Migration and Globalization
formal and regulated system of passports and visas to control the flow of people across national borders. The effects of the first era of migration can be seen in the population compositions of many countries in the Western Hemisphere. In the latter part of the 19th century, for example, nearly 15 percent of the U.S. population was foreign born,
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