Immigrant children, more so than native born children come to face a variety of circumstances, such as low family income, poor education, and language confinement. ... Karoly and Gonzalez summarize this by economic and sociodemographic elements such as language, cultural preferences, bureaucratic complexity, and distrust in government. ... " A table is provided to explore the question, reporting the differences in non parental care taken from the National Household Education Survey (NHES) within subgroups defined by poverty status, parental education, the number of parents in the family, ...

• Word Count: 1482
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In 1885, Chinese immigrants were brought to Canada to build a national railway and after its completion; the Canadian government prohibited the families of these workers from immigrating to Canada by passing the Chinese Immigration Act (Abu-Laban & Gabriel, 2003, p.294). ... Immigrants were not based on their nationality, origin, customs, language, ethnic and racial preferences but based on the skills that were essential to the individual and to our country. ... In regards to Family Reunification, section 12 of the IPRA states that, "A foreign national may be selected as a member of the fam...

• Word Count: 1742
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

These events happen at the same time as more historically important national and world events and in my case was influenced by them. ... Verbal and Non-Verbal Communication My first language was English, my second Arabic and my third was Spanish. ... In high school, it became apparent that I value when a person would express themselves, using mediums, emotions and body language because it is my form of avowal as well. ...

• Word Count: 2124
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate