POL S 160 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Pramila Jayapal, American Muslim Council, Fasttrack
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Transnational connectivity has significantly improved by telecommunications advances. India"s new caa gives indian citizenship on a fast-track to religious minorities (buddhist, christian, hindu, jain, sikh, and parsi) from 3 neighboring countries (afghanistan, bangladesh, and pakistan) -- but not if they are muslim. Currently, muslims and other persecuted refugees can still immigrate to. However, the exclusion of muslim refugees in the caa has triggered widespread protests on both sides of the bill, including in washington dc by indian americans, including representative pramila jayapal. Remittances: money or goods that migrants send back to families in origin countries. Remittances doesn"t need to only be about money. Remittances can also be of social nature, such as ideas, behavior, identities, social capital, and knowledge that migrants acquire during their foreign residency and can be transferred to their communities of origin. In 2019, in current usd, the top 5 remittance recipient countries are india, China, mexico, the philippines, and the arab republic of egypt.
