Immigration- push and pull

Today’s Plan
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Brainstorm
US Immigration 1. Pen or pencil

Models 2. Paper

Create your own

policy!
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A good place to live should be…
A good place to live should have…
 Breakout rooms discussion
1: 2:
Gerstleitner Viktoria Mierl Mathea Sophie
Hoffmann Kristina Pfeifenberger Sophie
Wageneder Irina Kaltenleitner Hanna
Schaffenberger Luca Lichtmannegger Felix

3: 4: 5:
Ludewig Alexander Daxer Maximilian Jost Annelie
Fischer Elias Yüksel Irem Kalleitner Laura
Meingast Leonie Wimmer Lara-Noemi Stöhr Roman
Bliem Viktoria Landauer Katharina Hinterberger Verena
Wagner Don
 What would it take? 7-9min
1. Imagine what circumstances (situations/reasons) would cause you
to leave your hometown to live somewhere else in Austria?

2. Imagine what circumstances would cause you to leave Austria to live

in another country?

3. What would be challenging about living somewhere new?

4. What would be some benefits of moving?
5. What causes people to move to a different place/ country?
6. What are some traits of a good place to live? (freedom, voting,
nature, hygiene, etc, )

7. From your answers in number 6, what are the top three most
important traits of a good place to live?
 How important are these to you?
healthcare freedom
safety income equality
clean water adequate wages
clean air climate
family quality food access
 immigrate/ emigrate/ migrate?
Raise your hand to share what you
think these words mean.
 Merriam Webster says
 immigrate: to come into a country of which one is not a
native for permanent residence.
 emigrate: to leave one's place of residence or country to
live elsewhere.
 migrate:
1) to move from one country, place, or locality to another

2) to pass usually periodically from one region or climate to

another for feeding or breeding.
Why would someone emigrate to
the the USA?
 Why emigrate- any to add?
 religious freedom  better job
 promise of wealth  better quality of life
 natural resources  better wages
 escape government  slavery
 escape politics  natural disaster
 escape corruption  climate
 escape danger
 Think about this…
“We’re on our way to becoming the
first country in history that is literally
made up of every part of the world.”

-Kenneth Prewitt, former director of

the U.S. Census Bureau
 Immigration in the US
 1600s, Spanish, Dutch, British, and Swedish immigrants in
America.
 1776 United States of America
 1790 first census, 3.9 million counted
 Estimated 8 million slaves from Africa during 1700s
 1815 high volume of western Europe immigration
 1820-1860 many Irish and Germans immigrate
 1880-1920 over 20 million immigrants arrive from Southern, Eastern
and Central Europe (including 4 million Italians and 2 million
Jews.)
 Immigration in the US
1892 Ellis Island immigration station in the New York Harbor
opens.

1892-1954, 12 million enter the US via Ellis Island

1910 75% of New York’s population consists of immigrants.

 Immigration in the US
 1986 Ronald Regan grants forgiveness to 3 million illegal
immigrants in the US.
 2012: President Barack Obama signs Deferred Action for
Childhood Arrivals (DACA)
 2017: President Donald Trump issues two executive orders—
both titled “Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist
Entry into the United States”—from six majority Muslim
countries (Chad, Iran, Libya, Syria, Yemen, Somalia) as
well as North Korea and Venezuela.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_Order_13780#Current_status_of_restrictions
 Ellis Island
An estimated 40 % of Americans can trace at
least one ancestor to Ellis Island.
Ellis Island
 US
Population
by race

____ are a minority in the USA The___ slice is larger than ___

___ are a majority in the USA The___ slice is smaller than ___
compared to ___, there are more/fewer __ I predict that the ____ slice will…
Racial Diversity 2019
 Immigration policy in the USA
 Trump supported “Reforming American Immigration for a
Strong Economy (RAISE) Act in August 2017.

 Seeks to reduce levels of legal immigration to the United

States by 50%

 cap of 50,000 refugee admissions a year

 end the visa diversity lottery.
 (bill did not pass)
 Ponder
“Our patchwork heritage is a strength, not a
weakness. We are a nation of Christians and
Muslims, Jews and Hindus – and non-
believers. We are shaped by every language
and culture, drawn from every end of this
earth. “
-Barack Obama
 Ponder
“We became not a melting pot but a beautiful
mosaic. Different people, different beliefs,
different yearnings, different hopes, different
dreams.”
- Jimmy Carter, President 1977-1981
 Real life
 September 11, 2001
 Al-Qaeda terrorists
 Drastic decrease in immigration
 Real life

 The Immigrant Restaurant Owner Who Helps the Poor

and Homeless: Pakistani-born immigrant Kazi Mannan is
the owner of Sakina Halal Grill in Washington D.C. “If
someone says I need a free meal . . . Okay,” said Mannan. On
a daily basis, he feeds any homeless or poor person who
enters his restaurant and asks for help. In 2018, he gave away
16,000 free meals. “Once upon a time, I was in a similar
situation where I didn’t have enough to eat. . . . When you
uplift another human being it’s a beautiful thing.”
 Task -8min
1. You are on an immigration advising team for president Donald
Trump.

2. Use the pro/ con list to create a short presentation for president
Donald Trump.

3. Give your recommendations and opinions about immigration in the

USA. (should we let more immigrants in? Fewer? The same? Why?)

4. Share your ideas with the class.

Pro: increased economic growth, fills positions in unpopular jobs, brings
in skilled workers, brings potential entrepreneurs, working age immigrants
support economy, greater cultural diversity.

Cons: potential fall in wages for low skilled workers, increased pressure
on social services like healthcare and education, overpopulation could
strain housing availability, possible negative economic impact, could
cause social disharmony/ conflict.
 Sources
 https://psychologybenefits.org/2017/08/29/we-need-to-support-the-multicultur
al-identities-of-all-americas-children
/
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_Order_13780#
Current_status_of_restrictions
 https://africatown.wordpress.com/2014/10/23/chinatown-international-district/
 https://www.nationalgeographic.org/activity/cultural-diversity-united-states/
 https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/research/how-united-states-
immigration-system-works#:~:text=The%20body%20of%20law
%20governing,year%20across%20various%20visa%20categories.&text=Each
%20year%20the%20United%20States,noncitizens%20on%20a%20temporary
%20basis.