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Made up 20-30 percent of labor in California by 1870 - Anger caused policies like barring them from marrying Caucasian people or allowing them to go to court against a Caucasian person (racist policies being created)
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America creates segregated school and Roosevelt asked the Japanese Government to try to restrict immigration (Called The Gentlemen's Agreement)
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Citizenship is granted automatically to people who're born in the United States (not Native Americans).
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Italy, Austria-Hungary, Russia
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Kept Chinese workers from immigrating to the United States or allowing those already immigrated to bring their spouse -
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Before this opening, there were less than sixty million people in the US. In just that year, 334000 people immigrated into the United States.
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Caused by World War I Sense of Nationalism
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Immigration Quotas based on nationality - Ended when amount of people leaving the country begun to be larger than the amount of people who were staying / coming.
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Creation of party against the Irish & German immigrants because of their supposed reputation of being uneducated, lazy, and unwelcomed in America.
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A lowering in immigration created a need for more.
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act to help 400000 people immigrate into America
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predominantly from Cuba and Communist nations who America "helped" to escape
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From Cuba after Fidel Castro comes into his power
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emphasis on reuniting families and bringing in skilled workers to come to America
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only 20000 people maximum immigrating from any one country and a cap of 290000 in total in one year. Less racial exclusions in the laws but still racial prejudice going on in all of the systems.
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Helped flow of refugees for immigration
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Fees for employers of undocumented people in the United States to prevent more illegal immigration
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By 1990, more and more of the cities were populated by the newer immigrants of Italians, Polish people, Jewish People, & Greek People in groups.
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It Raised the allowed amount of immigration to 675000. Also, it prioritized families who were immigrating together and people who were skilled workers to come in.
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Stricter handling of illegal immigration & deportation doubles
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Terrorist attack caused national security concerns to also effect immigration policies.