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Deportations are ripping families apart

Written by Sabrina Axster Deportations are a divisive issue — especially now. The Obama administration has initiated the largest numbers of deportations yet, and despite the common idea that violent criminal undocumented migrants are those most often deported, reality paints a different picture. Closer analysis reveals that deportations affect immigrants of all stripes, often with serious consequences for their families. Here, we’ll look at a few core issues surrounding deportations, including who is most often deported and why, the consequences...

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International law on the rights and protection of migrants

Written by Sabrina Axster International migration has increased significantly over the past decades. More than 60 million people were displaced from their homes in 2015 — the highest number since World War II. And the latest estimates for the total number of international migrants worldwide say that it is at a total of 232 million or 3.2 percent of the global population. The movement of people across borders is by far one of the most international issues there is, and...

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Deutschland in the US, Part IV: New York Germans today

Written by Sabrina Axster This is the fourth and final installment of our History of German Immigrants series. Read the first, second and third installments.  Today, there are only 18,657 German-born residents in NYC, according to a 2013 report on foreign-born populations in NYC published by the Department of City Planning. The report tracks the number of foreign-born residents in NYC since the 1970s. These numbers are remarkably low in comparison to previous numbers and given that the overall population of...

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Deutschland in the US, Part III: The migration of Jewish Germans

Written by Sabrina Axster This is the third installment of our History of German Immigrants series. Read the first and second installments.   One essential element of German migration to the US — and to NYC in particular — is that of Jewish Germans. Jewish immigration to America is traditionally divided into three categories: Sephardic, German, and Eastern European. But this doesn’t mean that there were no German Jews coming to the US during the periods of Sephardic or Eastern...