The Fight for Citizenship: Human Rights in Canadian and American Immigration Law

The Fight for Citizenship: Human Rights in Canadian and American Immigration Law

Presenter(s)

Nadia E. Karaba, Rose Philbin, Katherine Shryock

Comments

Presentation: 4:20 p.m.-4:50 p.m., Kennedy Union 312

This project reflects research conducted as part of a course project designed to give students experience in the research process.

Course: HRS 200

Description

Our presentation is about the struggles to achieve citizenship in the United States. We portray this through multiple interviews with people who have immigrated to the United State but have had difficulty in obtaining citizenship. We argue to make citizenship easier to obtain, especially for those who have lived and worked in the US for a long time. We also compare and contrast the United States immigration laws to other immigration laws seen on the world stage, specifically utilizing Canada as our main example. Other ways how we compare and contrast is by using case studies in said respective actors in order to portray their laws and policies. In this project, our interview(s) center around the fight for citizenship in an environment that does not allow for easy access to it. Additionally, we present further research into the subject and how it relates to the UDHR. We demonstrate how our topic is supported by the UDHR and ways that the UDHR should be updated in order to support this issue.

Publication Date

4-20-2022

Project Designation

Course Project

Primary Advisor

Tereza M. Szeghi

Primary Advisor's Department

English

Keywords

Stander Symposium project, College of Arts and Sciences

United Nations Sustainable Development Goals

Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions

The Fight for Citizenship: Human Rights in Canadian and American Immigration Law

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