The dominant national culture was defined in Anglo-Celtic terms and all other cultures were excluded from its self image. ... While the preference at that time was for British migrants, others were accepted on the understanding that they should shed their cultures and languages and be assimilated into the host population so that they would rapidly become indistinguishable from it. ... The test was given to people who were seen as "unsuitable" and it required the migrant to write down a fifty word passage dictated in any obscure European language. ... These polices recognised that large num...

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Although, the tests granting a driver's license may be administered in their native language, will allow them to drive in an English-speaking world. Traffic signs are all in English, most police officers only speak English, and lastly, if an accident were to occur, approximately 75% of Americans cannot hold a conversation in any language other than English (About). ... This issue is also a threat to national security because the documents presented to apply for a driver's license cannot be easily verified. ... If roles were reversed, the country of Mexico, will not give driver's...

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Although the preference was for British and Irish migrants, a small percentage of other white Europeans were also accepted on the understanding that they shed their cultures and languages. ... It was argued by many people that in the interest of national security, it was essential to rapidly increase Australia's population. ... By 1973 migrant groups were forming state and national associations to maintain their cultures, and promote the survival of their languages and heritages within mainstream institutions. ... During a census taken in 1996 it was revealed that 14.6% of Australians, 26...

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Furthermore, research also shows that immigrants will have limitation in languages with the refusal to learn English and speak their native language in their neighborhoods (Cooper 1). ... This negatively impacts the United States by creating language barrier within communities. The language barrier will make it difficult for the current American citizen to communicate with the immigrants. ... Although it may be helpful for immigrants to be able to have their own language translated, but it also encourages them to not learn the English language. ... "All foreign nationals entering the ...

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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, ...

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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...

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Study exchange programs, such as Socrates and Erasmus, language courses and internships gives young people opportunity for study abroad. ... Citizens of non-EU countries can be divided into groups according to the degree of development of the state of which they are nationals on the basis of the Human Development Index (HDI) calculated by the United Nations (UN) under the United Nations Programme for Development. ... In addition there was a reduction of the scale of undocumented migration, and in particular its contribution to the total immigration. in the European Union, starting in 2004, a s...

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Throughout the centuries, immigrants have enriched America's culture, bringing foreign languages, distinct cultural customs, traditions and values. ... Silicon Valley is a perfect example of how skilled and educated immigrants helped to develop new products, such as the Java computer language. ... According to the National Science Foundation 23% of United States residents who have PhD's in science or engineering are foreign born (Gleckman). ...

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Metropolitan America Evolution of immigration restrictions in the 20th century and President Wilson's role Some Americans need hyphens in their names because only part of them has come over; but when the whole man has come over, heart and thought and all, the hyphen drops of its own weight out of his name. This man was not an Irish-American; he was an Irishman who became an American. Woodrow Wilson (1914) When Woodrow Wilson arrived to the White House on March 4, 1913, the anti-immigrant sentiment was already established in society and politics in the United States. After the last two de...

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The years 1960s up to 1980s were chosen for a variety of reasons: because the presence commonwealth immigrants was firmly established, because immigrants had become a national political issue, because certain statistical measures were first recorded finally because 30 years is recent enough to share features with contemporary Britain, but long enough ago to expect significant differences.Again,we accept that others will want to examine different moments of immigration in the postwar period and in the period of colonization to the colonials countries in order to provide a complete understandin...

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In contrary, Castles views migrant diasporas as an effectual means for economic development of the nation and its nationals because when they return they transfer both resources (money) and ideas to their countries of origin (Castles, P- 852-855, 2004). ...

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