Coming to America: Immigration today rivals the influx of a century ago
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The new wave of immigration that rivals the massive influx of 1880-1914 started with the Immigration and Nationality Act of the year 1965. About 27 million legal immigrants have crossed the border, in addition, to an estimated 10.3 million illegal ones living in the U.S. and the result is that by the year 2004 there were 34.2 million foreign-born residents in the country.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 2005
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Modern slavery
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Studies by the International Labor Organization indicates that about 12.3 million people are subjected to some kind of forced labor classified as economic, state-imposed and sexual. These kind of exploitations occurs mostly in developed countries and effects lower castes of India, Pakistan and indigenous people of Nepal and Brazil.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 2006
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Campaign finance
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The first comprehensive law to reform political fund-raaising was passed in 1974, but court decisions and loopholes have curbed its effectivness. Soft- and hard-money spending on campaigns and efforts to eliminate soft money are discussed.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 1999
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