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The transition of legal status among Korean immigrants in the United States: immigration story, challenges, and mental health

open access: yesJournal of Migration and Health
Background: With an increase in the Asian immigrant population, Koreans are among the top five Asian immigrants in the U.S. When immigrants move to the U.S., many encounter challenges related to obtaining, transitioning, or maintaining their legal status.
Chulwoo Park, Airi Irene Trisnadi
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Negative and Positive Assimilation, Skill Transferability, and Linguistic Distance [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
There are two complementary models of immigrants' economic and social adjustment -- the positive assimilation model of Chiswick (1978, 1979), and the negative assimilation model of Chiswick and Miller (2011). The negative assimilation model is applicable
Barry R. Chiswick, Paul W. Miller
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Portrayal of Immigrants in Newsmagazines

open access: yesMigracijske i etničke teme, 2004
This article analyzes how United States newsmagazines represented immigrants in the aftermath of September 11th terrorist attacks. Methodologically, the paper uses the frame analysis from a social constructivist standpoint, identifying the four functions
Goran Goldberger
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Social determinants of sleep apnea in Canada: A cross-sectional study exploring the intersection between immigrants’ length of residence and visible minority status

open access: yesSleep Epidemiology
This study aims to explore the intersection between immigrants' length of residence and visible minority status, examining how these factors influence the likelihood of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) reported by a health professional.
Joseph A. Braimah   +4 more
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Welfare Reform and Immigrant Participation in the Supplemental Security Income Program [PDF]

open access: yes
We examine the effect of the 1996 welfare reform legislation on participation in the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program by immigrants. Although none of the immigrants on the SSI rolls before welfare reform lost eligibility, the potential exists ...
Michael J. Greenwood, Paul S. Davies
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Immigrant Earnings Differences Across Admission Categories and Landing Cohorts in Canada [PDF]

open access: yes
This study uses longitudinal IMDB micro data to document the annual earnings outcomes of Canadian immigrants in four major admission categories (skill-assessed independent economic principal applicants, accompanying economic immigrants, family class ...
Abbott, Michael G., Beach, Charles M.
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Immigrant Homebuyers in Lawrence and Lowell, Massachusetts: Keys to the Revitalization of the Cities [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
This report describes the homebuying experience of immigrants in Lawrence and Lowell, Massachusetts and how it contributes to their lives and the life of the cities. Home ownership provides wealth to individuals and families. As a key financial resource,
James Jennings   +2 more
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Provocation and the Reasonable Asian: Applying the Reasonable Person Standard to Asian Defendants Asserting the Provocation Defense

open access: yesGerman Law Journal
This Article examines the criminal law defense of provocation in the U.S., which employs an objective reasonable person standard, as applied to recent Asian immigrants.
Kaitlyn Hyun
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