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Navigating Sense Of Home: Migration Experiences Of Home And Community, Andrew Peter Camilleri
Navigating Sense Of Home: Migration Experiences Of Home And Community, Andrew Peter Camilleri
College of Science and Health Theses and Dissertations
Migrants experience significant stresses when transitioning to find a sense of belonging from one country to another (Kirmaryer et. al 2011), particularly when the nature of migration is forced. Language barriers, currency differences, different foods, written and unwritten rules of conduct as well as different climates all contribute to make the acculturative process difficult and stressful (Jackson & Bauder, 2014). Understanding how migrants navigate this process and the resources required to successfully integrate within a new host community is an important area of research both for migrants and the host communities.
Using an archival dataset collected by researchers from the …
Localizing Immigration Enforcement: “Secure Communities,” § 287(G) And Arizona Law 1070, Jessica Rios
Localizing Immigration Enforcement: “Secure Communities,” § 287(G) And Arizona Law 1070, Jessica Rios
College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences Theses and Dissertations
“Secure Communities” and the similar 287(g) Program of the Immigration and Nationality Act place the U.S. federal government into enforcement relationships with local and state officials. An effect of these relationships is that states acquire more authority over federal immigration policy. In this thesis I explore the history and social effects of such a shift in enforcement law and policy. I conclude with some policy proposals designed to avoid the problems of the recent past.
Trauma And Identity: Action As A Response To State Violence In Colombia, Alison J. Paul
Trauma And Identity: Action As A Response To State Violence In Colombia, Alison J. Paul
College of Education Theses and Dissertations
Colombia’s ongoing armed conflict has produced a myriad of types of violence as well as individual and social trauma. In the early 2000s, the proliferation of extrajudicial killings of non-combatant citizens by the Colombian armed forces left behind thousands of families to deal with the aftermath of their loss of a loved at the hands of the state. This phenomological research specifically looks in depth at the narratives of seven Colombian victims of state crimes that have been transformed through their experience of political violence and the actions they have taken in response to state crimes. Both individual and collective …
The Ngos That Assist The Female Victims Of Sexual Slavery In Albania And The Victims' Reintegration Into Society. The Legal And The Institutional Framework On Sex Trafficking In Albania, Gresa Galanxhi
College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences Theses and Dissertations
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