Additional Immigration Resources for Further Study
- Understanding the Causes of Migration (PDF, 9 pages)
- Definitions of Terms
- Migration Patterns and Numbers
- Causes of Migration
- Difficulties of Legal Immigration to the U.S.
- Very Long Waits and Very Few Legal Avenues
- Removal and Return Policies—the 3/10 Year Bar
- Undocumented Immigration is a Civil, Not Criminal, Offense
- International Perspectives
- The History of (Im)migration in the U.S. (PDF, 11 pages)
- Migration Patterns and Numbers
- Colonialism as a Driving Force
- Perspective of Native Americans
- African Enslavement and Colonial Prosperity
- Subsequent Immigration, Xenophobia and Nativism
- Expansion of the Concept of "American"
- Social Impact on U.S. Society
- Nativism Today
- The Economics of (Im)migration (PDF, 11 pages)
- Economic Disparities That Drive (Im)migration
- Our National Dependence on Cheap Labor
- Effects on U.S. Economy
- Economic Growth/Jobs
- Taxes versus Benefits
- Effects on Sending Countries
- Remittances
- "Brain Drain"
- Security, Enforcement and Human Rights (PDF, 12 pages)
- Abuses from Enforcement-Only Policies
- Militarization of the Border
- Raids and Family Separation
- Detention and Due Process
- Evidence of Racial Profiling
- The Criminalization of Immigration
- Operation Streamline
- Privatization of Detention Centers
- ICE ACCESS
- State and Local Enforcement
- Crime and Gang Issues Across Borders
- Abuses from Enforcement-Only Policies
- Who Benefits from a Broken System? (PDF, 9 pages)
- Continued Colonialism
- The Business of Enforcement and Detention
- Militarization of the Border
- Mandatory Detainment
- Immigration as Political Fodder
- Cartels, Trafficking...
- Drugs and Smuggling
- Child Labor
- Prostitution
- Slavery
- Seeking Solutions (PDF, 12 pages)
- Building a Theology of Migrant Justice
- Unitarian Universalist Perspectives
- Liberation Theology
- Other Judeo-Christian Perspectives
- Resisting Globalization
- Gaining Knowledge
- Living Simply; Eating Locally
- Building Communities
- Organizing
- Multicultural Competency
- Forming Paernerships
- Advocacy
- Legislative Reform
- Ending ICE ACCESS
- International Issues
- Rights
- Boundaries
- Building a Theology of Migrant Justice
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