ANTH264 Midterm (Answered) 188
Questions and Correct Answers,
2025/2026. 100% Verified.
Discourse
the use of language to communicate in speech and writing
Discourse holds and creates what?
Power and knowledge about what is true
What is the prime source for locating discourse on immigration?
The media
Media spectacles
Events or public performances that receive an inordinate volume of media attention and public
opinion
Where is discourse born in the media?
Media spectacles
Media spectacles do what?
Transform worldview into "truth". Objectification of immigrants as it is easier to lack empathy for
objects and to pass policy to govern their behavior
Example of national debate on immigration?
Comprehensive immigration reform and border control
Example of state debates on immigration?
Drivers licenses for undocumented immigrants
Example of local debates on immigration?
Sanctuary jurisdiction
The Latino Threat Narrative
Latinos are different from past immigrants
Latinos unwilling/incapable of assimilating
Latinos part of an invading force from the south of the border bent on reconquering the SW and
destroying the American way of life
Latinos as a threat to existing institutions (medical, social services, education)
Latinos as criminals
Latinos as security threat (post 9/11)
Past threat narratives
,The Chinese and Japanese threats, Catholic threat, Southern and Eastern European threats
Present threat narratives
Muslim threat and refugee threat
Internal Migration
the movement of people within a nation-state
What is often the first step to international migration?
Internal migration
International Migration
the movement of people across nation-state boundaries
What are some motives for international migration?
economic, political, social, personal
Nation-state
a political entity, located within a geographic territory with enforced borders, where the population
shares a sense of culture, ancestry, and destiny as a people
Sending society/home country/country of origin
the nation-states from which immigrants leave
Where are sending societies usually found?
Global south
Immigrants leaving sending society are usually...
positively selected in terms of human capital and motivation (those who migrate are not the poorest
or the sickest)
Receiving society/host country
nation-states in which immigrants work, live, and settle on a temporary, semi-permanent, or
permanent basis
Where are host-societies usually found?
Global North
Voluntary migrant
A person leaving his or her place of residence in order to improve his or her quality of life, often for
the purpose of employment.
Examples of voluntary migrants?
labor migrants and immigrants
Labor migrant
, a person who migrates to another country to temporarily seek employment. Generally enter bottom
level of the labor market
or a guest worker
Guest Workers
granted temporary status to complete a work task during a specific time period
Immigrant
a person who migrates to another country with the intention of settling
Professional Immigrants
qualified professionals with established careers who come to advance their careers
Forced migration
Human migration flows in which the movers have no choice but to relocate.
Examples of forced migrants?
Refugees and asylum seekers
Refugee
a person who, owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted on account of race, religion,
nationality, membership of a particular social group, or political opinion, is outside the country of
their nationality, and is unable to or, owing to such fear, is unwilling to avail themselves of the
protection of that country. Established definition by the 1951 UN Convention Relating to the Status
of Refugees
Where do refugees usually apply and who approves the annual ceiling?
Usually apply from abroad, sometimes from a "transition country" (refugee camps) and President
and Congress decide annual ceiling
Asylum Seeker
a person who flees their country of origin and enters a foreign country to seek sanctuary, but whose
request has yet to be evaluated
The US is obligated to recognize valid claims for asylum under the 1951 UN Convention Relating to
Refugees
A claim is made at a port of entry or within a year of arrival
Period of waiting for determination
Recent and proposed shifts in asylum processes
Who makes the determination of voluntary vs. forced migration
Host country
Determinations are what?
Politically motivated
US has granted status to individuals from nation-states we what?
Questions and Correct Answers,
2025/2026. 100% Verified.
Discourse
the use of language to communicate in speech and writing
Discourse holds and creates what?
Power and knowledge about what is true
What is the prime source for locating discourse on immigration?
The media
Media spectacles
Events or public performances that receive an inordinate volume of media attention and public
opinion
Where is discourse born in the media?
Media spectacles
Media spectacles do what?
Transform worldview into "truth". Objectification of immigrants as it is easier to lack empathy for
objects and to pass policy to govern their behavior
Example of national debate on immigration?
Comprehensive immigration reform and border control
Example of state debates on immigration?
Drivers licenses for undocumented immigrants
Example of local debates on immigration?
Sanctuary jurisdiction
The Latino Threat Narrative
Latinos are different from past immigrants
Latinos unwilling/incapable of assimilating
Latinos part of an invading force from the south of the border bent on reconquering the SW and
destroying the American way of life
Latinos as a threat to existing institutions (medical, social services, education)
Latinos as criminals
Latinos as security threat (post 9/11)
Past threat narratives
,The Chinese and Japanese threats, Catholic threat, Southern and Eastern European threats
Present threat narratives
Muslim threat and refugee threat
Internal Migration
the movement of people within a nation-state
What is often the first step to international migration?
Internal migration
International Migration
the movement of people across nation-state boundaries
What are some motives for international migration?
economic, political, social, personal
Nation-state
a political entity, located within a geographic territory with enforced borders, where the population
shares a sense of culture, ancestry, and destiny as a people
Sending society/home country/country of origin
the nation-states from which immigrants leave
Where are sending societies usually found?
Global south
Immigrants leaving sending society are usually...
positively selected in terms of human capital and motivation (those who migrate are not the poorest
or the sickest)
Receiving society/host country
nation-states in which immigrants work, live, and settle on a temporary, semi-permanent, or
permanent basis
Where are host-societies usually found?
Global North
Voluntary migrant
A person leaving his or her place of residence in order to improve his or her quality of life, often for
the purpose of employment.
Examples of voluntary migrants?
labor migrants and immigrants
Labor migrant
, a person who migrates to another country to temporarily seek employment. Generally enter bottom
level of the labor market
or a guest worker
Guest Workers
granted temporary status to complete a work task during a specific time period
Immigrant
a person who migrates to another country with the intention of settling
Professional Immigrants
qualified professionals with established careers who come to advance their careers
Forced migration
Human migration flows in which the movers have no choice but to relocate.
Examples of forced migrants?
Refugees and asylum seekers
Refugee
a person who, owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted on account of race, religion,
nationality, membership of a particular social group, or political opinion, is outside the country of
their nationality, and is unable to or, owing to such fear, is unwilling to avail themselves of the
protection of that country. Established definition by the 1951 UN Convention Relating to the Status
of Refugees
Where do refugees usually apply and who approves the annual ceiling?
Usually apply from abroad, sometimes from a "transition country" (refugee camps) and President
and Congress decide annual ceiling
Asylum Seeker
a person who flees their country of origin and enters a foreign country to seek sanctuary, but whose
request has yet to be evaluated
The US is obligated to recognize valid claims for asylum under the 1951 UN Convention Relating to
Refugees
A claim is made at a port of entry or within a year of arrival
Period of waiting for determination
Recent and proposed shifts in asylum processes
Who makes the determination of voluntary vs. forced migration
Host country
Determinations are what?
Politically motivated
US has granted status to individuals from nation-states we what?
