Immigration Quiz

From a _________ perspective, by paying low wages to illegal immigrants, employers can produce goods and services that are profitable and affordable

Functionalist

What is the effect of placing the former immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) under the auspices of Homeland Security ?

It sends a chilling message to immigrants who are portrayed as potential terrorists.

The Chinese Exclusion Act __________.

All of the above;

a) Was passed with little debate by Congress

b) Outlawed Chinese Immigration for 10 years

c) Denied naturalization to Chinese already in the U.S

A primary goal of the 1965 immigration and Naturalization act was to _______.

All of the above;

a) Continue the national origins system of immigration

b) reunite immigrant families

c) decrease restriction on immigration from Latin America

The act of conferring citizenship on a person after birth is called _________.

Naturalization

The immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 ?

Prohibited hiring illegal immigrants

People living outside their country of citizenship for fear of political or religious persecution are called __________.

Refugees

A program designed to allow students to learn academic concepts in their native language while they learn a second language is _________.

Bilingual Education

The monies that immigrants return to their country of origin are called _________.

Remittances

Which of the following most accurately describes transnationals ?

Mexicans who live in the United States frequently call and visit their relatives in Mexico.

The perspective most likely to see the brain drain as a symptom of the unequal distribution of world resources is ____________.

Conflict

Haitian refugees are returned to their country without asylum hearings because _________.

They have been viewed as economic refugees

In 2003, the Immigration and Naturalization Service was _________.

Transferred to the Department of Homeland Security

A primary goal of the 1965 Immigration and Naturalization Act was to _________.

All of the above;

a) continue to national origins systems of immigration

b) reunite immigrant families

c) decrease restrictions on immigration from Latin America

Refugee status is often granted to people fleeing from _________.

Political persecution but not poverty

Which term refers to the immigration to the United States of skilled workers, professionals, and technicians who are desperately needed by their home countries ?

Brain Drain

As a result of the 1996 illegal immigration reform and immigrant responsibility act ________________.

Immigrants, whether legal or ilegal do not have access to benefits programs

The immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 __________.

All of the above;

a) Outlawed hiring of illegal aliens

b) had the short term effect of decreasing illegal immigration

c) prohibited employers from discriminating against legal immigrants simply because they were not american citizens

Fear or hatred strangers is ________.

Xenophobia

Beliefs and Policies favoring native-born citizens over immigrants is called ______.

Nativism