SOC 1000 Unit 7 Vocabulary

migration

the movement of groups from one place to another within towns, states, or countries, regardless of borders

immigration

the movement of groups from one country to another country

"illegal" immigration

the movement of groups from one country to another countryhe movement of one group from one country to the next without following the laws or guidelines concerning immigration

push-pull factors

factors influencing migration decisions for individuals

globalization theory

the widening and deepening of worldwide connectedness in all aspects of life

dependency theory

we are dependent on developing countries to provide cheap labor and cheap goods

Hart Cellar Act of 1965

act that liberalized immigration

NAFTA

North American Free Trade Agreement

remittances

a non-commercial transfer of money by a foreign worker, a member of a diaspora community, or a citizen with familial ties abroad, for household income in their home country or homeland

"Anchor babies"

pregnant women coming from the U.S. to have their children

anti-immigrant sentiment

Opposition to immigration

"Re-conquistadors"

suggests that immigration from Latin-American countries was to retake back lands from the Mexican-American War

the border wall

Covers 1,951 miles of the US-Mexico border (⅓)

DACA

Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals

"Kids in Cages"

Families being separated as a scare tactic

deportation

the formal removal of a foreign person from another country

H2A-B Guest Worker Program

brings in the workers that we need

INS vs. ICE

Immigration and Naturalization Services vs. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882

Expansion to the west was on the backs of Chinese immigrant workers

Operation Wetback

Sent back 250,000 “Mexican” people from the west

Patriot Act of 2001

Going against immigration in the name of terrorism

Muslim Travel Ban

a series of the Trump administration's executive orders that prohibited travel and refugee resettlement from select predominately Muslim countries

Immigration Act of 1924

Quota system, only let in a certain number of people from certain countries

racist nativism

The assigning of values to real or imagined differences in order to justify the superiority of the native, who is to be perceived white, over that of the non-native, who is perceived to be people and immigrants of color, thereby the rights of whites or the natives are privileged

Ellis Island

20 million immigrants traveled through this place

family reunification

a recognized reason for immigration in many countries because of the presence of one or more family members in a certain country

chain migration

Migrants use networks or social ties to locate suitable opportunities