US Response in Chronological Order
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1905: Around this time period, the fault of one person affected the entire community; displaying a negative view point toward immigrants
1910: Eastern and Southern Europeans made up 70 percent of the immigrants entering the country
After 1914: Migration to the US dropped off because of the war and later because of immigration restrictions imposed in the 1920s
1920: Immigrants married to the U.S. citizens would cease their partner’s citizenship. This displays unacceptance toward immigrants
1922: Cable Act forces women married Asian men to relinquish citizenship
1924: U.S. gov’t passes second law restricting immigration
1929-1937: Illegal Mexican immigration increased
1939-1945: Immigration plummeted during the global depression of the 1930s and World War II
1940: U.S. gov’t amends Naturalization Act to give Latin Americans citizenship
1945: U.S. gov’t amends Naturalization Act to give Filipinos & Asian Indians citizenship, Congress passed special legislation enabling refugees from Europe and the Soviet Union to enter the United States
1952: Immigration & Nationality Act allows individuals of all races to be eligible for naturalization
1965: Congress passed the Immigration and Nationality Act, which did away with quotas based on nationality and allowed Americans to sponsor relatives from their countries of origin. As a result of this act and subsequent legislation, the nation experienced a shift in immigration patterns
1978: Immigration Reform Act allows 290,000 immigrants per year into the U.S. Immigrants are becoming widely accepted
1996: Immigration Law Amendments supports arriving workers
1997: Immigration Amnesty to Nicaragua and Cuban immigrants. More support and acceptance of foreign countries is starting to be displayed
2000: H-1B visa grants temporary visas to high-tech foreign workers. An average of about 995,000 annually. U.S. provides opportunities, such as visas and jobs. Obama presents executive actions to prevent deportation of millions of unauthorized immigrants, expanding 2012’s original program aimed at providing relief. Although illegal immigration has dominated Republican presidential campaign of departing illegal immigrants, there is little support for an effort to deport all those immigrants in the U.S. (Rubenstein, Human Geography)
2005: The REAL ID Act prohibited states from issuing driver's licenses to unauthorized individuals, and expanded terrorism-related grounds of inadmissibility, removal, and ineligibility for asylum
1910: Eastern and Southern Europeans made up 70 percent of the immigrants entering the country
After 1914: Migration to the US dropped off because of the war and later because of immigration restrictions imposed in the 1920s
1920: Immigrants married to the U.S. citizens would cease their partner’s citizenship. This displays unacceptance toward immigrants
1922: Cable Act forces women married Asian men to relinquish citizenship
1924: U.S. gov’t passes second law restricting immigration
1929-1937: Illegal Mexican immigration increased
1939-1945: Immigration plummeted during the global depression of the 1930s and World War II
1940: U.S. gov’t amends Naturalization Act to give Latin Americans citizenship
1945: U.S. gov’t amends Naturalization Act to give Filipinos & Asian Indians citizenship, Congress passed special legislation enabling refugees from Europe and the Soviet Union to enter the United States
1952: Immigration & Nationality Act allows individuals of all races to be eligible for naturalization
1965: Congress passed the Immigration and Nationality Act, which did away with quotas based on nationality and allowed Americans to sponsor relatives from their countries of origin. As a result of this act and subsequent legislation, the nation experienced a shift in immigration patterns
1978: Immigration Reform Act allows 290,000 immigrants per year into the U.S. Immigrants are becoming widely accepted
1996: Immigration Law Amendments supports arriving workers
1997: Immigration Amnesty to Nicaragua and Cuban immigrants. More support and acceptance of foreign countries is starting to be displayed
2000: H-1B visa grants temporary visas to high-tech foreign workers. An average of about 995,000 annually. U.S. provides opportunities, such as visas and jobs. Obama presents executive actions to prevent deportation of millions of unauthorized immigrants, expanding 2012’s original program aimed at providing relief. Although illegal immigration has dominated Republican presidential campaign of departing illegal immigrants, there is little support for an effort to deport all those immigrants in the U.S. (Rubenstein, Human Geography)
2005: The REAL ID Act prohibited states from issuing driver's licenses to unauthorized individuals, and expanded terrorism-related grounds of inadmissibility, removal, and ineligibility for asylum
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