Notes on presentation

Today in class, we took more notes on the slide presentation. I will be blogging about my notes. Some of the topics in my notes were: 'Unauthorized Immigration' and 'Attitudes Toward Immigrants'. The first section of notes was on 'Unauthorized Immigration'. Mexico's border with the United States. View from the U.S recognized motives that compel unauthorized immigrants to enter illegally. Employment opportunities. Family reunification. Better way of life. View from Mexico is more complex. Residents of northern Mexico wish for compassion to be shown to unauthorized immigrants. Residents of southern Mexico are less tolerant because of number of unauthorized immigrants entering Mexico from Guatemala. The next and last section of notes is on 'Attitudes Toward Immigrants'. Immigration by U.S citizens are ambivalent in nature. Border patrol. They would like more effective border control, but they don't want to spend more money to solve the issue. Workplace. Most recognize that unauthorized immigrants take jobs from U.S citizens, but they understand most citizens couldn't take the jobs, so they support a path to U.S citizenship for these unauthorized immigrants. Civil rights. U.S citizens favor letting law enforcement officials stop and verify the legal status of anyone, but they fear civil rights will be infringed upon the U.S citizens as a result of racial profiling. Local initiatives. Polls suggest U.S citizens believe unauthorized immigration is a pressing matter to the nation, but it should only be dealt with at the federal level and not the local level. Many were opposed to Arizona's 2010 law that obligated foreigners to carry a proof of citizenship with them at ALL times. More than 100 countries across the nation support additional rights for unauthorized immigrants such as a movement is known as "Sanctuary City". Immigration concerns in Europe. Population growth in Europe is fueled by immigration from other regions of the world, a trend disliked by many Europeans. Biggest fear is that host country's culture will be lost, because immigrants: adhere to different religions, speak different languages, practice different food and other cultural habits. Hostility to immigrants has become a central plank of some political parties in many European countries. Immigrants blamed for crime, unemployment rates and high welfare costs. Europeans as emigrants. Inhospitable climate for immigrants in Europe is especially ironic. Europe was the source of most of the world's emigrants during the 19th century. Most Europeans fear losing their cultural heritage to that of new immigrants. Characteristics of migrants. Ravenstein noted: most long-distance migrants are male. Most long-distance migrants are adult individuals rather than families with children. Most long-distance migrants are young adults.