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Immigrant Workers

Final project. by Bryan Ash Project Manager Jigar Patel Writing Manager Ghizlane Regragui Powerpoint M anager & Samuel Then Wiki manager S upervisors Mrs. Greco & Mr. Danner  2010-2011. Immigrant Workers. PLAN. PLAN. IMMIGRATION. JIGAR. IMMIGRATION.

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Immigrant Workers

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  1. Final project byBryan AshProject ManagerJigarPatelWriting ManagerGhizlane RegraguiPowerpointManager&Samuel ThenWiki managerSupervisors Mrs. Greco& Mr. Danner 2010-2011 Immigrant Workers

  2. PLAN

  3. PLAN

  4. IMMIGRATION JIGAR

  5. IMMIGRATION • U.S was and still is the main attraction for immigrants •  Immigrants from all over the world came to America in search of • educational advancement • political or religious freedom • increased work opportunities.

  6. IMMIGRATION IN THE PAST • 1840s and 1850s, more than 4.5 million immigrants arrived in the country • After Civil War, immigrants were needed to  fuel industrial and economic expansion • Between 1860 and 1900, around 14 million immigrants arrived • In the next 30 years over 19 millions joined them

  7. U.S POPULATION GROUTH BY DECADE

  8. Highly Skilled Immigrants • In the major cities like Boston, New York and San Francisco, more immigrants are employed in white-collar occupations than in lower-wage work like construction, manufacturing or cleaning. • More than half of the working immigrants in the metropolitan area hold higher-paying jobs. USA 20 MILES

  9. WORKFORCE • Foreign-born workers make up an estimated 14% of the U.S. workforce. • When President Bush came to office, he tried to change immigration issue by: • requiring that most guest workers take jobs Americans do not want-such as jobs in the service sector, light manufacturing or agriculture.

  10. WORKFORCE -2- • According to the U.S. Labor Department, the percentage of foreign-born workers in the U.S. labor force had grown • 7 % in 1980 • 9.3% in 1990 • 12.3 % in 2000

  11. FOREIGN-BORN POPULATION IN 2000 • In 1993, one-third of the nation's population growth came from immigration • According to 2000 Census, more than 31 million U.S. residents are foreign-born, about 10% of the country’s population • There are also additional eight to ten million illegal immigration currently living and working in the U.S.

  12. FOREIGN-BORN POPULATION IN 2000 -2-

  13. IMMIGRATION WORKERS SAMUEL

  14. IMMIGRANTS WORKERS Immigrants: • Often compelled to take the least desirable and most dangerous jobs. • Such as minimum-wage positions in the meat-packing and garment industries. • Those jobs can lead ergonomic injuries. • Hazardous construction jobs can lead to death.

  15. IMMIGRANT WORKERS BARRIERS • Immigrants may have problems: • learning about safety due to language barriers. • legal recourse or assert their rights because of • concerns about their immigration status. • Supporters maintain that: • Immigrants are often isolated from the rest of society. • Their deaths attract less attention and cause less outrage • than the deaths of others.

  16. ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS Illegal immigrant work in bad conditions Employers are aware of such conditions and exploit them by cutting corners on safety standards.

  17. IMMIGRANTS SAFTEY Occupational Safety and Health Administration Is a government agency in the Department of Labor to maintain a safe and healthy work environment.

  18. IMMIGRANTS FATALITIES OSHA showed a slight decline in work-related fatalities overall. But an increase among Hispanic workers. Most of those who died were found to be immigrants.

  19. GRAPH

  20. ORGANISATIONS IMPROVEMENTS • OSHA initiated a task force to try to devise ways to reach out to Hispanic and Immigrants workers. • Safety instruction in Spanish • Increased contact with emergency responders to ensure that injuries are reported to OSHA

  21. DV LOTTERY, WORKERS DEBATE & BUSINESS ISSUES GHIZLANE

  22. Win the American Dream! DV LOTTERY PROGRAM: DEFINITON • DV Lottery Program: is a program conducting by the US Government. • Every year, Program Grants 50,000 visas to people all around the world. • All 50,000 Winners are issued a US GREEN CARD authorizing them and their families to live and work in the United States!

  23. Win the American Dream! ELIGIBILITY To APPLAY FOR DV LOTTERY

  24. Win the American Dream! THE HIGER NUMBER OF WINNERS FROM EACH CONTINENTS

  25. Win the American Dream! • AFTER SELECTION THE WINNERS

  26. THE IMMIGRANTS & BUSINESS

  27. AMERICANS & IMMIGRANTS WORKERS DEBATE • the Immigrants workers are taking jobs away from them. Or do they fill the jobs that Americans do not want? • The companies want to make money they will pay less and people from other countries who want a better life won't care how much they will pay as long as they get the job. please click here to watch the video

  28. AMERICANS & IMMIGRANTS WORKERS DEBAT -2-

  29. CITATION Jigar Patel:1.http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/16/us/16skilled.html– Newspaper article from the BFIT Newspaper Source (New York Times) (USING)2.http://www.2facts.com/article/i0702280Article from BFIT library Database 3.http://www.2facts.com/article/i0900190Article from BFIT library Database 4.http://www.2facts.com/article/i0100280Article from BFIT library Database 5.http://www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/cm20030124ar02p1.htm5 minutes – Government website Bryan Ash:1.http://www.2facts.com/article/i12001702.http://www.cbpp.org/cms/index.cfm?fa=view&id=14773.http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/i/immigration-and-emigration/index.htmlSamuel H. Then:1.http://www.2facts.com/article/i0702280Article from the BFIT data base2.http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/afctshtml/tsme.htmlGovernment Website3.http://www.pbs.org/kpbs/theborder/history/timeline/17.html PBS Website Ghizland Regragui:1.http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1918144621&sid=5&Fmt=3&clientId=40852&RQT=309&VName=PQDNewspaper article from the BFIT Newspaper Source (Boston Glob) 2.http://ng.usagc.org/www-dvlottery-state-gov.htmlGovernment web site3.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orktmmbjBSAvideo from www.youtube.com

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