The impact of immigration on U.S. demographics
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Americans fear that US immigration policy will alter the demographic composition of the country. With the implementation of Immigration and Nationality Act Amendments of 1965, the US is losing its distinct European identity as non-European population is increasing. Immigrants from the Third World countries with high fertility rates increased rapidly. Roper poll shows that majority in the US want immigration to be reduced to less than 100,000 from a million a year. Detailed tables of the US Bureau of the Census and US Immigration and Naturalization Service on demographic composition are given.
Publication Name: The Journal of Social, Political and Economic Studies
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 0278-839X
Year: 1996
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The deconstruction of America
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The US was demographically European for almost 200 years from 1783, and European Americans accounted for 90% of the US population in 1950. Congress has enacted legislation on citizenship, territorial powers and immigration which are changing the identity of the US as a federal polity and a nation with a European background. Legal immigration into the US has increased since 1968, and some 83% of immigrants were from outside Europe amd Canada from 1968 to 1996, with Mexico accounting for the most immigration from a single country.
Publication Name: The Journal of Social, Political and Economic Studies
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 0278-839X
Year: 1997
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The ambiguous status of the U.S. insular territories
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US insular territories can be divided into free associations, commonwealths, and unicorporated and organized territories. Palau, Marshall Islands and the Federated States of Micronesia are free association territories. Northern Marianas and Puerto Rico are commonwealth territories while Guam and the US Virgin Islands are unicorporated and organized territories. Special privileges extended to these insular territories are discussed.
Publication Name: The Journal of Social, Political and Economic Studies
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 0278-839X
Year: 1998
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