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1965 Immigration Act |
This act is also known as the Hart Celler Act, this lifted national origin quotas from the Eastern Hemisphere (Asia and S/E Europe), this reunited families by bringing people with certain skills to the US for employment and they were refugees because of violence and unrest |
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1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act |
This act legalized undocumented aliens who had been unlawfully present since 1982, legalized certain agricultural workers, and handed out sanctions to those who knowingly hired undocumented worker |
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The Latino Threat Narrative |
This is the single most immediate and most serious challenge to America’s traditional identity comes from the immense and continuing immigration from Latin America, especially from Mexico, and the fertility rates of those immigrants compared to black and white American natives.” An unwill- ingness to learn English and integrate into U.S. society, out-of-control fertility, and threats to national security. |
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Fears and Concerns about Immigration |
White people feared that another minority group would take over the United States and they didnt want anyone to come over if they were not going to assimilate |
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Immigration patterns in the past vs. present |
The number of immigrants and their children are greater now than before. There are more Asian and Latino immigrants instead of more European immigrants like in the past |
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Types of immigrants and reasons for migrating |
Work, school, family, asylum |
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What are 1st generation immigrants? |
These are people who migrate as adults |
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What are 1.5 generation immigrants? |
These are people that were born in another state and moved immigrated as a child |
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What are 2nd generation immigrants? |
These are people who were born in the US with immigrant parents |
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What are 3rd generation immigrants? |
These are people who's grandparents were born in the US |