POLS 166 Final questions and
answers graded A+
IRCA of 1986 - ANS ✔Provided amnesty and temporary status to all illegal aliens who had lived
in the US continuously since before January 1, 1982
Extended a separate, more lenient amnesty to seasonal agricultural workers (SAW)
Imposed sanctions on employers who knowingly hire, recruit, or refer for a fee persons
unauthorized to work; increased inspection and enforcement at U.S borders.
HR 4437 - ANS ✔The Border Protection, Anti-terrorism, and illegal immigration control act of
2005 passed the house in Dec. 2005 by a partisan vote, with 92% of Rep. voting for and 82% of
Dem. vote against. The senate did not vote on it
Dreamers - ANS ✔individuals in the U.S. who were brought to the country at an early age
without documentation but have assimilated to U.S. culture and have been educated by U.S.
school systems., protected under DACA
rule of jus soli - ANS ✔is citizenship based on place of birth (within the US territories)
rule of jus sanguinus - ANS ✔is citizenship based on blood ties to the US citizen parents
reactive ethnicity - ANS ✔Earlier in US history, among the foreign-born, native prejudice against
their ethnic/racial traits has helped create ethnic consciousness among the largely apolitical
white europeans.
Nowadays, contrary to predictions by the assimilation theory, US born children of immigrants
may form a greater sense of identification with one's ethnic group than the foreign-born.
This ethnic identity is called reactive ethnicity, for it was forged involuntary by the negative
experiences associated with one's perceived group origin in the host society
, 1.5 generation - ANS ✔Individuals who immigrated to the United States as a child or an
adolescent, Dreamers
sojourner mentality - ANS ✔Immigrants who remain sojourners are those who view their
migration as temporary and instrumental (i.e., to make and save enough money to buy land in
their homeland villages). Their ultimate goals were to return to their homeland of origin
A large portion of european migrant farmers arrived between 1880 and 1920 such as from
Hungary, italy, and norway posessed sojourner mentality and were not interested in becoming
assimilated nor participated in host society politics. Up to 1 in 3 returned to their homeland in
Europe
remittances - ANS ✔Money migrants send back to family and friends in their home countries,
often in cash, forming an important part of the economy in many poorer countries
diaspora - ANS ✔A dispersion of people from their homeland
"Migrants or descendants of migrants whose identity and sense of belonging have been shaped
by their migration experience and background.
It typically refers to both individuals who live outside of the homeland (expatriates) and the
transnational communities they occupy
People in the diaspora are connected by the common homeland of origin, or collective
memories of the homeland, and share a sense of kinship. They maintain continuing ties to the
homeland and their group consciousness does not subside over time.
Since the 1990s many countries have established wide-ranging policies and institutions aiming
to promote relations with diasporas and to incorporate diaspora populations in a variety of
domains
HTAs - ANS ✔Hometown associations (HTAs): intermediaries for immg integration
HTAs are immigrant organizations formed by people from the same place of origin or
hometown. They are typically informal, voluntary groups formed as a basse for mutual aids,
social networking, cultural identity and political empowerment.
answers graded A+
IRCA of 1986 - ANS ✔Provided amnesty and temporary status to all illegal aliens who had lived
in the US continuously since before January 1, 1982
Extended a separate, more lenient amnesty to seasonal agricultural workers (SAW)
Imposed sanctions on employers who knowingly hire, recruit, or refer for a fee persons
unauthorized to work; increased inspection and enforcement at U.S borders.
HR 4437 - ANS ✔The Border Protection, Anti-terrorism, and illegal immigration control act of
2005 passed the house in Dec. 2005 by a partisan vote, with 92% of Rep. voting for and 82% of
Dem. vote against. The senate did not vote on it
Dreamers - ANS ✔individuals in the U.S. who were brought to the country at an early age
without documentation but have assimilated to U.S. culture and have been educated by U.S.
school systems., protected under DACA
rule of jus soli - ANS ✔is citizenship based on place of birth (within the US territories)
rule of jus sanguinus - ANS ✔is citizenship based on blood ties to the US citizen parents
reactive ethnicity - ANS ✔Earlier in US history, among the foreign-born, native prejudice against
their ethnic/racial traits has helped create ethnic consciousness among the largely apolitical
white europeans.
Nowadays, contrary to predictions by the assimilation theory, US born children of immigrants
may form a greater sense of identification with one's ethnic group than the foreign-born.
This ethnic identity is called reactive ethnicity, for it was forged involuntary by the negative
experiences associated with one's perceived group origin in the host society
, 1.5 generation - ANS ✔Individuals who immigrated to the United States as a child or an
adolescent, Dreamers
sojourner mentality - ANS ✔Immigrants who remain sojourners are those who view their
migration as temporary and instrumental (i.e., to make and save enough money to buy land in
their homeland villages). Their ultimate goals were to return to their homeland of origin
A large portion of european migrant farmers arrived between 1880 and 1920 such as from
Hungary, italy, and norway posessed sojourner mentality and were not interested in becoming
assimilated nor participated in host society politics. Up to 1 in 3 returned to their homeland in
Europe
remittances - ANS ✔Money migrants send back to family and friends in their home countries,
often in cash, forming an important part of the economy in many poorer countries
diaspora - ANS ✔A dispersion of people from their homeland
"Migrants or descendants of migrants whose identity and sense of belonging have been shaped
by their migration experience and background.
It typically refers to both individuals who live outside of the homeland (expatriates) and the
transnational communities they occupy
People in the diaspora are connected by the common homeland of origin, or collective
memories of the homeland, and share a sense of kinship. They maintain continuing ties to the
homeland and their group consciousness does not subside over time.
Since the 1990s many countries have established wide-ranging policies and institutions aiming
to promote relations with diasporas and to incorporate diaspora populations in a variety of
domains
HTAs - ANS ✔Hometown associations (HTAs): intermediaries for immg integration
HTAs are immigrant organizations formed by people from the same place of origin or
hometown. They are typically informal, voluntary groups formed as a basse for mutual aids,
social networking, cultural identity and political empowerment.
