Task 1: Where are migrants distributed?

 

Task 1: Migrants are distributed all around. They come from different flows of migration. The flows have Europe to North America, Southern Europe to Central America and many more. There are regional migrations that consist short term economic opportunities.

 

A. Describe the difference between international (external) and internal migration.

 

A. The difference between external and internal migration is internal is moving to a new home within a state, country, or continent, while external migration is moving to a new home in a different state, country, or continent. In both people are moving the only difference is if it’s in or out of a state, country or continent.

 

B. Identify the principle sources of immigrants during the three main eras of US Immigration. (17th and 18th centuries, 19th -early 20th century, late 20th to early 21stcentury).

 

B. In the 17th to 18th centuries for the colonial settlement, they were mainly from Europe. In the late 19th to the early 20th century there was a mass European immigration mainly from Ireland and Germany. Lastly it was Asian and Latino American immigration in the 20th and early 21st century.

 

Task 2: Where do people migrate within a country?

 

Task 2: People who migrate within a country they normal migrate to bigger cities, like Chicago, or where they have more rights as a person. Also people who migrate within a country go where there are jobs, mostly agriculture (like farming more towards the central valley in California). 

 

A. Describe the history of interregional migration in the United States.

 

A.The history of interregional migration in the United States was very complicated. It was popular between the 18 and 19 hundreds for different reasons. Migration has become less popular because it cost a lot of money to move. Migration is normal from rural areas to urban because there are better jobs and opportunities. It could be better understood through “center of population gravity”.  It’s the center of where all the people are living if America was flat. Its moving westward because of gold rush and filling of the Great Plains.

 

B. Explain the differences among the three forms of interregional migration. (Rural to urban, urban to suburban, urban to rural)

 

B.  The three types of interregional migration are rural to urban, urban to suburban, and then urban to rural. Migration for rural to urban is normal for the jobs. Migration for urban to suburban is more if you have a family and want to settle down. Lastly urban to rural is more for farming and having more land to farm on.

 

Task 3: Why do people migrate?

 

Task 3: People migrate because of many reasons. Some people leave because they are not welcome in the country or the government collapses. Also they get away to get freedom and their own rights. In the end they move because of different types of push and pull factors. 

 

A. Provide examples of political, environmental, and economic push and pull factors.

 

A. Examples of push factors for political stuff is more towards refugees, international displaced persons and asylum seekers. For pull factors you have civil liberties. For environmental push factors you have dangerous climate, like lots of natural disasters and temperatures so high or too low. Pull factors are comfortable climates, like it’s not too hot or too cold but warm. Lastly for economic push factors are lack of economic opportunities while the pull factors are guest worker programs and stuff like that.

 

B. Summarize the flows of migrant workers in Europe and Asia

 

B.  The flow of migrant workers in Europe and Asia is interesting. Immigrants in the Northern and Western part of Europe have jobs like repairing streets, picking up garbage, and driving buses. It’s important to consider this because the locals wouldn’t accept the low- skill and status jobs. For Chinas economy they are attracting people from surrounding countries to work at factories. In Southeast Asia they need immigrants to help with oil business but there are problems because the conditions are not good.

 

Task 4: Why do migrants face obstacles?

 

Task 4: Migrants face obstacles for many reasons. They face them because it is hard to escape without having problems. Also their government might want them to stay instead of letting them leave. Another thing was for some migrants their home town if far away from their destination so they have obstacles in the way like the ocean. Lastly they face obstacles because not everyone is too happy about them and would rather them stay where they are.

 

A. Identify the types of immigrants are given preference to enter the United States.

 

 

A.The immigration law is very complicated. Most immigrants who are given preference to enter the U.S are when they are reuniting with family, if they have skills that are valuable to the U.S economy, protecting refugees , and promoting diversity. People can get a green card; become a citizen as well as more complicated applications. Those immigrants are family based, employment based, refugees and asylees, and citizenship.

 

B. Describe the population characteristics of unauthorized immigrants to the United States

 

 

B. Some population characteristics of unauthorized immigrants are the number of them has stabilized in past years after rapid growth, but there has been shifts where they live and the country where they were born. There are 11.3 million unauthorized immigrants in 2014. About 1 million of those are children. Also 8 million are employed. Mexicans are about half of the unauthorized immigrants, the percentage is 52%. California, Texas, Florida, New York, New Jersey, and Illinois makes up 60% of them. They normal work on farms by being a picker. There are a lot of unauthorized immigrants and they normal have the jobs regular Americans don’t want to do.

 

C. Compare American and European attitudes toward immigrants.

 

C.Americans attitude towards immigrants are very different. Americans are more concerned with the illegal immigration while Europeans are more worried about the fear that international immigration will undermine traditional culture. Race has a big role in both though.