A second Act that is worth mentioning is the Chinese Exclusion Act, this was the first time that United States passed a law that would not allow entry to a specific ethnic group in this case from China, Japan or any other Oriental countries. The act was targeting mainly Chinese workers, those who were unskilled and even those who were skilled but, they did make small exceptions with teachers, students, or officials. Middle class Chinese workers first became interested in the United States during the California Gold Rush around 1884, suspicions about mountains filled with gold got to the ears of many Chinese people. This is when the numbers for Chinese immigrants started rising, when the gold rush started to slow down so did their immigration.
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The act also was intended to make exceptions with Japanese immigrants due to the Gentlemen’s Agreement and Filipinos because they were considered U.S. nationals by the time, they could travel with no restrictions, but still other Asian immigrants were denied. Although there was an attempt of making an exception with Japanese immigrants with the Gentlemen’s Agreement, the United States saw conserving homogeneity more important that trying to fix their relationship. It created more tension between the United States and Japan because to some extent passing the Immigration Act of 1924 would be a violation to their agreement, even though Japan protested their discontent the law still was set in place. Previous laws had mentioned that those with Asian linage were unable to become naturalized or essentially have the same rights as white Americans. A plausible explanation to this behavior could be that coming right after WWI, the United States saw no interest in having any international relations and instead preferred to isolate itself and ban those coming to the United States, this way of thinking eventually change with the aftermath of …show more content…
Its purpose being, preserving those who were considered Americans (usually white) and how it essentially was deeply rooted with those who couldn’t accept newcomers and wanted to impose radical nativist ideas. The consequences being acts that excluded Asian, anarchist, communist, races that did not appeal to white ideals, and cutting off those who reside in smaller ethnic countries. All of this can be proven by looking at the different deportation cases throughout the paper, which show that being an immigrant can be hard in America, and getting deported can happen to many in an instance without even having a chance to defend one’s rights. Although these policies can be interpreted to be discriminatory or too harsh, it is possible that this was not their intentions. With such a large and diverse population, it could have been hard to come up with policies that would benefit everyone equally. It is safe to say that the United States current immigration policies have improved and tend to be more inclusive, it could be the fact that we have become a more diverse country and that currently the U.S. has a lot more global interest with other
The act also was intended to make exceptions with Japanese immigrants due to the Gentlemen’s Agreement and Filipinos because they were considered U.S. nationals by the time, they could travel with no restrictions, but still other Asian immigrants were denied. Although there was an attempt of making an exception with Japanese immigrants with the Gentlemen’s Agreement, the United States saw conserving homogeneity more important that trying to fix their relationship. It created more tension between the United States and Japan because to some extent passing the Immigration Act of 1924 would be a violation to their agreement, even though Japan protested their discontent the law still was set in place. Previous laws had mentioned that those with Asian linage were unable to become naturalized or essentially have the same rights as white Americans. A plausible explanation to this behavior could be that coming right after WWI, the United States saw no interest in having any international relations and instead preferred to isolate itself and ban those coming to the United States, this way of thinking eventually change with the aftermath of …show more content…
Its purpose being, preserving those who were considered Americans (usually white) and how it essentially was deeply rooted with those who couldn’t accept newcomers and wanted to impose radical nativist ideas. The consequences being acts that excluded Asian, anarchist, communist, races that did not appeal to white ideals, and cutting off those who reside in smaller ethnic countries. All of this can be proven by looking at the different deportation cases throughout the paper, which show that being an immigrant can be hard in America, and getting deported can happen to many in an instance without even having a chance to defend one’s rights. Although these policies can be interpreted to be discriminatory or too harsh, it is possible that this was not their intentions. With such a large and diverse population, it could have been hard to come up with policies that would benefit everyone equally. It is safe to say that the United States current immigration policies have improved and tend to be more inclusive, it could be the fact that we have become a more diverse country and that currently the U.S. has a lot more global interest with other