1980s Immigration Changes

Immigration changed rapidly in the United States during the time periods of 1970s and 1980s. Two of the changes that occurred in this time period were different kinds of people started to come to United States and immigration went up really fast. Immigration has contributed to United States: economically, socially, and politically. The Immigration and Nationality Act Amendments of 1965 ended the quota system. The most important aspect of this change was the it opened the doors to immigrants from all over the world, not just those form Europe. Especially, it was really uncomplicated for the immigrants who came on behalf of their relatives who were already living in the United States. There were many causes which boosted the immigration in America. In 1970s and 1980s, immigration to the U.S. from Asian countries especially people from Vietnam migrated because of the Vietnam War. Other nations were affected by the Cold War. Millions of people migrated to America because of poverty, the hardships they had to face, and communism. All of this happened after the Immigration and Naturalization Act of 1965, which caused more than 18 million legal immigrants to enter the United States. In this time period, more than thirty times immigrants were admitted over the last 30 years compared to the early nineteenth century. People who left their country were …show more content…
The Bracero program, which means that a temporary annual guest worker permits for low skilled Mexican farm workers, was suspended after the Immigration Act of 1965, Mexicans farm laborers could stay in Mexico, immigrate on behalf of their family or enter the U.S illegally. Many came illegally to U.S. because it was really cheap and easy for them to cross the border. From the 1970s, Mexican immigrant have helped expand U.S. the most, strengthening the bonds of interdependence that have tied some immigrant-source regions to the U.S. for more than a