EL Immigration Vocab

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A metaphor for society where all cultures blend together and people leave their ethnicity behind.

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Melting Pot

Front

Forgiveness for undocumented immigrants who have lived in the US for a certain period of time.

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Amnesty

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The process of becoming a full citizen

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Naturalization

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The process of assimilating to American culture.

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Americanization

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A process of immigration where immigrants obtain visas based on already having family members in the new country.

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Chain Immigration

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Legal permission to enter the United States

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Visa

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The characteristics of one’s original culture

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Ethnicity

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A society having many different cultures within it like the United States (ex. salad bowl metaphor)

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Cultural Pluralism

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Maximum levels of numbers of immigrants from a particular country

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Quotas

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The act of moving to a new country.

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Immigration