"A not-to-be-missed, inspirational book about courage, heart, and the necessity of caring for others."-Kirkus Reviews (starred review) This powerful story is told from the collective perspective of the children who were rescued from Czechoslovakia on the eve of World War II, as Hitler's campaign of hatred toward Jews and political dissidents took hold. The narrative starts in 1938 and follows the children as they journey to foster families in...

Sent with her mother to the safety of a relative's home in Cincinnati when her Syrian hometown is overshadowed by violence, Jude worries for the family members who were left behind as she adjusts to a new life with unexpected surprises. Told in verse format.

Canada is one of the world's most welcoming countries, a relatively new land built by immigration with some of the top cities in which to live. But how do you turn your dreams abroad into reality in Canada? This book, part of the Canadian Newcomers series, gives you the critical advantage in understanding how to prepare to come to Canada. It shows you how to navigate the government maze and how to ensure your paperwork is in order. And it provides...

Hailed as the most restrictive immigration bill in the nation, the Beason-Hammon Alabama Taxpayer & Citizen Protection Act (known as HB 56) went into effect in September 2011. Its intent was to create jobs for Alabamians by making the lives of undocumented immigrants in the state impossible, so that they would self-deport. It failed. Here We May Rest offers a comprehensive explanation of how and why HB 56 came about and reports on its effects on immigrant...

In Making America Great: The Immigrant Experience, former Jamaican athlete and now naturalized U.S. citizen Sekou M. Clarke shares his unique experience navigating America as an immigrant and as an immigration attorney. His life is a representation of the American Dream, and his book breathes life into the real experiences of immigrants today and throughout U.S. history. Sekou believes it is impossible to tell the American story without stories of...

If you are currently in a long-distance relationship with your fiancé who is a foreign national living in another country, you can get a K-1 fiancé visa to bring them to the U.S.A so you two can be together. This book walks you through the fiancé visa process IN PLAIN ENGLISH. The book is really short with the intent to give you a straightforward general guide in what to look for and the common pitfalls. The book ensures that you have the necessary...

Why do some immigrants get their legal residence, and others remain for many years without legal status, the right to work, and are unable to create a future for themselves or their family members. There is a reason some succeed, and others fail. The New Faces of America takes the reader through the immigration process, how some immigrants were determined to become residents and citizens, and applied for benefits the "right" way. Others, determined...

Early one morning in 1996, the sanctuary of a Parisian church was suddenly disrupted by a police raid. A group of undocumented immigrant families had taken refuge in the church under threat of deportation due to the French state's increasingly restrictive immigration policies. Rather than disperse and hide, these sans-papiers-people literally without papers- came together to bring to light the deep contradictions in the French state's immigration...

At the turn of the twenty-first century, with the amount of money emigrants sent home soaring to new highs, governments around the world began searching for ways to capitalize on emigration for economic growth, and they looked to nations that already had policies in place. Morocco and Mexico featured prominently as sources of "best practices" in this area, with tailor-made financial instruments that brought migrants into the banking system, captured...

¿Quiénes son las cubanas y los cubanos que han arribado a México durante la última década del siglo xx y la primera del xxi? ¿Cómo llegaron y por qué no siguieron, como muchos de sus connacionales, el camino hasta el vecino país del norte? ¿Cómo se insertan en el mundo laboral mexicano y con quién o quiénes comparten su vida cotidiana? Este libro responde estas y otras preguntas sobre uno de los flujos migratorios de más largo aliento...