12/6/18

Today was a note taking class so the class went by fairly quick and I didn't find it boring today. We talked about migrants and the challenges they face and took notes on it. Countries have adopted selective immigration policies. The passing of the Quota Act in 1921 and the National Origins Act in 1924 by the U.S. Congress marked the end of unrestricted immigration to the U.S. More seek admission to the U.S. than is permitted by to quotas, thus preferences are shown toward: Family reunification, Skilled workers, and Diversity. Unauthorized immigrants are those who enter a country without proper documents. Characteristics of unauthorized immigrants in the U.S. include Source Country (roughly 58% emigrate from Mexico), Children (of estimated 11.2 million unauthorized immigrants, nearly 1 million are children), Years in the U.S. (Duration of residency has increased for unauthorized immigrants and in 2010, 35 percent of adults had been in U.S. for at least 15 years), Labor Force (approximately 8 million unauthorized immigrants are employed in the U.S.), and Distribution (Texas and California have largest number of unauthorized immigrants).