04679oam 2200769I 450 991045821000332120210504231340.01-135-23052-81-135-23053-61-282-73347-897866127334750-203-87172-310.4324/9780203871720 (CKB)2560000000009773(EBL)446871(OCoLC)642660932(SSID)ssj0000421148(PQKBManifestationID)12172132(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000421148(PQKBWorkID)10407457(PQKB)11560197(MiAaPQ)EBC446871(PPN)198455046(Au-PeEL)EBL446871(CaPaEBR)ebr10394349(CaONFJC)MIL273347(OCoLC)712991256(EXLCZ)99256000000000977320180706d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierIrregular migration from the former Soviet Union to the United States /Saltanat LiebertNew York :Routledge,2009.1 online resource (164 pages)Routledge Transnational Crime and CorruptionDescription based upon print version of record.1-138-97230-4 0-415-77692-9 Includes bibliographical references (p. [140]-149) and index.1 Introduction; 2 Kyrgyzstan within a Central Asian perspective: Historical background and migration trends; 3 Migration policies in the United States and in Kyrgyzstan; 4 Leaving the homeland; 5 In the Golden Land; 6 ConclusionThis book is the first in English to examine irregular migration from post-Soviet states, focusing in particular on migration to the United States. Due to globalization and the end of the Cold War, citizens of the former Soviet Union are on the move as never before. The political, economic, and social changes that followed the collapse of the Soviet Union resulted in widespread poverty and unemployment and also created a large pool of potential migrants. Thousands of individuals from poor post-Soviet countries migrate to the West in search of better-paid work in an effort to provide for themselves and their families both through legal channels, and in their absence, undocumented. In recent years immigration has become a topic of heated debate in many Western countries: the estimated number of undocumented immigrants in the United States has reached 11 million, precipitating a new legislative focus on reforming the immigration system, culminating in the highly controversial Border Protection, Antiterrorism, and Illegal Immigration Control Act passed by the House of Representatives in 2005 but eventually "killed" in the Senate. This book examines all these issues, discussing the reasons for migration, the profile of the migrants, how the process of migration works and how the migrants obtain their U.S. visas, where they work once in the United States and their intentions with regards to their possible return home. This book explores the reality of post-Soviet migration where the mostly well-educated former professionals end up in low-wage unskilled jobs as domestic workers, child care givers, and construction workers, sometimes in exploitative labor situations. Overall, this book provides a detailed account of post-Soviet illegal migration to the United States, focusing in particular on Central Asian and Georgian migrants, and will be of interest to scholars of US politics as well as Russia, Central Asia,and the Caucasus specialists.-adapted from Amazon.comRoutledge transnational crime and corruption seriesImmigrantsAsia, CentralImmigrantsCaucasusImmigrantsFormer Soviet republicsUndocumented immigrantsUnited StatesAsia, CentralEmigration and immigrationCaucasusEmigration and immigrationFormer Soviet republicsEmigration and immigrationUnited StatesEmigration and immigrationElectronic books.ImmigrantsImmigrantsImmigrantsUndocumented immigrants304.8/73047Liebert Saltanat.907844MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910458210003321Irregular migration from the former Soviet Union to the United States2030716UNINA