Slideshow on “Geography of Immigration” for Political Geography – © Mark M. Miller, Dept. of Geography & Geology, The University of Southern Mississippi

1. Le Monde. Retrieved 3/8/06:
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Political Geography
Immigration
© Mark M. Miller
World Regional Geography
Dept. of Geography & Geology
The University of Southern Mississippi

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Heated topic….

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7. Scientific progression
•Description
•Explanation: theory building (ultimate test: prediction)
•Policy (“normative science”)

8. Some terms & considerations
•Immigration/immigrate
•Emigration/emigrate
•Refugees
•Displaced persons
•Legal/documented/authorized vs.
illegal/undocumented/unauthorized immigrants
•Internal migration
•Push factors
•Pull factors
•Geographic locations?
•Characteristics of immigrants?
•Economic impacts
•Cost to native-born taxpayers
•Take jobs from native-born citizens?
•Remittances
•Trends?

9. Refugees
• U.S. State Dept. Refugee Admissions. Retrieved October 3, 2017:
https://www.state.gov/j/prm/ra/
• U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services. Refugees. Retrieved
October 2017: https://www.uscis.gov/humanitarian/refugees-
asylum/refugees
• U.S. State Dept. Directory of Visa Categories. Retrieved September
23, 2015: http://www.travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/general/all-visa-
categories.html
• U.S. State Dept. Student Visa. Retrieved September 23, 2015:
http://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/study-exchange/student.html
• U.S. State Dept. Temporary Worker Visas. Retrieved September 23,
2015: http://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/study-
exchange/student.html
• U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services. Retrieved September 23,
2015: http://www.uscis.gov/greencard
• U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services. Path to U.S. Citizenship.
Retrieved September 23, 2015: http://www.uscis.gov/us-
citizenship/citizenship-through-naturalization/path-us-citizenship

10. Characteristics of migrants?
“Brain Drain”

11. Jamaica Gleaner. Retrieved 2/20/06: http://www.jamaica-
gleaner.com/gleaner/20060220/lead/lead2.html
'Major brain drain' - IMF says Caribbean has lost 70 per cent of workforce
published: Monday | February 20, 2006
WASHINGTON (CMC):
AN INTERNATIONAL Monetary Fund (IMF) working paper has suggested that there is
evidence of high emigration and brain drain from the Caribbean.
The paper says Caribbean countries have lost 10-40 per cent of their labour force to emigration
to Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) member-countries.
"The migration rate is particularly high for the high-skilled," it says.
"Many countries have lost more than 70 per cent of their labour force, with more than 12 years of
completed schooling - among the highest emigration rates in the world."
REMITTANCES
The paper also says the region is the world's largest recipient of remittances as a per cent of the
Gross Domestic Product (GDP), constituting about 13 per cent of the region's GDP in 2002.
"Simple welfare calculations suggest that the losses due to high-skill migration outweigh the
official remittances to the Caribbean region," it says. "The results suggest that there is, indeed,
some evidence for brain drain from the Caribbean."
The paper says the majority of Caribbean countries have lost more than 50 per cent of the
labour force in the tertiary education segment and more than 30 per cent in the secondary
education segment (nine to 12 years of schooling).
For instance, it says, the tertiary educated labour force in Jamaica and Guyana has been
reduced by 85 per cent and 89 per cent, respectively, due to emigration to OECD-member
countries.
SERIOUS IMPACT
Though Haiti has the lowest aggregate emigration rate - about 10 per cent - in the region, its
tertiary-educated labour force has been reduced by 84 per cent due to emigration to OECD-
member countries.
In fact, the paper says, almost all Caribbean nations are among the top 20 countries in the world

12. http://www.migrationpolicy.org/
http://www.pewhispanic.org/

17. Retrieved October 20, 2014:
http://www.migrationpolicy.org/
State Immigration Data
Profiles:http://www.migrationpolicy
.org/programs/data-hub/state-
immigration-data-profiles

19. Passel, Jeffrey. 2006. Size and Characteristics of
the Unauthorized Migrant Population in the U.S.
Pew Hispanic Center. Page 11.

20. Economic impacts of migrants?

21. “DREAMers”
The DREAM Act:
Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act

24. Policies
•Address push factors
•Address pull factors
•Interdiction
•Deportation
•Suspension of privileges
•Employer sanctions

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