Immigration from Russia

Paper Summary:

The paper explains why and when immigration occurs. The paper discusses how, before the fall of the Soviet Union, it was difficult for people from any of the Soviet republics to emigrate, but with the fall of Communism in 1991, emigration restriction policies were changed and many people emigrated to the United States and other Western countries. The paper then looks at how emigration from Russia, Ukraine and other former Soviet republics has steadily increased since then.

From the Paper:

"Immigration occurs when people in a certain country or region are experiencing political or religious oppression, economic distress, famine, war, or a host of other grave problems that convince them that they have no choice but to leave their native land for a new country and a new life in another land. Over the last two hundred years, more people have immigrated to the United States than any other country, and have often found life so good here that they have contacted family and friends in the old country and have convinced them to come to America as well. More specifically, the United States has witnessed a 40% increase immigration from the Soviet Union since the early 1980's. This serves as an explicit example of the vast cultural and political changes during the fall of the Communist regime in the Soviet Union, and its impact on the immigration."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Leon, Aron. "Preparing America for the Wave of Russian Immigrants." The Heritage Foundation. 1991
• Linda Baker."Russian Immigrants Love New Lives in USA." Portland Business Journal. 4 February 2004.
• Tom Barry. "The Immigration Debate: Politics, Ideologies of Anti-Immigration Forces." Washington, D.C.: America's Program, Inter-hemispheric Resource Center. 17 June 2005.
• Steven A. Camarota. Immigrants in the United States: A Snapshot of America's Foreign-Born Population. Center for Immigration Studies. 2002. www.cis.org/articales/2002/back1302.html.
• Roger Daniels. Debating American Immigration, 1882-Present. New York: Rowman and Littlefield. 2001.

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