In the beginning, the United States had no strict policies barring immigration. To society, immigration was essential for a business to prosper. The first movements that encouraged immigration restrictions occurred after the influx of Irish and German immigrants in the mid-1800s. As citizen’s felt threatened by the customs of their new visitors, federal laws were passed. One of these laws was the Chinese Exclusion Act. The act specifically targeted Chinese immigrants, who happened to be the first group to experience federally authorized racism and hostility (even though they only made up only 3% of the annual immigrants). At the start of the 20th century, immigration regulation expanded its focus onto Japanese immigrants. This brought about
