Low test scores (given as an intelligence quotient, or IQ) were used by eugenicists to lobby in the US Congress for restricting immigration of those claimed to be genetically inferior in IQ. Keywords: intelligence tests; immigration restriction act (Johnson–Reed act); Mendelian genetics; ...
The "PASpoint" System — Passive Sensors at Mini-Checkpoints: Bringing Australia's Random Breath-Test System to the United States This paper describes a modified sobriety checkpoint program that uses passive sensors and can be implemented by small to moderate-sized communities to dete... RB Voas...
Civil and Uncivil Violence in Lebanon: A History of the Internationalization of Communal Conflict 1. On Proxy Wars and Surrogate Victims2. The Radicalization of Communal Loyalties3. The Drift Into Incivility4. Peasants, Commoners, and Clerics: Resistance and Rebellion, 1820-18605. Revolt and ...
The United States contains a highly diverse population. Unlike a country such as China that largely incorporated Indigenous peoples, the United States has a diversity that to a great degree has come from immense and sustained global immigration. Probably no other country has a wider range of ...
Immigration to the United States ImmigrationtotheUnitedStates Wheredidimmigrantscomefrom?•Before1890mostimmigrantscamefromnorthernandwesternEurope(oldimmigrants).•After1900,moresouthernandeasternEuropeanscame(newimmigrants).WhydoimmigrantscometoAmerica?•Religious,racialorpoliticalpersecution •Lackofeconomic...
United States - Civil Rights, Legislation, Equality: Watching these developments with forebodings, Northern Republicans during the congressional session of 1865–66 inevitably drifted into conflict with the president. Congress attempted to protect the ri
Although African immigration to the United States (U.S.) and South Africa has increased rapidly over the past two decades, little is known about the health experiences of this growing population even though conditions surrounding the migration process have been found to increase vulnerability to ill...
United States Individual - Residence Last reviewed - 13 August 2024 The determination of an alien's residence status is subject to a set of relatively objective tests. These rules generally treat the following individuals as residents: All lawful permanent residents for immigration purposes (i.e. ...
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[41] The UN has challenged President Trump's immigration actions in court,[42] and it aided illegal immigration to the United States.[43] Additionally, the UNICEF's director stated that the West must be forced to allow mass migration.[44] Even for issues ostensibly unrelated to international...