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GOV 222 - Open Doors, Closed Borders

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Immigration, Migration, Refugees, Asylum: Words that are often used interchangeably by the popular media, but what do they actually mean? Who gets to immigrate to the United States? What is the difference between migration and legal immigration, and what is asylum? The Statue of Liberty famously beckons the “poor, huddled masses yearning to breathe free… the wretched refuse of your teeming shore” but how do we determine who actually “belongs” and who does not? These and other issues will be addressed in this community-based learning course. Students in teams of two or three will work directly with the resettled refugee community in Lancaster, PA.
Credits: 1

Course Attribute(s):
SOCS Gen Ed: Social Science Req


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