Posts tagged Center for Immigration Studies

Small But Important Victories for...

By Prerna on September 24, 2008
Small But Important Victories for Asylum Seekers in the United States

So maybe I am preaching to the choir. Yet I cannot ignore the fact that two DREAMers (this term refers to undocumented students in the United States awaiting passage of the federal DREAM Act) made their grievances known about the U.S. asylum-granting system in the... [+]

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24Sep

Scary New World? Minority to Become...

By Prerna on August 15, 2008
Scary New World? Minority to Become Majority in 2040s

An older and more diverse nation by mid-century – Report released by the Census Bureau What predictions can we make from a majority-ethnic minority population in the future? More liberal politics? Increase tolerance of difference? An end to white privilege, institutionalized discrimination and racism? IT tells us nothing.... [+]

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15Aug

Immigration leads to Global Warming?...

By Prerna on August 12, 2008
Immigration leads to Global Warming? Nonsense!

That was the response from a friend over IM when I mentioned the latest anti-immigrant CIS report that foresees immigrants as a major cause of global warming. The report is titled Immigration to the United States and World-Wide Greenhouse Gas Emissions and available on the... [+]

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12Aug