1 what caused Immigration restrictions A 1 Nativist Xenophobia a 2 Numbers New Immigrants a B starting to look like an invasion in enclaves too many people coming 1 New Immigrants 1 2 scary because wasps don t know them stop them from coming A b 10 mil people coming a decade average 1mil per year nd out how many people coming in where they are coming from and what we are going to do about it 2 Ellis Island 1892 1954 A B little ellis is ands up and down the eat coast though at rst we are just counting them Immigrant Processing Center had to go thru here a 12 Million Classed Based if you are upper class or middle class you sit on boat just get counted don t have to go through lines a C D see if they are well enough to immigrate smart enough medical exams gyno ash jews or S italian not a fan you must come in on a round trip ticket still true today Lower class has to be checked get off the boat 1 2 3 4 mostly accepting people just counting horri c experience for immigrate 1 2 if let in turn in ticket for cash then go to NY there for hours or days not speak lang poking a prodding them offending their culture b c d e 3 The Laws A B most people coming from countries we don t like The Quota Acts a b limiting people based on where they are from nativist xenophobic racist 1 Immigration Act of 1921 A 357 00 never had limitations before total number of immigrants a year certain percentage of people can come from certain country a based on how many people were already here B 1 2 ex 3 of the whole of how many people who are here already can come in we don t want more darker people 2 Elis Island becomes immigration center A 1st come 1st serve a Come in in January c d e f Still people coming from where we don t want and its a lot of people 1 Immigration Act of 1924 A aka Johnson Reed or National Origins Act a 164 000 1 limit who we want even more Other countries say it is Racist an Xenophobic Both Acts like people with skill and money exceptions 1 2 3 political asylum refugee status exempt our neighbors Mexicans people from the Caribbean Canadians people from South America A WE WANT CHEAP LABOR that we can control 4 End of Quotas A B make immigration law more lenient and more fair Lyndon B Johnson overhauled Immigration in 1965 a Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 a b putting everyone on equal footing family reuni cation is key policy 1 2 3 can apply to get family members to come to the U S 290 000 limit a year 20 000 people per country A B C D rst come rst serve not by what country we like not that group to ll the quota Question of Illegals c our neighbors are on a equal footing now too 1 Mexicans used to crossing the boarder like crossing state lines A suddenly it changes a b we used to bus them in one day the boarder is shut down 5 Question of Illegal A undocumented B
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