PSC 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Alexis De Tocqueville, Individualism
30 Jan 2017
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Labor force characteristics for the year 2015. 26. 3 million foreign born persons in the u. s. labor force, comprising 16. 7% of the total population. Hispanics accounted for 48. 8% of the foreign-born labor force in 2015 and asians 24. 1% Ordered homeland secretary to take steps to immediately plan, design, and construct a physical wall along the southern border . Calls for study securing the southern border. About 300,000 permanent immigrant come to canada every year (equivalent to about 1% of its population - highest ratios in the world) Illegal immigration, not an issue (partly an accident of geography) Point system to determine education, skills and experience. Refugee policies: strong emphasis on the need for protection, less on applicant"s ability to settle in the country. I. e. recent decision of president trump with t. p. p. T. p. p---- trade deal between 12 countries in the pacific ocean. Aimed to deepen economic ties, fostering trade, cut tariffs. Long term aim: creat new single market, similar to eu.
