The U.S. immigration policy has been a big topic that has brought many debates for decades in the political world. This has caused many views of points to come in places on how people view illegal immigrants. Racism is something that has brought people to dislike illegal immigrants that believe they should not be here. This has brought consequences through time to question what qualities and opportunities should be allowed for illegal immigrants in a nation formed by immigrants. On May 22, 1918, the Wartime Measure act was created furthermore, this act was to make sure that any immigrant leaving or entering the country was sure to follow the rules that were forced by the president. This made people planned false documentation to enter or leave
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during 1910. Immigrants from the southern and eastern Europe population went down to less than ¼ of those before WWI. Immigrants from had the entrance forbidden in the territory. Due to this a year later the Japanese were not able to obtain citizenship.Therefore, this brought an increase of Asian people coming illegally making the population of illegal immigrant goes higher. During 1924, President Warren G. Harding passed the law Quota act, the quota was to make sure that the annual immigration from any country could not exceed 3 percent of the total number of immigrants from the country living in the U.S.The National Act of 1924, made it even harder for immigrants because the annual immigration was to 165,000 and it was from specific countries. Moreover, this made it from immigrants coming to the U.S. because not there were a limited to how much could come to the U.S., 82% if the immigrants who were allowed in the U.S. were from the western and northern Europe, 16 from the southern and eastern Europe, and 2% if the rest of the world. During this process, they weren't really paying attention between refugees and immigrants, making the Jewish entering to this country limited during the 1930s and 1940s. Making the Jewish refused asylum because they were trying to run away from the Nazi. During this time it was …show more content…
The annual allowance of immigrants in the country was getting lower to 150,000 it was 2 percent of each nationality. Making it harder for immigrants to come and making people expand their cultural life to other places. This law was still something was done until 1965, making it hard for the immigrant to be allowed in the country and having a better life away from their country. After two years in 1929, the annual quotas of the 1924 act are made permanent. The cultural mixture was not huge because there were 70% that came from northern and Western Europe, while 30% came from Southern and Eastern Europe. This made mostly white people, the ones that migrated to the U.S. making the other races minimum. Most of the immigrants that were coming to the U.S. were from Europe. During this time America was going through the great depression and since the Immigration Act of 1924 excluded Asian Immigrants, they decide to use Mexicans and a form of cheap labor during the late 1920s. Mexicans had thousand of legal and illegal workers that did labor on farms, ranches, and mining. There were a great number of Mexicans working in the U.S. during the Great Depression. Consequently, the loss of jobs was high as a result of this anti-Mexican sentiment started to grow. Making Mexicans get hated by the rest of the society, which had grown following WWI. The government decided to send back the Mexicans because it would be less to
during 1910. Immigrants from the southern and eastern Europe population went down to less than ¼ of those before WWI. Immigrants from had the entrance forbidden in the territory. Due to this a year later the Japanese were not able to obtain citizenship.Therefore, this brought an increase of Asian people coming illegally making the population of illegal immigrant goes higher. During 1924, President Warren G. Harding passed the law Quota act, the quota was to make sure that the annual immigration from any country could not exceed 3 percent of the total number of immigrants from the country living in the U.S.The National Act of 1924, made it even harder for immigrants because the annual immigration was to 165,000 and it was from specific countries. Moreover, this made it from immigrants coming to the U.S. because not there were a limited to how much could come to the U.S., 82% if the immigrants who were allowed in the U.S. were from the western and northern Europe, 16 from the southern and eastern Europe, and 2% if the rest of the world. During this process, they weren't really paying attention between refugees and immigrants, making the Jewish entering to this country limited during the 1930s and 1940s. Making the Jewish refused asylum because they were trying to run away from the Nazi. During this time it was …show more content…
The annual allowance of immigrants in the country was getting lower to 150,000 it was 2 percent of each nationality. Making it harder for immigrants to come and making people expand their cultural life to other places. This law was still something was done until 1965, making it hard for the immigrant to be allowed in the country and having a better life away from their country. After two years in 1929, the annual quotas of the 1924 act are made permanent. The cultural mixture was not huge because there were 70% that came from northern and Western Europe, while 30% came from Southern and Eastern Europe. This made mostly white people, the ones that migrated to the U.S. making the other races minimum. Most of the immigrants that were coming to the U.S. were from Europe. During this time America was going through the great depression and since the Immigration Act of 1924 excluded Asian Immigrants, they decide to use Mexicans and a form of cheap labor during the late 1920s. Mexicans had thousand of legal and illegal workers that did labor on farms, ranches, and mining. There were a great number of Mexicans working in the U.S. during the Great Depression. Consequently, the loss of jobs was high as a result of this anti-Mexican sentiment started to grow. Making Mexicans get hated by the rest of the society, which had grown following WWI. The government decided to send back the Mexicans because it would be less to