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Mixed Immigration Status Households In The Context Of Arizona’S Anti-Immigrant Policies, Anna O. Oleary, Azucena Sanchez
Mixed Immigration Status Households In The Context Of Arizona’S Anti-Immigrant Policies, Anna O. Oleary, Azucena Sanchez
Anna Ochoa OLeary
Although the seeds of legislated restrictions for immigrants can be traced to 1986 with California’s unsuccessful Prop 187, more recent trends epitomized by Arizona’s proposed Senate Bill 1070, signed by that state’s governor in April, 2010, have renewed concerns about the effects that such measures will have on the life and livelihood of communities that include immigrants present in the country without official authorization (“undocumented immigrants”). In this paper we use some of the results of a binational study of reproductive health care strategies to show how emerging anti-immigrant policies neglect how such policies impact mixed immigration status households, a …
Factores Que Determinan La Participación De Las Mujeres Inmigrantes En Actividades Por Cuenta Propia. Una Revisión Bibliográfica, Erika C. Montoya, Blas Valenzuela, Anna O. Oleary
Factores Que Determinan La Participación De Las Mujeres Inmigrantes En Actividades Por Cuenta Propia. Una Revisión Bibliográfica, Erika C. Montoya, Blas Valenzuela, Anna O. Oleary
Anna Ochoa OLeary
En este trabajo analizamos perspectivas teóricas que no ayudan a entender la participación de las mujeres inmigrantes en la creación de autoempleo, con el fin de lograr dos objetivos: primero, determinar los factores que llevan a las mujeres inmigrantes indocumentadas a convertirse en trabajadoras por cuenta propia, y Segundo, puntualizar las condiciones específicas de género que coadyuvan a enfocarse en estas actividades.
The Shackles Of Covenant Marriage: Who Holds The Keys To Wedlock?, Chauncey Brummer
The Shackles Of Covenant Marriage: Who Holds The Keys To Wedlock?, Chauncey Brummer
Chauncey Brummer
Covenant marriage laws have been defended as a way of strengthening marriage and decreasing divorce rates. However, these laws may actually work against the state’s interest by placing limitations on marriage. Arkansas’s Covenant Marriage Act of 2001 was based on similar statutes in Louisiana and Arizona. A philosophical analysis of the Arkansas act showcases problems that may arise from covenant marriage generally. Ultimately, covenant marriage does not prevent divorce but prolongs an irreconcilable marriage to the harm of its parties. State policies of marital stability may be better served by other premarital options that reinforce marriage’s contractual and religious significance.