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• W292224612 abstract "Setting Stage America is a nation unlike any other. Each year scores of people around world dream of coming to this country. Some come to be reunited with family, others to find new hope and new opportunity, and still others to escape religious or political persecution. Whatever details of their particular motivation, inevitably all these people come with dream of beginning a new life. In truth, except for Native Americans, we all come from somewhere else. We are unique in world because we are, from our beginnings and at our heart, a nation of immigrants. This historical fact is more than just our tradition; it is root of our heritage and secret of our strength. Arguably, more than any other country in world, United States has been a beacon to peoples of other nations seeking freedom and opportunity. Certainly, at least, that is image that United States likes to promote of itself. Through years, to be sure, United States has drawn strength from diversity of its people, richness from wealth of cultures it contains, and spirit from continuing infusion of idealism brought by newcomers to its shores. Today, however, a different attitude is emerging about immigrants. Rather than being welcomed into melting pot, newcomers to this country are being viewed by some as a liability - a form of charity that we as a nation can no longer afford. Suddenly, there is a rush in halls of Congress to pull up welcome mat and shut door.(1) Politicians claim that they are responding to will of people, but people do not seem to be quite so sure.(2) What does seem to be certain is that there is a growing sense that something somewhere has gone awry. In ensuing clamor to set things right, anti-immigrant forces have set in motion a campaign of disinformation and fear, hoping to harness resulting outcry to serve their own ends. For their part, some politicians have come to believe that on immigrants could help them make some political hay, as if notion of a politician getting tough on something, without more, automatically meant that they were engaged in a worthwhile pursuit. With that belief firmly entrenched, a number of senators and representatives have embarked on a crusade to save America from the not once stopping to consider irony that, somewhere down lines of logic and ancestry, they are really attempting to save us from ourselves. It is a goal that could prove very harmful indeed should they succeed. Currently, Congress is considering major legislation designed expressly to reform this country's immigration system from top to bottom.(3) On top of that there are a slew of provisions in other legislative measures that deal either directly or indirectly with immigrant issues. An example is sweeping welfare reform bill that emerged from a joint House and Senate Conference Committee complete with measures designed to restrict legal immigrants' access to crucial public benefits. Furthermore, Clinton administration convened a special commission(4) to look into matter of immigration and make recommendations on ways to reform current policy. Add to all of this a spate of other bills put forth as measures to combat terrorism,(5) promote English as an official language,(6) and otherwise vilify anything or anyone foreign(7) and you can begin to get a feel for type of xenophobic mania that is gripping our country's lawmakers. The Public Mood Historically, when times are good and nation's prospects seem bright, immigrants have benefited themselves and nation through their pursuit of American Dream. However, they have just as quickly made for an easy and tempting target against whom to direct anger and frustration during times of political or economic woe. These fluctuations in national attitude toward immigrants, in other words, tend to have more to do with prevailing socioeconomic circumstances of nation at any given moment than they do with inherent characteristics of immigrant population itself. …" @default.
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• W292224612 title "Treacherous Waters in Turbulent Times: Navigating the Recent Sea Change in U.S. Immigration Policy and Attitudes" @default.
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