Political Geography / GHY341 Fall 2016

1. Political Geography
Immigration
Le Monde. Retrieved 3/8/06:
http://www.lemonde.fr/web/illustration/0,32-0,40-
676197,0.html

2. Republic Broadcasting Network. Retrieved 2/8/06:
http://www.rbnlive.com/news.html
Heated topic….

3. My San Antonio. Retrieved 2/8/06:
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w_555/18.jpg

4. Southern Poverty Law Center. Retrieved 2/8/06:
http://www.splcenter.org/images/imglib/N/anti_im_350.jpg

5. San Diego Independent Media. 2/8/06:
http://sandiego.indymedia.org/images/20
05/07/109828.gif

6. [German Skinheads] BBC. Retrieved 2/8/06:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/1570000/images/_1571679_s
kinheads300.jpg

7. San Francisco Museum. Retrieved
2/8/06:
http://www.sfmuseum.org/photos11
/letstay.gif

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

9. Some terms & considerations
•Immigration/immigrate
•Emigration/emigrate
•Refugees
•Displaced persons
•Legal/documented vs. illegal/undocumented 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?

10. It’s time to i>click!
Clipart Kid. Homer Simpson Doh Clipart. Retrieved Oct 10, 2016:
http://www.clipartkid.com/homer-simpson-doh-cliparts/

11. • 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

12. Characteristics of migrants?
“Brain Drain”

13. 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

14. http://www.migrationpolicy.org/

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

16. Texas Dept. of Agriculture. Retrieved 10/27/06:
http://www.borderag.com/images/border_states_map.jpg

17. From University of Miami Biology. Retrieved 3/6/06:
http://fig.cox.miami.edu/~cmallery/150/handouts/A.projections
.htm#2

18. Passel, Jeffrey. 2006. Size and Characteristics of
the Unauthorized Migrant Population in the U.S.
Pew Hispanic Center. Page 4.

19. Passel, Jeffrey. 2006. Size and Characteristics of
the Unauthorized Migrant Population in the U.S.
Pew Hispanic Center. Page 5.

20. Passel, Jeffrey. 2006. Size and Characteristics of
the Unauthorized Migrant Population in the U.S.
Pew Hispanic Center. Page 10.

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

22. Economic impacts of migrants?

23. Blacks vs. Latinos at Work
More African-Americans Claim
They Are Passed Over
For Hispanics in Hiring
By MIRIAM JORDAN
Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
January 24, 2006; Page B1
LOS ANGELES -- Donnie Gaut, an African-American with 12 years of warehouse experience,
applied for a job in 2002 at Farmer John Meats, a large Los Angeles pork processor. When he
was turned down for the position, a job stocking goods that paid $7 an hour, Mr. Gaut decided
the problem wasn't his résumé -- it was his race. He filed a complaint with the U.S. Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, the federal agency that enforces antidiscrimination laws
in the workplace.
Last October, the EEOC secured a $110,000 settlement from the company to be shared by Mr.
Gaut and six other black applicants who were rejected for production jobs at Farmer John based
on their race, according to the agency.
The EEOC says it found that the pork packer, owned by Clougherty Packing Co., had been
almost exclusively hiring Hispanics for warehouse, packing and production jobs. Clougherty was
acquired by Hormel Foods Corp. in 2004.
In response to questions, Clougherty Packing said in a statement that settlement of the case "in
no way suggests the company did anything wrong." It said the packer wanted to avoid "what
would have been costly and protracted litigation."
A new wave of race-discrimination cases is appearing in the workplace: African-Americans who
feel that they are being passed over for Hispanics.
This kind of case marks a shift from years past, when blacks were likely to seek legal action
against employers who showed preferential treatment toward whites. The cases highlight
mounting tension between Hispanics and blacks as they compete for resources and job
opportunities.
Recently, the federal agency announced it also secured a $180,000 settlement from Zenith

24. Policies
•Interdiction
•Deportation
•Suspension of privileges
•Employer sanctions

25. It’s time to i>click!
Simpson Wiki. Retrieved Oct 10, 2016:
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26. Oregon Press Register. Retrieved 10/27/06:
http://www.newsregister.com/photos/upload/200504281544
54_medium.jpg