If you are currently in a long-distance relationship with your fiancé who is a foreign national living in another country, you can get a K-1 fiancé visa to bring them to the U.S.A so you two can be together. This book walks you through the fiancé visa process IN PLAIN ENGLISH. The book is really short with the intent to give you a straightforward general guide in what to look for and the common pitfalls. The book ensures that you have the necessary...

Hailed as the most restrictive immigration bill in the nation, the Beason-Hammon Alabama Taxpayer & Citizen Protection Act (known as HB 56) went into effect in September 2011. Its intent was to create jobs for Alabamians by making the lives of undocumented immigrants in the state impossible, so that they would self-deport. It failed. Here We May Rest offers a comprehensive explanation of how and why HB 56 came about and reports on its effects on immigrant...

Canada is one of the world's most welcoming countries, a relatively new land built by immigration with some of the top cities in which to live. But how do you turn your dreams abroad into reality in Canada? This book, part of the Canadian Newcomers series, gives you the critical advantage in understanding how to prepare to come to Canada. It shows you how to navigate the government maze and how to ensure your paperwork is in order. And it provides...

In the debate over U.S. immigration, all sides now support policy and practice that expand the parameters of enforcement. While immigration control forces lobby for intensifying enforcement for reasons that are transparently connected to their policy agenda, and pro-immigration forces favor the liberalization of migrant flows and more fluid labor market regulation, these transformations, meant to grow global trade and commerce networks, also enlarge...

Extensive immigration restrictions are an attempt by the U.S. government to centrally manage the demographics, labor market, and culture of the United States instead of letting those facets of our society develop naturally--as they have throughout most of history. Many objections have been raised against a return to America's traditional free-immigration policy, but they are without merit and ignore immigration's tremendous benefits. In this Broadside,...

Esta conmovedora obra pone a la disposición del lector algunas verdades sobre la problemática actual de Honduras. No obstante, no se limita a exponer los hechos más difíciles del país, sino que también aporta una solución práctica para todas las personas, desde aquellas que humildemente trabajan la tierra, hasta los políticos que llevan a cabo la hazaña de gobernar toda una nación.Niños, jóvenes, adultos, estudiantes, profesionales, empleados...

International treaties, conventions, and organizations to protect refugees were established in the aftermath of World War II to protect people escaping targeted persecution by their own governments. However, the nature of cross-border displacement has transformed dramatically since then. Such threats as environmental change, food insecurity, and generalized violence force massive numbers of people to flee states that are unable or unwilling to ensure...

Las migraciones forzadas constituyen una realidad apabullante en nuestros días: muestra de ello es la actual situación en el Oriente Medio y en África. En América Latina hay también una larga historia al respecto, la cual se puede documentar en cada país: las guerras en Colombia, Nicaragua, El Salvador y Guatemala son los ejemplos más recientes de esta problemática. Los migrantes forzados (en su gran mayoría poblaciones indí- genas y afroamericanas,...

Dos caras de una misma realidad: por un lado, las personas migrantes en situación irregular; por otro, los grupos organizados que ofrecen apoyo durante su paso por el país. Así, esta obra analiza cómo el apoyo a las personas migrantes en tránsito pasó de ser una actividad asistencial y privada, a una labor pública con alcance político.

When your country is riddled with violence and oppression, is it possible to escape and find refuge? We often don't realize all it takes for refugees to navigate the path to resettlement. They face years of waiting and countless hurdles before arriving in a strange new land with few possessions and little knowledge of their new communities' language and culture. How did a diverse group of refugees make their way to the US and settle in Abilene, Texas?...