Gangs such as the Kintan Kings battle the Exchange, the Hutt Cartel, and other criminal organizations for control of Nar Shaddaa, and the Empire's rule over parts of the moon is challenged by many of the immigrants and war refugees who inhabit areas such as the Corellian and Duros Sectors....
Central to their immigration were legal arguments for lawful Chinese immigrants-primarily merchants and native-born citizens-to bring their wives to the United States. Due to racial restrictions barring them from independent entry or marital naturalization, Chinese wives appealed to the uncodified gender...
• The bed of Truck Fump has a hidden canopy that, with a flick of a switch, can envelop the entire bed, concealing immigrants and refugees from war-torn countries attempting to escape the persecution of zealous white supremacists toting automatic weapons. ...
The managers of Ptuj Museum were spontaneously aware of the duties and unique opportunities of the post-war period. Already in the summer of 1945, only a few weeks after the end of World War II, they noted that “primarily we have to be interested in old Slavic finds, because Ptuj ...
With the financial crisis of 2008 and the ensuing austerity policies, there was a visible increase in the number of those leaving Southern European countries while at the same time immigrants and refugees continued to arrive, although these latter flows were not observed in the Portuguese case. ...
In the notes, he points out the difficulties Vietnamese immigrants have had establishing traditional music in the United States, especially in re-creating the institutions and venues in which the forms “thrived in old Vietnam.” But through his efforts and others, the music is surviving, both...
Although locally supported on the premise that the 287(g) Program would focus on persons who commit a serious crime, the "overwhelming majority of those arrested," according to the author, "were immigrants who had been taken into custody for traffic violations, such as driving without a valid...
In the past, separate quarantine hospitals, and even areas, were set aside in or near cities for people with infectious diseases. For example, North Brothers Island in New York fulfilled this role, espe- cially for immigrants, although it is now abandoned and its buildings are decaying. If ...
Germany is indisputably an old immigration country, but still saw morethan one turning point during its transition from a country of emigration toone of immigration. Its average annual net migration is currently +181,000persons, the highest of all the EU-27 countries. The stock of immigrantstota...
While these grand ships are often affiliated with a silver-haired, wealthy elite, this has never been altogether true. Everyone from the John Jacob Astors of this world (theTitanic’swealthiest passenger), to th