Immigration+Presentation


 * Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965-removed the quota system that was present since the 1920s. It vastly increased the amount of immigrants allowed to enter the US. It also put a limit on those from the Western Hemisphere, that is, more from Asia and Latin America could be admitted. Finally, it provisioned for close relatives to be admitted to the United States outside of the number limits


 * Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 prohibited further immigration from China and lasted until 1943. Some even tried to take native-born Chinese of citizenship but this was overruled by the Supreme Court in U.S. v Wong Kim Ark in 1898 because the 14th Amendment guaranteed citizenship to all U.S. born because of "birthright citizenship."

Outline/Important General Ideas of each era: ‍Colonial: Germans, Scots-Irish, push/pull factors (see pp. 85) ‍ Tween: Irish and German immigrants, especially the reaction to the immigrants PIPI: "new" immigration--S & E European, Chinese and Japanese, fear of anarchy, Chinese Exclusion Act and Jus Soli WWI-WWII: persecution of Germans (WWI), Quota acts, holocaust refugees, internment camps, bracero program Post WWII to Present: operation wetback, Immigration and Nationality, Asia and LA, "New new" immigration--most took crappy jobs, Immigration Reform and Control Act Graphs/Charts: Old and New Immigration by decade page 570, Annual Immigration and the Quota Laws page 724, Recent Legal Immigration by Area of Origin, 1961-2000 page 1022

Videos: Hippocampus - New Wave of Immigrants int he late 1800s, Reaction to New Immigration in the late 1800s, The Growth of American in the 19th Century, ‍‍‍‍[]. ‍‍‍‍ DBQ: ‍‍[] DBQ about reasons immigrants came to US ‍‍ [] DBQ hardships

Modern: Asylum A person within the United States may be granted asylum if he or she can demonstrate a “well-founded fear of persecution” based on (1) political opinion, (2) religion, (3) race, (4) nationality, or (5) membership in a particular social group. A person who is outside the U.S. may apply for refugee status based on this same criteria. The Refugee Act of 1980 conforms U.S. immigration laws with various UN conventions and protocols. The fear of persecution must be either by the government of his country or by a group that the government is unable to control. If a person is in removal proceedings before an Immigration Judge, in addition to applying for asylum if he fears persecution, he may also be eligible to apply for withholding of removal and for relief under the Convention Against Torture (CAT). However, in order to qualify for withholding of removal, the person must demonstrate that it is more like than not that he will be persecuted if he is forced to return to his country. This is a higher standard that the “well-founded fear” standard for asylum which can be met if the person has at least a 10% chance of being persecuted.