The action of coming to live permanently in a foreign country.
Questions tagged [immigration]
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Do African Immigrants have the highest academic achievement in the U.S. of any ethnic group?
An article doing the rounds on my Facebook feed claims that African immigrants are the most successful group in the United States when it comes to academic achievement. African-born immigrants are more likely to be college educated than any other…
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Is Mexico building a southern border wall that the United States is helping to pay for?
I saw a few headlines from more conservative news outlets about this. Mexico builds its own wall against migrants is the primary source but it's behind a paywall so I can't investigate on my own. Even if I was able to read the story, I'd want to see…
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Has the US already taken in 25% of Mexicos population as immigrants?
In a recent interview Ann Coulter claimed:
America has already taken in one-fourth of Mexico's entire population.
Is this true?
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Do high immigration levels lower quality of life standards?
In a UK panel show, Question Time, a politician says:
However, if you have a country in which the population goes up as a direct result of immigration, what you find is not a shortage of green fields [...] you find a shortage of primary school…
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Did President Obama issue an executive order to delay deportations of children?
There are many accusations lately that the sudden increase in illegal child immigration on the southern border of the United States is due to an executive order by President Obama to delay some deportations, such as the one quoted here:
Sen. John…
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Were Oscar and Valeria Martinez denied the ability to claim asylum at a port of entry?
Democratic Presidential Candidate and former Housing Secretary Julian Castro said this in last night’s debate:
If I were president today, I would sign an executive order that would get rid of Trump’s zero tolerance policy, the Remain in Mexico…
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Did the ban on Israeli travellers postdate the construction of Israeli settlements which displaced Palestinians?
From a comment by Amnesty International Australia's Facebook account, since deleted, with a screenshot having 212 retweets and 235 likes (text courtesy of the Algemeiner)
The countries that banned the passport have done so for a reason. They are…
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Did a lack of Muslims in Japan help prevent a 2002 AQ terrorist attack?
https://twitter.com/rjrasva/status/700683354996211712
Lack of Muslims in Japan prevented al Qaeda attack on 2002 World Cup
Sun, February 15, 2004…
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Are there 30 million non-legal immigrants in the United States?
Ann Coulter's Adios America book claims that there are 30 million non-legal immigrants in the United States.
In an interview, she explained that figure comes from:
a Bear Stearns study of several factors, including school enrollment in illegal…
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Does illegal immigration change the U.S. electorate as claimed by Larry Elder?
In this episode of Rubin Report Larry Elder claims:
The country has changed in part, in my opinion, because of immigration, including illegal immigration. People who are coming to the country illegally from third-world countries like Mexico, they…
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Was—or is?—there an ICE checkpoint at the 23rd Street N/Q/R/W subway station in Manhattan?
All around social media this past Tuesday in New York City a viral message claiming there was an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) "checkpoint” at the 23rd Street N/Q/R/W subway station in Manhattan. For example this tweet states the…
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Were men in the USA, from Muslim countries, required to register with the federal goverment?
A Los Angles Times article INS Arrests 50 in Pre-Super Bowl Sweep 24 January 2003 refers to:
a new requirement that foreign men from a number of predominantly Muslim countries register with the federal government
Is it true that a new requirement…
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Do immigrants to the US commit less crimes that native born Americans?
In 2015, Donald Trump suggested in a speech that Mexican immigrants to the US were bringing crime.
In response, several reporters denied it, such as the Washington Post
data show that new immigrants — including illegal immigrants — are actually…
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Is this protest sign referring to Europe?
Is the above picture, of a woman holding a sign with the text
You can get raped but not protest against rape
# World's largest democracy
referring to Europe?
Example tweets: 1 (containing a hashtag about sexual assault by refugees in Germany), 2…
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Does illegal immigration in the United States strain social services?
A New York Post opinion piece reported on a survey regarding Republican thoughts and feelings on illegal immigration:
Respondents were asked: “What do you think is the biggest challenge illegal immigrants pose to America?” Here is the tally:…
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