W ARM U P 3/22 H ONORS How does prejudice/discrimination affect immigration laws and restrictions?
W ARM U P 3/22 CP Based on our discussions from this past week, list at least three reasons why people discriminated against immigrants.
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W HY RESTRICT IMMIGRATION ? Poor Economy in US War Racism Overpopulation All these issues lead to official restrictions on US Immigration
L IMITING I MMIGRATION EXCLUSIONS! QUOTAS!
E XAMPLE OF E XCLUSION Chinese Exclusion Act! U.S. government bans all Chinese laborers from entering the country in 1892!
E XAMPLE OF Q UOTA Immigration Act of 1924 Immigration Act of 1924 – limited the number of immigrants from each country. Restricted immigration to 2% of each individual country’s total based on the 1890 US Census.
L ESSON Q UESTION What factors influenced modern immigration and settlement?
V OCABULARY CITIZENSHIP ALIEN ASYLUM
P USH F ACTORS Lack of jobs Crime War Gov’t tyranny SOUND FAMILIAR?
M EXICAN I MMIGRATION : T HE P AST PROMOTED Starting in 1902 immigration from Mexico was PROMOTED for jobs in the farming and mining industries of the Southwest
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B ORDER OF N OGALES, AZ AND N OGALES, M EXICO
N OGALES – B ORDER F ENCE AT E ND OF R OAD
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E XAMPLE OF I MMIGRATION L AW T ODAY Arizona SB 1070 “Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act” Broadest and strictest anti-illegal immigration measure today
C ITIZENSHIP The status of a citizen with rights and duties
A LIEN A foreigner, esp. one who is not a naturalized citizen of the country where they are living.
N ATURALIZATION “The process under federal law whereby a foreign-born person may be granted citizenship”
How Would We Do on a Naturalization Test?
W HAT P ART OF L EGAL I MMIGRATION D ON ’ T Y OU U NDERSTAND ?!
OATH OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA "I hereby declare, on oath, that I absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state or sovereignty, of whom or which I have heretofore been a subject or citizen; that I will support and defend the Constitution and laws of the United States of America against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I will bear arms on behalf of the United States when required by the law; that I will perform noncombatant service in the armed forces of the United States when required by the law; that I will perform work of national importance under civilian direction when required by the law; and that I take this obligation freely without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; so help me God."
C LOSER How have the feelings towards Mexican immigration changed over time?