Transnational immigration is a major talking point and vote-motivating topic among many people around the world. People migrate due to push and pull factors, meaning motivation to go to a country or to leave a country. Doing this "legally" is a complicated, confusing, and arbitrary. In part 1, we mostly tackle the logistics of migrating. In part 2, we will tackle the implications for the departing and the receiving countries. Get ready to get political.

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Links and references:

1. Levitt, P., & Jaworsky, B. N. (2007). Transnational Migration Studies: Past Developments and Future Trends. In Annual Review of Sociology (Vol. 33, Issue 1, pp. 129–156). Annual Reviews. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.soc.33.040406.131816
2. https://www.imf.org/en/Blogs/Articles/2020/06/19/blog-weo-chapter4-migration-to-advanced-economies-can-raise-growth
3. https://www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/slideshows/10-countries-that-take-the-most-immigrants?slide=14
4. https://www.cbpp.org/research/poverty-and-inequality/immigrants-contribute-greatly-to-us-economy-despite-administrations
5. https://www.bushcenter.org/catalyst/north-american-century/benefits-of-immigration-outweigh-costs
6. https://thesciencebehindit.org/how-does-immigration-affect-the-u-s-economy/
7. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zftZI1M1S2Y&t=78s
8. https://www.investopedia.com/financial-edge/0809/3-ways-immigration-helps-and-hurts-the-economy.aspx#:~:text=Economically%2C%20those%20in%20favor%20of,%2Dborn%20low%2Dskilled%20workers.
9. https://www.fwd.us/news/immigration-facts-the-positive-economic-impact-of-immigration/
10. https://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR244.html
11. https://www.aclu.org/other/immigrants-and-economy
12. https://www.thebalancemoney.com/how-immigration-impacts-the-economy-4125413
13. https://wol.iza.org/articles/effect-of-emigration-on-home-country-political-institutions/long
14. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXqnRMU1fTs
15. https://www.nps.gov/stli/learn/historyculture/colossus.htm

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