Concludes that for almost three quarters of a century Philippine immigration to the U.S. has resulted in a symbiotic relationship between certain interests in both countries. (Author/AM)

Notes that those individuals wishing to emigrate are likely to be critical of and marginal to the American political system. Specifically, potential emigrants are likely to identify with a minor party or to say that they are independents. (Author/AM)

Concludes that those who plan to emigrate from Colombia need orientation and some manner of regularizing their status by work contracts or other legal arrangements. This will assure them just wages and relieve many of the necessity to migrate without proper documents. (Author/AM)

Examines the wetback migration, and legal migration from Mexico which have had a vigorous resurgence in the years following the termination of the bracero program in 1964: the migrants, their methods and the making of the structural forces promoting and sustaining this migration do not conform to commonly held beliefs. (Author/JM)

Notes that stereotypes of the Latina as a dependent and passively oriented female who does work outside the home has neglected the reality that she is an active, self-reliant person who no longer stays behind to wait for husbands and brothers to help her with a move to a new country. (Author/AM)