12/5

today we highlighted things on the paper from the book and this is what I highlighted:

-today the major obstacles faced by most immigrants are political.
-most countries have adopted selective immigration policies the admit some types of immigration but not others.
-The two reasons that most visas are granted are for specific employment placement and family reunification.
- The U.N. considers 67 countries to have policies that encourage more highly skilled immigrants and 14 countries to be encouraging greater family unification.
-Many who cannot legally enter the United States immigrate illegally.
-The Pew Hispanic center estimated that there were 11.3 million unauthorized immigrants living in the United States in 2014.
-The number increased rapidly during the first years of the twenty-first century.
-California and Texas have the largest numbers of unauthorized immigrants. Nevada has the largest percentage.
-Twelve million immigrants to the United States between 1892 and 1954 were processed at Ellis Island
-Immigrants were transported by ferry from Ellis Island across the New York Harbor to Ne York City.
- crossing the border on foot legally is possible in several places. Elsewhere, the border runs mostly through sparsely inhabited regions.