Working Paper For the California Initiative Research Grant

My hypothesis was that those who come to California with nonimmigrant visas and overstayed them would have very different experiences immigrating into the country depending on 1) the political culture in their country of origin, which would affect their behavior and responses to policies, law enforcement authorities, and political movements, and 2) the context of reception, which includes not only. [...] After the US research project about visa-over-stayers to another government eliminated the Temporary Protection Status population that will play an even more important role program I reached out to her on What’s App to send in the book that will emerge from my dissertation: the my concerns and since then have received no reply, and disenchanted, or those who come or are brought by their this may b. [...] At this stage, I therefore find the who later become disenchanted with the immigration task of making conclusions based on a comparison of dream and decide either to 1) their country of origin specific cases challenging due to the different time lines or 2) a third country that they feel is more welcoming and the rapidly changing political climate. [...] For example, a 43 year- politicians and citizens have ideologically disinclined to old German who overstayed her visa while working as acknowledge or mention that the vast majority of people an au pair in Beverly Hills spoke of how when she hears who come to the US have no interest in immigrating, anti-immigrant news stories, she realizes that if she was much less overstaying a visa and becoming a. [...] If visa over-stayers are aware to any degree of this discrepancy, The visa over-stayers of color I interviewed were one would expect them to perceive California as a disproportionately from the 1.5 generation and therefore potential refuge, or as the last straw in their ambition had a very different experience of coming over with their to immigrate.