Deck 6: Migration and Displacement

Question 1

Most of the young people interviewed came north because:

A) They were seeking protected status in the US.
B) They felt that they had had no other choice.
C) They had pre-arranged US visas.
D) They had an understanding if US immigration law.

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Most youth who arrive in the US unaccompanied will:

A) Be adopted and gain eventual legal status.
B) Leave and return to the US as legal adults.
C) Leave, or remain without legal status.
D) Become wards of the State who are supported by tax dollars.

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Based on US court rulings, undocumented minors can be detained for:

A) Up to 72 hours.
B) Unspecified and prolonged periods.
C) Only 24 hours without a formal criminal charge.
D) Up to a month but no less than a week.

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Once detained by the ORR, regulations require children to be held:

A) In a non-institutional home-like setting.
B) In a family setting.
C) In housing that is not cramped.
D) In prison-like conditions.

Question 5

Policies of prosecuting and detaining unaccompanied minor immigrants in the U.S.:

A) Are similar to policies in the rest of the developed world.
B) Align well with the international development goals of the U.S.
C) Are at odds with policies in most other developed countries.
D) Have been successful in reducing the numbers of immigrant children over the past two decades.

Question 6

Perez identifies the pain, poverty, and ill health that results from structural violence as:

A) Social suffering.
B) Structural suffering.
C) Stateless violence.
D) Non-state suffering.

Question 7

When forced immigrants fall through the institutional boundaries between citizens and non-citizens resulting in an absence of rights, they exist as:

A) Stateless refugees.
B) Forced immigrants.
C) Legal refugees.
D) Illegal aliens.

Question 8

Poverty among stateless Gazan refugees is a result of:

A) Limited economic opportunities.
B) A level economic playing field.
C) Policies of exclusion in which citizenship brings rights.
D) Limited housing opportunities for Gazans.

Question 9

What does the case of Gazans in Jordan suggest for the plight of other stateless refugees?

A) Refugees should be returned to their home countries when possible.
B) State sovereignty is less important than human rights.
C) There is a tension between the drive for human rights and citizenship as the pathway toward rights.
D) Human rights are best maintained under conditions of a strong state government.

Question 10

As stateless refugees, Gazans in Jordan face which obstacles?

A) Lack of access to employment, health care, and education
B) Inability to drive.
C) Inability to travel due to lack of passports.
D) Prejudice from Gazans without Jordanian citizenship.

Question 11

Prior to the Trump administration, deportations from the U.S. reached record heights:

A) Under the Carter administration.
B) Under the Reagan asministration.
C) Under the G.W. Bush administration.
D) Under the Obama administration.

Question 12

Parents who are deported often have trouble accessing Mexican citizenship for their U.S. born children. This is because:

A) Those children are U.S. citizens, and not eligible for Mexican citizenship.
B) Many of those children do not speak Spanish-a requirement for Mexican citizenship.
C) Parents are missing paperwork that needs to be authenticated by an office in the U.S.
D) There are too few organizations to help in the process.

Question 13

The advice to "Start by finding the people who are doing the work in your community… and listen to what they're saying" could be considered instructions for:

A) Doing community assistance work.
B) Working as an activist.
C) Doing ethnography.
D) All of the above.

Question 14

The phrase Chingona Aquí y Allá (Badass Here and There) signifies a belief that:

A) It is necessary to commit crimes in order to earn respect.
B) People who are deported from the U.S. are, statistically, more likely to be badasses.
C) Criminalization of migration is the result of policy decisions.
D) It is important to combat the alienation that many deportees feel.

Question 15

Anthropologists are well suited to partner with community organizations against the status quo, because of our:

A) Global attention.
B) Localized work.
C) Holistic approach.
D) All of the above.

Question 16

Since 1951 when the United Nations Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees was adopted, the number of global refugees has:

A) Increased.
B) Decreased
C) Stayed roughly the same.
D) Increased, but only because we have changed the definition of refugee.

Question 17

The term "refugee" applies to:

A) Victims of political persecution.
B) Victims of long-term environmental damage.
C) Those fleeing due to poverty.
D) All of the above.

Question 18

There has been a recent trend in many developed nations toward:

A) Admitting more refugees, since demand has increased.
B) Admitting fewer refugees in favor of camps near their homelands.
C) Admitting only refugees with family members already in the country.
D) Admitting increased numbers of climate refugees.

Question 19

Anthropologists can work to assist refugees by:

A) Doing ethnographic work to document and tell stories about actual refugees.
B) Explaining conditions in refugees' countries of origin.
C) Looking at complexities of actual life rather than simple labels.
D) All of the above.

Question 20

Solutions to problems that are sustainable for the long term and address root causes are described as:

A) Perfect solutions.
B) Durable solutions.
C) Win-win scenarios.
D) Unlikely solutions.

Question 21

Dr. de León engages many forms of work to investigate modern migrations from Latin America. Which of the following is NOT something he uses in this work?

A) Archaeology.
B) Ethnography.
C) "Studying Up."
D) Forensic science.

Question 22

How does Dr. de León think that anthropology should engage the public?

A) Through applied anthropology specialists.
B) By doing tenured work within Universities.
C) Through forensic science.
D) Through writing, film, social media, and the arts.

Question 23

Based on the readings in this section, describe three cases of refugees struggling with cultural differences outside their original homeland. Be sure to cite examples from the text.

Question 24

Perez uses the term "social suffering" to describe the effects of structural violence. Describe three cases of social suffering from chapters other than Perez's section on Gaza.

Question 25

Dr. de León describes photography and visual anthropology as tools for anthropological work. Using one of the other chapters in this section as a case study, describe how an anthropologist might deploy photography as a method for addressing injustice.

Question 26

How does the international definition of refugees as a primarily political class impact the lives of non-political refugees? Provide at least two examples from the text.

Question 27

Compare and contrast the case of stateless refugees in Gaza with the case of U.S. deportees in Mexico. What are the key similarities and differences that you see? Cite examples from the text to support your points.