Tag: immigration

  • My Irishness

    My Irishness

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    Brendan Barry
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    Yesterday was Saint Patrick’s Day and those who have followed me at Coffeespoons—or more generally know me—are well aware that my background is predominantly Irish. Those same people probably also know of my keen interest in genealogy. And that’s what today’s post is all about. Irish genealogy is difficult because of the lack of records…

  • Individualistic Immigrants

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    Brendan Barry
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    As many of you know, genealogy and family history is a topic that interests me greatly. This past weekend I spent quite a bit of time trying to sort through a puzzle—though I am not yet finished. It centred on identifying the correct lineages of a family living in a remote part of western Pennsylvania.…

  • Border Arrests

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    Brendan Barry
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    We move from one manufactured crisis to another today as we look at a piece by the Economist on the number of illegal immigrants arrested at the US southern border. Lately, here in the United States we have been hearing of an invasion on our southern border. Illegal immigrants streaming across the border. Except, that…

  • Changes to Immigration Enforcement

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    Brendan Barry
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    Almost two weeks ago I read a piece in City Lab that used three maps to look at the changes to immigration enforcement in the first year of the Trump administration. I was taken by this final map in particular. While the map does have some large areas of N/A, it still does show some…

  • Immigrations Impact on Economic Growth

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    Brendan Barry
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    Initially I was not going to post this work, if only because other things came up and I do have to prioritise what I post on my site. It had nothing to do with the work’s quality, which I think is actually quite good. What am I talking about? Well today’s piece is from a…

  • Trump’s Wall

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    Brendan Barry
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    Another day, another story about the administration to cover with data-driven graphics. We are approaching Trump’s 100th day in office, traditionally the first point at which we examine the impact of the new president. And well, beyond appointing a Supreme Court justice, it is hard to find a lot of things President Trump has actually…

  • Undocumented Irish Immigrants

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    Brendan Barry
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    You know, I was trying to find a nice and funny graphic that related to the Irish for today since today is St. Patrick’s Day. But, I keep circling back to that piece I posted last year. Because, unfortunately, these are not terribly uplifting times. We make a great big deal about how we need…

  • Mexican Immigration

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    Brendan Barry
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    So following on from my Wednesday post, let’s take another look at the “problem” of Mexican immigration. Because as these graphics from the Pew Research Center show, it’s not really a problem these days. Instead, immigration is down. Credit for the piece goes to the Pew Research Center graphics department.

  • Deportation of Immigrants

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    Brendan Barry
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    Donald Trump announced how he wants to deport 2–3 million undocumented immigrants that have criminal convictions or that belong to gangs. I read up on the issue at FiveThirtyEight and came across the following graphic from the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). However, when I review the graphic, I found it difficult to understand…

  • Irish Immigration

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    Brendan Barry
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    Illegal immigration is one of the big topics in the American presidential election. Some of us want to build a wall to keep out illegal Mexican immigrants. Today’s graphic is a number. Illegal immigrants are not limited to Latin America, but they come even from places like Ireland looking for a better life. The number is…