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Subject: Immigration in the U.S

Occasion: The occasion is job opportunities and freedom as a push factor and a pull is prejudice, famine, poverty, and political oppression

Purpose: To inform the reader about immigration and the steps necessary for immigrants to become legal in the U.S

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1.Definition of Immigration: the action of coming to live permanently in a foreign country

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1.Definition of Immigration: the action of coming to live permanently in a foreign country

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-The picture reflects immigration because it shows that the United States encourages the immigration of people from foreign countries.

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-The purpose of immigration law is to establish guidelines as to what is allowed to prevent illegal immigration.

The immigration law of the United States was created in the consideration of keeping families together, admitting people with valuable skills, and promoting diversity.

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-This picture represents how family is valued over all other forms of immigration because the goal of immigration is to keep families together and create unity in society. The hands represent unity of a society and mixing of people

-An immigrant can qualify for Family-based Immigration if they have immediate relatives and must meet standard eligibility criteria, and petitioners must meet certain age and financial requirements. Immediate relatives are spouses of U.S. citizens, unmarried minor children of U.S. citizens (under 21-years old) and parents of U.S. citizens (must be at least 21 years old to petition for a parent).

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4.Establish what employment-based immigration is

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4.Establish what employment-based immigration is

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-The image reflects employment-based immigration because plants within a nursery are similar to non immigrant workers. Nursery plants are temporarily placed into a location in order to grow than once they grow to certain heights they are removed and permanently planted somewhere else. How well the plants look the more money they make, like how an immigrant’s visa determines pay and level of work and income.
-An immigrant can qualify for a non immigrant working visa someone is put into certain categories and they just have to leave if their status expires.

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7. Establish the difference between visas and other forms of humanitarian relief:

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7. Establish the difference between visas and other forms of humanitarian relief:

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-Visas are official documents that allows the bearer to legally enter a foreign country and there are specific types such as work visas, education visas, diversity visas, and family visas. Other forms of humanitarian relief are used to protect people who cannot return to their home countries because it’s unsafe or other issues that would lead to harm to the individual.

-Temporary Protected Status- granted to people who can’t return home due to a natural disaster or armed conflict, making it unsafe to stay

Deferred Enforced Departure-  protect individuals from deportation for those whose countries are unstable and dangerous

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6. Establish the difference between asylees and refugees as well as what they have in common

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6. Establish the difference between asylees and refugees as well as what they have in common

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-Refugees are allowed to enter the United States because they are not able to go back to their home countries because they face the possibility of persecution because of their race, social group, politics, or religion.

Asylees are people already living in the United States seeking protection from the possibility of persecution because of their race, social group, politics, or religion.

Refugees and asylees are being protected for the same reasons, but asylees are already living in the United States and refugees are entering. The broken home can represent refugees because people who try to enter to United States as refugees come from a country that does not support them or their beliefs. Their home country is not safe for them and can be seen as broken. This home can be seen as a representation of asylees because they are currently in a good, safe place, but they are trying to avoid being sent to a broken place.

Estevan and Esperanza are considered refugees due to their home country of Guatemala and the issues inside of it. They ran away to seek safety in the United States, so they decided to seek safety with Mattie.

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5.Establish the difference between a green card and types of visas

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5.Establish the difference between a green card and types of visas

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-A permit allowing a foreign national to live and work permanently in the US.

Temporary worker visas- for people who want to enter the United States for employment for a fixed time period.

Diversity Visa- for immigrants from countries with low rates of immigration to the United States. Up to 50,000 annually in order to look for new homes and jobs, immigrants use visas and green cards to migrate to the U.S because of the policies the U.S. offers that provide protection.

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10. Explain why in The Bean Trees Estevan and Esperanza are compelled to seek sanctuary with Mattie based on how the U.S government determines and prioritizes who is granted legal access through green cards and visas

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10. Explain why in The Bean Trees Estevan and Esperanza are compelled to seek sanctuary with Mattie based on how the U.S government determines and prioritizes who is granted legal access through green cards and visas

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-Estevan and Esperanza are compelled to seek sanctuary with Mattie because the the U.S government wouldn’t prioritize them first meaning it’s very difficult for them to legally live in the U.S. Due to both of them not having prior family in the U.S, not being a refugee and not having any type of work or education visa it makes them one of the last priorities of entering the United States.

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9.Explain how this process might impact family based immigrants and their families, employment based immigrants and their employers and those seeking humanitarian relief as an asylee, as a refugee, due to environmental factors or due to other enforced departures.

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9.Explain how this process might impact family based immigrants and their families, employment based immigrants and their employers and those seeking humanitarian relief as an asylee, as a refugee, due to environmental factors or due to other enforced departures.

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With the immigration process, the U.S will provide a certain number of visas for family-based immigrants and their families in order to balance out the number of immigrants arriving based on family relationships.

For employment based immigrants, the U.S will allow skilled workers to come with special permission but only for a limited amount of time. If the visa expires or they are fired, they are required to leave

They provide asylums for refugees and asylees who are unable to return to their home country due to fear of persecution and for

Offer humanitarian relief under systems like the (TPS) and (DED) for those who can’t go back home due to a threat or natural disaster and those who need to be protected from deportation

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8.Provide an explanation for how the U.S government determines and prioritizes which immigrants are permitted to be in the country

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8.Provide an explanation for how the U.S government determines and prioritizes which immigrants are permitted to be in the country

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-The United States government determines how to prioritize which people would be permitted into the country by many factors. Some examples of those factors are jobs, family, and natural disasters/ refugees. Sometimes they have to prioritize things with time limits, such as if someone had to leave if war broke out where they previously lived. From the document’s point of view, family is also very important so that is why they allow the whole family to immigrant if a relative lives in the United States. Of course, with all these situations there are restrictions and conditions.

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11.Establish the process to achieve U.S. Citizenship

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11.Establish the process to achieve U.S. Citizenship

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-Explain what this process is

-An individual must have a green card for at least 5 years or 3 years if they got it through a U.S spouse, as well they must be 18 years old to achieve citizenship

-Explain why an immigrant would want to achieve this goal

-To be able to live and work in American and try to achieve the American dream

-Explain why the U.S would want an immigrant to achieve this goal

-The U.S is built off of diversity and immigration so the U.S wants to create a society based off of all cultures, also it creates a sense of peace and unity