Women and Migration: A Case Study of Nigerian Women's Migration to the United States.

African immigration has increased to its highest levels since the slavery era. Each year, Africans come to the United States either as refugees or immigrants in droves. They are professionals, micro entrepreneurs, and invisible workers; they are single, married, families, and bifurcated families (½ here; ½ in natal country). Though male and female migrate, female immigration is often dependent on male therefore women are more negatively impacted by illegality, invisible employment, and fear of/deportation.The paper explores the impact of single filling, dependent visas, illegality, and deportation on the sociopolity of Nigerian female immigrants using policy analysis, interviews, and focus groups. ..PAT.-Unpublished Manuscript [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]