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Chinese Immigration
With the excitment of the Gold Rush in the West the Chinese immigrated into the United States to search for gold. They also ended up helping with the contruction of the rail road. -
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Immigration from 1842-2012
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The United States Customs and Border Protection Agency
This agency makes sure that the counrty is safe from terrorists and other threatening circumstances. They also contribute to supurvising the illegal immigration that occurs in the United States. -
German and Irish Immigrants
During this time period a mass amount of Irish and German men and women immigrated to the United States because of unemployment and civil issues in their country. -
Russian Immigration
After the assasination of Alexander II, many Russians immigrated to the United States. The majority of them lived in New York and worked in factories and mines. -
Chinese Exclusion Act
When the Great Depression was creeping on many Americans were upset that the Chinese were taking their jobs. Because of this Congress passed the Chinese Exclusion Act which limited the amount of Chinese who could immigrate and made it harder for them to stay. -
The National Liberal Immigration League
This was founded in the year 1906 and was lead mainly by the Jewish Americans. Its main purpose was to fight against literacy tests for suspicious illegal immigrants. -
Cable Act
This act was passed by Congress and it inacted the Exclusionary Act of 1907 that was against the Chinese immigrants. -
Vietnamese Immigrants
From the 1970's throught the 1990's the Vietnamese immigrant rates have increased dramatically. They immigrated as refugees and asylum seekers and are now the fifth largest immigrant group in the United States. -
Immigration Reform and Control Act
This act was pssed in 1986 inorder to control and discourage immigration in the United States. It affected many illegal aliens who were working illegally in agriculture and the employers who were hiring them. -
Cambodian Immigrants
After tragic events in Cambodia 150,000 Cambodians immigrated into America and setteled. They have since become a significant part of our country's census. -
Political Refugees from Guatemala
Guatemala's civil War ended in 1996 which led a lot of the citizens of that country to flee to the United States. -
U.S. Patriot Act
This act was considered by Congress after the devasting 9/11 terrorist attack. It made security regulations stricter and altogether allowed deeper investigation in cases to be taken. -
Arizona's SB1070 Bill
This bill was passed in 2010 that excluded racial profiling based on the person's appearance. This has brought up much debate and inspired many other states to create similar bills. -
Building of the Mexico-Arizona Border Fence
Arizona was now allowed to build a border fence to prevent illegal immigrants to enter. They were allowed to do so only if they could raise the money and earn permission from the landowners on whose land it would be built. This caused a huge controversey between Arizona and Mexico. -
Immigration Law in Alabama
In 2011 Alabama passed an immigration law similiar to Arizona's SB1070. In their law it states that police officers can fingerprint and track their immigration status if there is liable suspicion. Also it prohibits employers knowingly hiring illegal immigrants.
