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Mid term "Migration" Flashcards

1
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T/F: Almost all undocumented (illegal) immigrants in the US arrive by crossing the US/ Mexico border.

A

False

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T/F: the term warehousing means to house refugees in old warehouses

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False, warehousing means: the practice of keeping refugees in protracted situations of restricted mobility, enforced idleness, and dependency—their lives on indefinite hold—in violation of their basic rights under the 1951 UN Refugee Convention.

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3
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The term for money being sent back home by migrants living in the US is called____

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remittance

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4
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What are ways of entering the US legally?

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  • meeting country quotas
  • family reunification
    -fiance visa
  • people with extraordinary skills
  • people who meet demand in the workforce due to special skills
  • temporary agricultural workers
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5
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What are the illegal ways of entry?

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  • people who cross borders by land illegally
  • come by boat illegally
  • overstaying travel visa
  • people with temporary protected status
  • students in the US who finish school don’t go back
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Who was the president who started building a “wall’ on the Mexico border before trump?

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Clinton

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T/F Most refugees get sent back to rich countries?

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False

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8
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What is a refugee?

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Someone who crosses an international border for fear of prosecution for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular group, political opinion, or war.

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What are the types of migration in the US?

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  • voluntary into the US
  • reluctant relocation (not forced but not voluntary)
  • forced: no choice is given
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10
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What are the push/pull factors?

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-economic
-social
-environmental
-political

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T/F: A large % of immigrants are undocumented.

A

True

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12
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What does TPS mean?

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Temporary protection status

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13
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What are examples of intervening factors?

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-money
-geographical issues
-distance decay
-attitudes
-boarder control

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14
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What is an IDP?

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Internally displaced person

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15
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The combined total number of refugees and IDPs is estimated to be___

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75 million

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16
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Type of visa given to agricultural workers?

A

H2A

17
Q

Type of visa obtained by people with extraordinary skills, knowledge, or artistic talent?

A

O1

18
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What are the forms of migration?

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-step migration (one place to another)
-chain migration (bringing other family members)
- channelized( a route frequented by many)
- return migration ( immigrants who return home)

19
Q

What is a coyote?

A

someone who is paid to help another to cross the US/Mexico border

20
Q

what kind of visa is requested by a US American to bring a future spouse from another country?

A

K-1 nonimmigrant visa

21
Q

T/F: The US is a “pressure valve” for Mexico when it comes to migration

A

True

22
Q

What were the methods to reduce the flow of undocumented persons in “Operation Gatekeeper”

A

-night vision tech
-road spikes
-high power lights
-increased border control

23
Q

What is the UNHCR

A

UN High Commission for Refugees

24
Q

A person who does not hold citizenship in any country is called____

A

Stateless

25
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Who are the people that made a claim to be recognized as refugees and are waiting for that claim to be accepted or rejected?

A

Asylum-Seekers

26
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What is the difference between immigrants and emigrants?

A

Immigrants come into a country
Emigrants are going out of a country

27
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What is Asylum status?

A

A form of protection available to people who have left their native country as a refugee

28
Q

How do we refer to the identification card residents carry?

A

Green Card

29
Q

T/F a refugee is someone who crosses an international border for economic, political, and environmental reasons?

A

False

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