The 1920's Illegal Immigration In The United States

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Ever since the United States was founded. immigrants have been coming and some of them stayed illegally. Illegal immigration did not exist until 1875, which is when the first restriction on immigration was created. The law was not very restrictive; it only banned convicts and prostitutes from immigrating. By the 1920's illegal immigration was a big topic in Congress and up to now it’s still an ongoing topic. In the wake of the September 11th 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and the twin towers in New York City, the United States has changed its policies on immigration. It was without a doubt, the worst attack on American soil in U.S. history (FAIR) Ever since the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 (PH) almost sixty years earlier, no one

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