Homestead. Right of Non-Resident Alien Wife to Claim against Alienee of Husband

There is a long oral tradition and written record for the legend of the White Snake. As a woman, her “original sin” is being a snake. She is a snake who has cultivated herself for hundreds, if not thousands, of years to attain the form of a beautiful woman. Living as a resident “alien” (yilei) in the “Human Realm” (renjian), the White Snake has always been treated with suspicion, fear, exclusion, and violent suppression/exorcism. The White Snake is an immigrant to the human world, whose serpentine identity made her a “resident alien,” the legal category given to immigrants in the United States before they receive their “Green Card” and become a “permanent resident.” The implication of being a snake woman in the human world took on new meanings when the COVID-19 pandemic worsened the existing xenophobia, fear, and suspicion toward minority populations in the contemporary United States and throughout the world. Inspired by the Chinese White Snake legend, the three Anglophone opera, film, and stage projects from Cerise Lim Jacobs, Indrani Pal-Chaudhuri, and Mary Zimmerman, energetically engage with issues relevant to minority activism in the United States and more broadly, through digital media and digital platforms.

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Derek Mahon: ‘Resident Alien’

Northern Irish Poetry ◽

10.1057/9781137330390_4 ◽

2014 ◽

pp. 99-127

Author(s):

Elmer Kennedy-Andrews

Keyword(s):

Resident Alien

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Geographic Distribution of Undocumented Immigrants: Estimates of Undocumented Aliens Counted in the 1980 Census by State

International Migration Review ◽

10.1177/019791838401800316 ◽

1984 ◽

Vol 18 (3) ◽

pp. 642-671 ◽

Cited By ~ 19

Author(s):

Jeffrey S. Passel ◽

Karen A. Woodrow

Keyword(s):

Geographic Distribution ◽

District Of Columbia ◽

State Level ◽

Population Based ◽

Demographic Characteristics ◽

The State ◽

Census Count ◽

Immigration And Naturalization Service ◽

Resident Alien ◽

National Estimates

This article presents estimates of the number of undocumented aliens counted in the 1980 census for each state and the District of Columbia. The estimates, which indicate that 2.06 million undocumented aliens were counted in the 1980 census, are not based on individual records, but are aggregate estimates derived by a residual technique. The census count of aliens (modified somewhat to account for deficiencies in the data) is compared with estimates of the legally resident alien population based on data collected by the Immigration and Naturalization Service in January 1980. The final estimates represent extensions to the state level of national estimates developed by Warren and Passel (1984). Estimates are developed for each of the states for selected countries of birth and for age, sex, and period of entry categories. The article describes the origins of the undocumented alien population, as well as some of their demographic characteristics. Some of the implications of the numbers and distribution of undocumented aliens are also discussed.

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