The word immigration is defined as a person that goes and lives in a foreign country. One of the first immigrants known was Christopher Colombus, the discoverer of America. Colombus was originally migrating to India but landed in the Americas in the year 1492. Once America was discovered many Europeans came to America in search for jobs, lands, and most of all freedom. There was a specific group of immigrants that helped establish America and they are known as the thirteen colonies. The unification and rebellion against their king made it possible for the thirteen colonies to create the declaration of independence in 1776. The thirteen colonies are located on the east coast of North America and they are:
1.Virginia (1607)
2.Massachusetts (1620 …show more content…
Congress came out with the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarren-Walter Act), which has been in effect since December 24, 1952. This act restricted immigrants from entering the US but privileged skilled Northern European workers and the relatives of US citizens. The 1952 law also acknowledged the amount of Mexican laborers that have crossed the border illegally, this resulted in more power for the Border Patrol workers, allowing them to actually search for illegal immigrants and it also gave them plenty of land to operate in. In 1954, the Border Patrol came out with “Operation Wetback” which involved the at least 500 Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) from the Canada Border. “Operation Wetback” resulted in the deporting of over 1 million undocumented Mexican …show more content…
Also tax payers started worrying that immigrants were costing them their money because they are giving us too many opportunities (ex: social, health and educational services). California voters had approved on Proposition 187 in 1994, meaning they did not want to give immigrants the benefit of going to school to get an education and getting non-essential public health services. Cleared in 1996, the final legislation doubled the size of the Border Patrol, they were given $12 million for new control devices and tougher standards for applying for political asylum. By 1999, an economic boom and low unemployment, the INS had lowered their reinforcement in trying to round every single immigrant up. As for employers, they could no longer be persuaded to not hire immigrants because of how low the number were of people looking for
1.Virginia (1607)
2.Massachusetts (1620 …show more content…
Congress came out with the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarren-Walter Act), which has been in effect since December 24, 1952. This act restricted immigrants from entering the US but privileged skilled Northern European workers and the relatives of US citizens. The 1952 law also acknowledged the amount of Mexican laborers that have crossed the border illegally, this resulted in more power for the Border Patrol workers, allowing them to actually search for illegal immigrants and it also gave them plenty of land to operate in. In 1954, the Border Patrol came out with “Operation Wetback” which involved the at least 500 Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) from the Canada Border. “Operation Wetback” resulted in the deporting of over 1 million undocumented Mexican …show more content…
Also tax payers started worrying that immigrants were costing them their money because they are giving us too many opportunities (ex: social, health and educational services). California voters had approved on Proposition 187 in 1994, meaning they did not want to give immigrants the benefit of going to school to get an education and getting non-essential public health services. Cleared in 1996, the final legislation doubled the size of the Border Patrol, they were given $12 million for new control devices and tougher standards for applying for political asylum. By 1999, an economic boom and low unemployment, the INS had lowered their reinforcement in trying to round every single immigrant up. As for employers, they could no longer be persuaded to not hire immigrants because of how low the number were of people looking for