Immigrants in the United States The United States is a land of immigration and has experienced successive immigration waves. Since America is a country built of immigrants, they are truly the fabric of our society; and although we have had our fair share of mistakes regarding this phenomenon we are moving forward indefinitely. During the course of this paper, we will go over the Chinese Exclusion Act, The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire of 1911, Immigration Act of 1965 and The Patriot Act. The Chinese Exclusion Act was a restrictive law that prohibited Chinese immigration in the United States. The Act was enacted in 1882 and affected the Chinese immigrants. Notably, the Act suspended Chinese immigrants and declared them ineligible for naturalization.
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The legislation was sponsored by Michigan Senator Philip and Emanuel Celler, who were New York representatives at the time. Importantly, the act led to the abolishment and led to the creation of preference visa-categories which had their focus on immigrant’s family relationships with the American residents as well as their skills. According to the source, this Act created a “new law marked a dramatic break from immigration policies of the past by abolishing eugenics-inspired national origins quotas that barred nearly all Asian and African newcomers and reserved about seventy percent of visas for immigrants from just three countries: Great Britain, Ireland, and Germany” (Tichenor, D., 2016). The 1965 Immigration act allowed organizations to employ foreign employees either permanently or temporary, depending on the job requirement. The book points out that through the act, immigrants from all nationalities were accepted in the United States on an equal basis. As a result, the United Sates immigration pattern changed dramatically and the number of the population born outside America tripled and became more diverse. The author further asserts that the bill passage led to broad demographic transformation in America as immigration from Asia, Mediterranean Europe and Latin America increased. By the year 1990 the population growth in America comprised of one-third legal immigration, the racial and ethnic minorities increased from twenty five percent to thirty percent in 2000. The source points out the effects that the 1965 immigration had on the American Society and how it impacted the country. This source will be helpful to my thesis as it will offer detailed information about the changes that the legislation had on the American society. Also, it outlines the perceptions of the Americans on the legislation
The legislation was sponsored by Michigan Senator Philip and Emanuel Celler, who were New York representatives at the time. Importantly, the act led to the abolishment and led to the creation of preference visa-categories which had their focus on immigrant’s family relationships with the American residents as well as their skills. According to the source, this Act created a “new law marked a dramatic break from immigration policies of the past by abolishing eugenics-inspired national origins quotas that barred nearly all Asian and African newcomers and reserved about seventy percent of visas for immigrants from just three countries: Great Britain, Ireland, and Germany” (Tichenor, D., 2016). The 1965 Immigration act allowed organizations to employ foreign employees either permanently or temporary, depending on the job requirement. The book points out that through the act, immigrants from all nationalities were accepted in the United States on an equal basis. As a result, the United Sates immigration pattern changed dramatically and the number of the population born outside America tripled and became more diverse. The author further asserts that the bill passage led to broad demographic transformation in America as immigration from Asia, Mediterranean Europe and Latin America increased. By the year 1990 the population growth in America comprised of one-third legal immigration, the racial and ethnic minorities increased from twenty five percent to thirty percent in 2000. The source points out the effects that the 1965 immigration had on the American Society and how it impacted the country. This source will be helpful to my thesis as it will offer detailed information about the changes that the legislation had on the American society. Also, it outlines the perceptions of the Americans on the legislation