Effects on Trinidad
- "Brain Drain"- emigration of highly trained or intelligent people from a particular place
- Falling Oil Prices Have Adversely Affected Trinidad In The Past
- New Nations of the Anglophone Caribbean permit full citizenship rights to their subjects abroad whether or not they have become US citizens
Contribution to the US
- Positive or Negative Contribution ?
- Brought over skilled professionals and laborers
- Strengthen or Weaken Social Fabric?
US Government Policies
- McCarren Walter Act (1952): established a quota system which limited each country to a small number of entrants
- Immigration Act of 1965: eliminated the quota system, introduction of a labor certification requirement
- Simpson-Rodino Bill (1986): stop illegal immigration
Final Destinations
- Los Angeles- Tropical Climate
- New York City- East Coast
-presence of family/friends
Primary Migrants: recruitment by kin
Secondary Migrants: most lived on East Coast before and did not like cold weather (NY)
Some believe LA is a healthier environment to raise children
- LA is one step above New York
Sources
Ho, Christine. Salt-water Trinnies: Afro-Trinidadian Immigrant Networks and Non-Assimilation in Los Angeles. New York: AMS, 1991. Print.
"Central Intelligence Agency." CIA. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Nov. 2012. <https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/>.
Bryce-Laporte, Roy S., and Delores M. Mortimer. Caribbean Immigration to the United States. Washington, D.C.: Research Institute on Immigration and Ethnic Studies, Smithsonian Institution, 1983. Print.
Kasinitz, Philip. Caribbean New York: Black Immigrants and the Politics of Race. Ithaca: Cornell UP, 1992. Print.
http://eucir.webs.com/apps/blog/show/9385744
"Trinidadians are not going to miss out on anything America has to offer, not even herpes."- Participant in Salt-Water Trinnies Experiment
Chain Migration
- "That movement in which prospective migrants learn of opportunities, provided with transportation, and have initial accommodations and employment arranged by means of primary social relationships with previous migrants"- Christine Ho
- Based on idea that as one moves, others follow
- Technique is not unique to Afro-Trinidadians
- Migration re-establishes social ties between individuals in a new community and those from the homeland
Motives for Migrating
- Push and Pull Factors
- Kinship
- Social Mobility
- Seeking Adventure
- Desire to Further Their Education and Training
- Higher Income Abroad
- Possibilities for Occupational Advancement Limited in Trinidad
Important Facts
- Oil was discovered in Trinidad in 1910
- Trinidad became independent from Britain in 1962
- Trinidad is one of the most financially stable countries in the Caribbean, due to petroleum and natural gas processing
- Trinidad is one of the leading countries for immigration to the US
- Population of 1.3 million as of 2007
- Parliamentary Democracy
- 2012 World's Best Tourist Destination
Trinidad
Migration to the US
Taylor Moore