Blog Post #43 -Why do Migrants Face Challenges? (notes) -

     Today in class we took notes based on the Key Issue #4. Everything I put in this blog are things I highlighted. Firstly, a migrant needs a passport to legally emigrate from a country and a visa to legally immigrate to a new country. The UN classifies countries according to four types of immigration policies" (1) Maintain the current level of immigration (2) Increase the level of immigration (3) Reduce the level of immigration (4) No policy. Unauthorized immigrants are immigrants that enter a country without proper documents. Quotas are maximum limits on the number of people who could immigrate to the United States during a one year period. Twelve million immigrants to the United States between 1892 and 1954 were processed at Ellis Island. The typical wait for a spouse to gain entry is currently about 5 years. The quota does not apply to refugees. A brain drain is a large-scale emigration by talented people. These people move so they can make better use of their talents. Chain migration is the migration of people to a specific location because relatives or members of the same nationality previously migrated there. The U.S.-Mexico border is 1,951 miles long. The US has constructed a barrier covering one-forth of the border. Millions of Mexicans are trying to cross the border legally and illegally. Mexico is the destination for unauthorized immigrants. The largest flow of migration in Europe is from Romania to Italy. This is all the notes I'm going to include for today's blog.