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Month: October 2019

U.S., El Salvador Reach Deal on Asylum Seekers

U.S., El Salvador Reach Deal on Asylum Seekers

Blog written by Steven Dampf, Colgate Class of 2022 Based on the article: “U.S., El Salvador Reach Deal on Asylum Seekers” by Michelle Hackman, 20 September 2019, The Wall Street Journal A safe-third-country agreement is when two countries decide they are both safe enough and have strong enough asylum systems so that if an immigrant enters one of the countries first, they must apply for asylum in that country. If an individual passed through a third country on route to…

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Immigrants aren’t taking American jobs

Immigrants aren’t taking American jobs

Blog written by Xiying Feng, Colgate Class of 2022 “Immigrants Aren’t Taking Americans’ Jobs, New Study Finds,” The New York Times, Julia Preston, Sep 21, 2016 In response to the hotly-debated topic over immigration which has divided and polarized the United States, the article mainly addressed the issue of whether immigrants take jobs from Americans and lower their wages by working for less. A report[1] assembling research from various leading economists and scholars showed that there is no negative effects…

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