It seems hard to believe that anyone living in the U.S. could escape the steady cultural onslaught – what to wear, where to go, the latest tech gizmo. Americanization is beyond a national marketing campaign; it’s a globa ...
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Myth: They’re Flooding Into The Country Like Never Before
Quick, spend billions on completely sealing the 1,954-mile border the U.S. shares with Mexico, then man this wall with armed troops, military vehicles and killer drones. This will surely deter the immigrants and refugees ...
Myth: They Are Not The Right Kind Of Immigrants
Sometimes it seems there is no right kind of immigrant, that many in this country would just as soon build walls of fear and hatred rather than bridges of shared visions. Does the “right kind” mean uniquely skilled or we ...
Myth: If They Enter The Country Illegally, By Definition, They Are All Criminals
As the second GOP primary debate is distilled into a highlight reel, “illegal immigrant” terminology continues to be a defining topic in the overall issue of immigration. How the issue is framed sets the stage for whethe ...
Myth: Undocumented Americans Don’t Bother To Speak American
No less a linguistic authority than Sarah Palin recently pointed out that immigrants should speak American. The Americas include not just North America, but Central and South America as well. How does one choose which la ...
Myth: Undocumented Americans Hurt The U.S. Economy
Myth: The Undocumented Take American Jobs and Depress Wages The current 11-million Undocumented Americans are following a well-worn path tread by U.S. immigrants over the centuries. We’ve come for a better life and we ...
Myth: The Undocumented Take American Jobs And Depress Wages
Myth: The Undocumented Take American Jobs and Depress Wages The current 11-million Undocumented Americans are following a well-worn path tread by U.S. immigrants over the centuries. We’ve come for a better life and we ...
Myth: Immigrants’ Anchor Babies Keep Undocumented Families In the States
The current rant about anchor babies from the GOP primary campaign is loud, contentious and totally factless, but probably believed by a great many Americans -- believed because it is being constantly repeated without su ...
Debunking The Lack-of-Power Myth: We Don’t Matter Because We Can’t Vote
While 11 million of America’s Undocumented can’t vote, there are 13.1 million Latinos alone (10.4% of the electorate) who are expected to vote in 2016. The 67% Latino vote was pivotal in Barack Obama’s 2008 election and ...
Debunking Immigration Myths Starts With Us
The challenge in debunking all the myths about immigrants is that they have become the accepted national response to a complex issue involving 11 million real people that can’t be addressed in sound bites. Instead of a t ...
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