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Social Movement

RUNNING HEAD : SOCIAL MOVEMENT ORGANIZATION ON MIGRATION

Social Movement Organization on Migration

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February 3 , 2007

Social Movement Organization on Migration

With the global world becoming smaller and smaller through travel and varied forms of advanced communication - migration in each country is quickly becoming something established in everyone 's social lives forcing many to look at both good and bad aspects of it throughout our country . Migration helps to develop or change things such as economics or social status , as migrants move into the

destined area for varied reasons . With these movements , social movement organizations will eventually be formed which forces us to take a long hard look at the migration movement itself--such as labor migration , which is the number one reason why most people migrate into another area . One such example is the labor migration from Mexico into the United States , forcing a social movement to become organized to handle hostilities on both sides .Discussion

Organizations are formed for social movements caused by migrations in to perform a specific role for a specific purpose . In the case of the labor migration from Mexico into the United States , a need was slowly formed over the years that demonstrated economic factors played a major role in it . The United States was seen as a wealthy country that supplied a surplus of money through jobs , whereas Mexico was seen as a poor and needy country that could not supply enough money for the care of its people . It was seen as a win-win situation that migrants could enter the United States and work , sending money home to their families while they became legal citizens . The United States also had laborers who would work in almost any field with few complaints and were considered good workers . Everyone was happy , until the amount of labor migrants entering the United States from Mexico became excessive in number , with illegal migrants entering through illegal measures . This forced the social movement organizations to take a hard look at the migration situation between the United States and Mexico , with such organizations such as the Center for Comparative Immigration Studies (CCIS ) at the University of California in San Diego , California . This social movement organization on migration not only looked at the migration problem but also offered some solutions to the problem that began over a decade ago . But to understand the problems now between the two countries , a look at the politics behind the situation and how they operate needs to become more understood

Analyzing the Social Movement Organization

Information politics suggests binding networks members together with the purpose to increase network effectiveness and efficiency . It is noted that information can be either informal or formal while information provides testimony and facts to stimulate people and persuade them to act . Thus information politics aims at uncovering and investigating of problems as well as alerting policymakers and press . For example Media ' is an essential partner of information politics (Keck Sikkink ,

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