Park November 30, 2023 American Migrations Asian American

American Migration 6 Pages

Park November 30, 2023 American Migrations Asian American Studies 2 I will post onto Canvas the final essay exam for our class before 8 am on Wednesday, December 13. On that exam, students will see three essay questions, but students should answer only one of those essay questions. Students will have until 8 am on Thursday, December 14, to submit an essay answer. Please submit your answer onto Canvas in PDF format, on standard paper, with one-inch margins, double-spaced, in a twelve-point font. (I would prefer Times New Roman.) Please do not exceed seven pages. Please note that because of problems associated with academic dishonesty, the University advises all professors to use algorithms to detect these issues. Please, please make sure that your essay represents your own original work, and please consult only materials presented in lecture or on the syllabus. Sample Essay Questions for the Final Exam

1. Several scholars have argued that after 1990, many more governments, including the United States federal government, have treated certain groups of migrants as though they were “rightless,” as though they had no right to be in the United States, no right to press for the right to asylum, nor have any right to settle permanently in the United States. Please discuss three specific examples that might support this argument.

2. In her essay about Asian immigrant “music moms,” Professor Grace Wang described distinctive patterns of “investment” between aspiring Asian immigrant parents and their privileged children. Please describe these patterns, and please also explain why, despite their best efforts, some snobbier people in the United States still see these Asian immigrants as “interlopers.”

3. In her essay about Fremont, California, Professor Willow Lung-Amam described several different ways through which suburban white residents “responded” to the settlement of Asian immigrant and Asian American families in that town near San Jose. Please discuss

those responses, and please explain why these new suburban ethnoburbs might become much more common in light of federal immigration rules after 1990.

4. Why was the United States “deporting” and “removing” so many non-citizens from the United States after 1990? Please discuss at least three federal rules that have shaped “the law of removal” after 1990. Please also discuss some of the consequences of these patterns for countries where so many of these American deportees have been sent over the last three decades.

5. In recent years, many scholars have pointed to Syria—including its “epic” drought and then its civil war—to examine how climate change might cause “weak” states to “fail,” and then to trigger massive migratory flows. Please explain why Syria’s drought and civil war have produced so many refugees and displaced persons from that country after 2015.