jun wei zhong 804 Said:

    the comment 18 is my homework

  23. on December 2, 2007 at 5:11 pm Marie Wu 802 Said:

    This is my Homework

    http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=U.S._immigration_legislation

    Republican-led House and Senate passed immigration legislation during Bush’s 2nd term. Some people had plans of making illegal immigrants into legal immigrants. There was a debate about illegal immigrants from Mexico and the immigrants that are coming to the US. Some people argued that they should keep the current immigration laws instead of writing new ones.

  24. on December 2, 2007 at 6:15 pm William 804 Said:

    H.W.

    Ever since the early 1800s there were troubles about immigration. In 2003 President Bush proposed to creating a law that allows the immigrants to go into America to fill in a role for a empty jobs.In 2005 the Republican controlled house passed a bill that rejects President Bush’s plan and called for deportation of all illegal immigrants in America. It also prohibited acts of assistance towards the illegal immigrants. Many groups and orginizations representing the immigrants were angered. A Bipartisan group of senators, with President Bush’s help were trying to make the plan with guest workers a reality and allow illegal immigrants to have a chance to become citizens. However the plan had failed and negotiations continued in 2007, but the plan kept failing and all senators on both sides believed that no bill about this would likely be passed before the election of 2008.

    link:http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/i/immigration_and_refugees/index.html

  25. on December 2, 2007 at 6:17 pm LiSERS(; Said:

    http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/immigration/recent/kauthar.htm

    This site is about people who immigrated from the early 20th century until now. In the article it talks about this girl that immigrated from Kenya to Georgia, US. She talks about how different it was for her and the struggles she had. Her name is Kauther Hassan and she is really homesick. Although she knows life will be better for her here in the US, she knows that she can never leave Kenya behind.

    *She compares her lifestyle in Kenya to the new ways she has to live now.

  26. on December 2, 2007 at 9:08 pm Carrie Wen 804 Said:

    HW:
    Some people came to the U.S for jobs so they can support their family back home.Of the more than 1.2 million people who immigrated last year, fewer than 13% were admitted based on job skills. The system would give an advantage to those people who are highly educated, have skills that are in demand in the USA, have worked here, have relatives here and are fluent in English.

  27. on December 2, 2007 at 9:08 pm Jonathan Pang Said:

    Homework:
    The site is about many different facts about immigration in many countries: law, forms, and etc. I hope this resource will help everyone

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration

  28. on December 2, 2007 at 9:10 pm Carrie Wen 804 Said:

    oopppsss!!!
    Link:http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2007-05-20-immigration-plan_N.htm

  29. on December 2, 2007 at 9:11 pm Jonathan Pang Said:

    Homework: Summary of Article
    Reasons why immigrats move to one and another countries may be many possible reasons: persecution, overpopulated, need people for war, etc. To immigrate to a country like U.S. green card and a visa is needed according to the federal laws of U.S.

  30. on December 3, 2007 at 10:55 am Jennifer 802 Said:

    This is Homework:
    There have been many debates to see if the immigration laws would be let out or not. Almost everyone agreed that immigrants could come as they wish. But then tests was applied so immigrants had to finish the test in order to enter the USA.

    This is the link:
    http://www.migrationinformation.org/USfocus/display.cfm?ID=488 – 38k

  31. on December 3, 2007 at 11:05 am Samantha Ng 804 Said:

    Homework:

    This site has information about US immigration -

    http://immigration.about.com/od/usimmigrationhistory/US_Immigration_History.htm

  32. on December 4, 2007 at 9:20 pm Samantha Ng 804 Said:

    Homework:

    http://immigration.about.com/od/usimmigrationhistory/US_Immigration_History

    This site has information about US immigration and laws. It tells the history of immigration. It explains what happened to immigrants in the past and present. ( I think)

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