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Out of the country or out of society

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Date Issued:
2005
Summary:
This thesis was prepared under the direction of the candidate's thesis advisor, Dr. Timothy Steigenga, and has been approved by the members of her supervisory committee. It was submitted to the faculty of The Honors College and was accepted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts and Sciences. Using the United States and Spain as case studies, this thesis argues that increasingly restrictive immigration policies instituted by receiving countries have little to no effect on the net inflow of immigration, nor do they promote a higher rate of assimilation for those immigrants already present within the host country. An analysis of the net inflow of immigrants, their social and economic status, and their rate of assimilation in the U.S. and Spain suggests that restrictive policies only further the social and economic exclusion of immigrants from the host society. Restrictive immigration policies are more effective at keeping immigrants outside of the host country's society than its borders.
Title: Out of the country or out of society: immigration policy in the United States and Spain.
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Name(s): Dominguez, Karla Gabriela.
Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Thesis
Issuance: multipart monograph
Date Issued: 2005
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Physical Form: electronic
electronic resource
Extent: v, 47 leaves.
Language(s): English
Summary: This thesis was prepared under the direction of the candidate's thesis advisor, Dr. Timothy Steigenga, and has been approved by the members of her supervisory committee. It was submitted to the faculty of The Honors College and was accepted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts and Sciences. Using the United States and Spain as case studies, this thesis argues that increasingly restrictive immigration policies instituted by receiving countries have little to no effect on the net inflow of immigration, nor do they promote a higher rate of assimilation for those immigrants already present within the host country. An analysis of the net inflow of immigrants, their social and economic status, and their rate of assimilation in the U.S. and Spain suggests that restrictive policies only further the social and economic exclusion of immigrants from the host society. Restrictive immigration policies are more effective at keeping immigrants outside of the host country's society than its borders.
Identifier: 314774042 (oclc), 11575 (digitool), FADT11575 (IID), fau:1309 (fedora)
Note(s): by Karla Gabriela Dominguez.
Typescript (Photocopy).
Thesis (B.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, Honors College, 2005.
Bibliography: leaves 45-47.
Electronic reproduction. Boca Raton, Fla., 2005. Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subject(s): Immigrants -- Government policy
Human rights
United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Government policy
Spain -- Emigration and immigration -- Government policy
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Persistent Link to This Record: http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/11575
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