1. Immigration Restrictions
Graciela Lombardi & Natalie Francisco

2. Immigration Restrictions
The people of America disliked the amount of immigrants coming into America
Their dislike was partly motivated by anti-Catholic sentiment & by Nordicism
Anti-Catholic sentiment- to dislike the Catholic church
Nordicism- considered Southern & Eastern Europeans inferior
By 1920 these percentages of people were immigrants:
42% New Yorkers
41% Chicagoans
42% San Franciscans
To solve this problem congress passed the Emergency Quota Act of 1921 which was less restrictive than the later Immigration Act of 1924
The people of America disliked the amount of immigrants coming into America. They were partly motivated by anti-Catholic sentiment and Nordicism. Anti-Catholic sentiment means to dislike the Catholic church and Nordicism is when you consider Southern and Eastern Europe to be inferior. By % of New Yorkers, 41% of Chicagoans and 42% of San Franciscans were immigrants. Because of this dislike Congress passed the Quota Act of Later they passed the Immigration Act of 1924 which was more restrictive.

3. The Numbers Before the Immigration Act of 1924:
200,000 Italians came each year
After the act quotas were:
4,000 for Italians
130 for Spain
All Asian immigrants were excluded
Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
Before there was a total of 850,000 immigrants per year
700,000 from Southern & Eastern Europe
175,000 from Northern & Western Europe
After act:
140,000 were allowed from Northern & Western Europe
22,000 from Southern & Eastern Europe
A 97% reduction from before the Act was passed
Before the Immigration Act of 1924 was put into place 200,000(two hundred thousand) Italian immigrants came into America each year. After the quotas were set only 4,000(four thousand) Italian immigrants came but not all countries had the same quota. Only 130 Spanish immigrants were allowed into America each year. Because of the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 absolutely no Asian immigrants were allowed in.
In total 850,000(eight hundred fifty thousand) immigrants came into America each year before the act. 700,000(seven hundred thousand) came from Southern and Eastern Europe and 175,000(one hundred seventy five thousand) came from Northern and Western Europe. After the act was passed 140,000(one hundred forty thousand) immigrants were allowed from Northern and Western Europe and only 22,000(twenty two thousand) were allowed from Southern and Eastern Europe with a 97% reduction rate.
And the political cartoon here depicts Lady Liberty-representing the American citizens and the immigration policy-gesturing for the immigrants to stop coming into America.

4. Immigration Act of 1924 Immigration Act
Limited Immigration into the United States
Law was signed on May 26, 1924
Other names were:
National Origins Act
Johnson- Reed Act
Asian Exclusion Act
First major attempt to limit immigration into the United States
Established a “Quota System”
Limiting Immigration from Southern & Eastern Europe (primarily Jewish and Slavic)
Allowing immigration from Northern & Western Europe
Asians countries were completely excluded from immigration into the United States
Immigration Act of 1924 was a law that was passed to limit the number of immigrants into America
The law was signed on May 26, 1924
Other names of this law were National Origins Act, Johnson- Reed Act and Asian Exclusion Act
This was United States First major attempt to limit Immigration
The act established a quota system which limit immigration from southern and eastern Europe, primarily Jewish and Slavic, but allowing from Northern and western europe and excluding any asian countries all together.
In the political cartoon Uncle Sam is representing Americans and the Immigration Act that is only letting a small amount, 3%, of Europeans come into the US.

5. Immigration Laws 1920 vs. Today
In 1920:
Gave quotas to European countries
Favored Northern & Western European countries
Disliked the Southern & Eastern European countries
Restricted all Asian Countries
Did not allow entry into the United States to anyone that was not eligible to become a citizen do to race
Only white & African nativity & descent were able to become a citizen
In 2016:
If came to country illegally, you can apply for deportation relief or a work permit
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)
Offered benefits to illegal immigrants with US born citizens
Have to apply for a visa to come into the United States
Immediate Relative & Family Visa
Employment Visa
Immigration Laws in 1920 gave European countries quota which favored the northern and western countries and disliked the southern and eastern countries
Did not allow Any Asian Countries
Only allowed people in the country if they are able to become a citizen, by being white or African Nativity and descent
The laws now are if you come into the US illegally you can apply for Deportation relief or a work permit
The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals the (DACA) is if your child is born in the US then you can have a three year visa to stay
Apply for multiple different kinds of visas two examples are Immediate Relative and Family visa which is if a spouse, child or parent is a US citizen you can stay permanently and another example of a visa is an employment visa, which is a visa that lets you came to the US and work then go back

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