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Illegal Immigration: A Positive Economic Contribution To The United States
In this paper written by Ramanujan Nadadur, a case is made for the positive economic impact that illegal immigrants have on the United States economy. Illegal immigrants are much more willing to take jobs that native people and documented immigrants are not due to things such as high turnover and unpleasant working conditions. This is discussed by the author in terms of a dual market theory. -
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Mitigating the Exploitation of U.S. Borders by Jihadists and Criminal Organizations.
In this journal entry written by Mark Steinmetz, a hard look is taken at how the United States has protected itself in the wake of the September Eleventh attacks. In addition to brainstorming, and ultimately producing, plans to prevent terrorist attacks at potentially highly valued terrorist targets, much attention was paid to our border's security. -
Disparities in Health, Poverty, Incarceration, and Social Justice among Racial Groups in the United States: A Critical Review of Evidence of Close Links with Neoliberalism
In this journal article, the authors state that issues such as poverty, poor health, and incarceration, are at least partly a result of America’s shift to neoliberal policies. The term Neoliberal refers to ideas and policies enacted under leaders such as Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher. These policies, in economic terms, are rooted in the idea that government should allow the market to flow freely with minimal government interference. -
Policy Climates, Enforcement Rates, And Migrant Behavior: Is Self-Deportation A Viable Immigration Policy?
This article delves into the idea of self deportation, exploring if it is really a viable idea in solving the problem of illegal immigration. Using data gathered from our own Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Mexican Migration Project, the authors findings suggest that even high levels of enforcement are unlikely to cause an increase in the self deportation of illegal immigrants compared to that of their documented counterparts. -
Latino Immigrant Workers’ Search for Justice After Occupational Injury
Ms. Castillo's thesis discusses the problems immigrants face when injured or become sick on the job. Often times it is simply a result of a lack of knowledge about their rights. However, her research shows that immigrants also face problems such as illegal practices by employers and bias in the medical system. She argues that not only do immigrants need to be better informed of their rights, there needs to be true reform to the workers compensation system. -
A Pact With Democratic Society. Europe: Closed Doors or Open Arms?
In A Pact With Democratic Society, Mr. Reiter discusses in the very first sentence of the article that the notion that nations are made up of homogeneous groups is simply untrue. Nations are, and have been, groups of people categorized by the government of the nation they are a part of. Mr. Reiter states that culture, while not to be ignored, is something that helps us cope with day to day life, and should not be something that people refuse to alter.