IMMIGRATION WORKERS BY BRYAN IMMIGRATION BY JIGAR IMMIGRATION IN THE PAST US POPULATION HIGHLY SKILLED IMMIGRANTS WORKFORCE

IMMIGRATION WORKRES BY SAMUEL IMMIGRATION BARRIERS SAFEFTY FATALITIES OSHA IMPROVEMENTS DV LOTTERY, DEBATE, &BUSINESS ISUSSES BY GHIZLANE DV LOTTERY PROGRAM ELIGIBILTY OPPORTUNITIE THE AMERICANS & IMMIGRANT DEBAT IMMIGRANT OWNED BUSINESS

IMMIGRATION JIGAR

 U.S was and still is the main attraction for immigrants  Immigrants from all over the world came to America in search of › educational advancement › political or religious freedom › increased work opportunities.

1840s and 1850s, more than 4.5 million immigrants arrived in the country After Civil War, immigrants were needed to fuel industrial and economic expansion – Between 1860 and 1900, around 14 million immigrants arrived – In the next 30 years over 19 millions joined them

 In the major cities like Boston, New York and San Francisco, more immigrants are employed in white-collar occupations than in lower-wage work like construction, manufacturing or cleaning.  More than half of the working immigrants in the metropolitan area hold higher- paying jobs. USA 20 MILES

Foreign-born workers make up an estimated 14% of the U.S. workforce. When President Bush came to office, he tried to change immigration issue by: – requiring that most guest workers take jobs Americans do not want-such as jobs in the service sector, light manufacturing or agriculture.

According to the U.S. Labor Department, the percentage of foreign-born workers in the U.S. labor force had grown 7 % in % in % in 2000

In 1993, one-third of the nation's population growth came from immigration According to 2000 Census, more than 31 million U.S. residents are foreign-born, about 10% of the country’s population There are also additional eight to ten million illegal immigration currently living and working in the U.S.

SAMUEL IMMIGRATION WORKERS

Immigrants:  Often compelled to take the least desirable and most dangerous jobs.  Such as minimum-wage positions in the meat- packing and garment industries.  Those jobs can lead ergonomic injuries.  Hazardous construction jobs can lead to death.

Immigrants may have problems: learning about safety due to language barriers. legal recourse or assert their rights because of concerns about their immigration status. Supporters maintain that: Immigrants are often isolated from the rest of society. Their deaths attract less attention and cause less outrage than the deaths of others.

Illegal immigrant work in bad conditions Employers are aware of such conditions and exploit them by cutting corners on safety standards.

 A fired kill 146 of the 500 women employed.  Because the doors to the factory were blocked so that women would remain in at their sewing maching.

Occupational Safety and Health Administration Is a government agency in the Department of Labor to maintain a safe and healthy work environment.

Half of the 22,000 garment factories in the U.S. are sweatshops. Immigrants work long for extremely low pay. One-third of those factory violate workplace health and safety laws.

 The huge wave of immigrants that came to the U.S. in the latter 19 th rise the numbers of sweatshops.  Immigrants were ideal to work in sweatshops because they were desperately poor.  They were afraid to complain about the conditions because the needed their job.

OSHA showed a slight decline in work-related fatalities overall. But an increase among Hispanic workers. Most of those who died were found to be immigrants.

 OSHA initiated a task force to try to devise ways to reach out to Hispanic and Immigrants workers.  Safety instruction in Spanish  Increased contact with emergency responders to ensure that injuries are reported to OSHA

GHIZLANE

1. DV Lottery Program: is a program conducting by the US Government. 2. Every year, Program Grants 50,000 visas to people all around the world. 3. All 50,000 Winners are issued a US GREEN CARD authorizing them and their families to live and work in the United States!

Conditions Countries lower rates of immigration to US No countries with war or terrorism Applicants Native of a country whose natives qualify: Education => HS diploma & at least12years education Experience=>4years

AFTER SELECTION THE WINNERS the DV Lottery opportunities + Get the green card + Ability to live, work, and study in US + Apply for Citizenship after 4 years After their coming to US - They can lose their green any time - not provided any type of assistance such as airfare, housing assistance, or subsidies

Language, Origin, Culture, working any kind of jobs Unable to keep their jobs Create small business to offer them better life: Biotech firms, bridal salons, Bakeries The immigrants Often speak English They don’t have deep network of people who can help them line up financing or advertising, They don't know how to get access to the small- business things that can help them they don’t have good experience to manage some of them used high-interest credit cards to fix up their business refuse to buy cheaper ingredient to save money they can get ahead in established business in the US. THE IMMIGRANTS & BUSINESS

 the Immigrants workers are taking jobs away from them. Or do they fill the jobs that Americans do not want?  The companies want to make money they will pay less and people from other countries who want a better life won't care how much they will pay as long as they get the job. please click here to watch the video AMERICANS & IMMIGRANTS WORKERS DEBATE

People born in the US Immigrants Workers No benefits no union Danger works Any kind of jobs Low wage Safe woks + union Good payment + benefits AMERICANS & IMMIGRANTS WORKERS DEBAT -2-

Jigar Patel: 1. – Newspaper article from the BFIT Newspaper Source (New York Times) (USING) 2. Article from BFIT library Database 3. Article from BFIT library Database 4. Article from BFIT library Database minutes – Government website Bryan Ash: emigration/index.html Samuel H. Then: 1. Article from the BFIT data base 2. Government Website 3. PBS Website Ghizland Regragui: 1. &VName=PQD Newspaper article from the BFIT Newspaper Source (Boston Glob) 2. Government web site 3. video from emigration/index.htmlhttp:// &VName=PQDhttp://ng.usagc.org/www-dvlottery-state-gov.htmlhttp://