American Immigration Policy In The Late 19th Century

Immigration in the United States is a complex demographic activity that has been a major contribution to population growth and cultural change throughout much of the nation's history. The many aspects of immigration have controversy in economic benefits, jobs for non-immigrants, settlement patterns, crime, and even voting behavior. Congress has passed many laws that have to do with immigrants especially in the 19th century such as the Naturalization Act of 1870, and the Chinese Exclusion Act in 1882, or even the Immigration Act of 1903 all to insure specific laws and boundaries set on immigrants. The life of immigrants has been drastically changed throughout the years of 1880-1925 through aspects such as immigrants taking non-immigrants

As in the Chinese Exclusion Act that was in the first significant law which it was very restricting into immigration in the United States. the West Coast which they especially to attribute of the wages and so as the economy of the Chinese workers. But the Chinese had composed about .002 percent by the nation’s population, as for the Congress has passed the exclusion act to able to placate the worker on the demands and also the assuage of the concerns by maintaining to the white racial purity

But the Chinese were considered inferior and the Anglo Saxon American didn’t understand their religion. Subsequently with the “Chinese Exclusion Act” of 1882 new Chinese immigrants were severely limited to coming to America until the 1940’s. As the “Chinese Exclusion Act” prevented the Chinese from immigrating to America from 1882 to 1943. Once the Chinese were denied immigration in 1882, their agricultural jobs in California were quickly filled with Japanese and Mexican immigrants, eventually dominated by the Mexican migrant worker, still today agriculture in the United States is mostly harvested off the backs of the Mexican migrant worker. Many immigrants coming to America today arrive with the dream that they can work hard and earn a decent living, eventually owning their own slice of the American pie called, “The Home.” Immigration reform present day revolves around closing our borders, mainly the border with Mexico, as you read this paper new sections

There were multiple reasons why the Chinese experienced discrimination, most reasons coming from the fact that the Americans felt threatened by the presence of these foreign people they have never had experience with before. The Chinese stole jobs by working for cheap, they had an extremely different culture than the westerners, and the Americans did not like them; this made them targets of discrimination. As stated in the Chinese Exclusion Act, "...the coming of Chinese laborers to the United States be, and the same hereby,suspened" (DOC 1). This quote shows an example of one of the unfair laws made against the Chinese because they were disliked by the Americans. The Chinese Exclusion Act made them easier to be cruel towards.

During this time the Chinese Exclusion Act was in place, forbidding the entrance of Chinese immigrants into the United States.

The Gates to the U.S.: Immigration and the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 The nation’s current administration has proven themselves to be quite unpredictable and unorthodox over the current course of the president’s time in office. Targeting a specific group of people, scapegoating them for certain socioeconomic issues, and attempting to keep that group of people out of the country is something that even predates the National Socialist Party. In fact, these actions were something that previous administrations have supported, especially that of President Chester A. Arthur, who passed the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882. The Chinese Exclusion Act was much like a ban of Chinese laborers, as it was passed in response to the anti-Chinese sentiment

Millions of immigrants over the previous centuries have shaped the United States of America into what it is today. America is known as a “melting pot”, a multicultural country that welcomes and is home to an array of every ethnic and cultural background imaginable. We are a place of opportunity, offering homes and jobs and new economic gains to anyone who should want it. However, America was not always such a “come one, come all” kind of country. The large numbers of immigrants that came during the nineteenth century angered many of the American natives and lead to them to blame the lack of jobs and low wages on the immigrants, especially the Asian communities. This resentment lead to the discrimination and legal exclusion of immigrants,

In the Chinese Exclusion Act all chinese immigrants were banned from coming. Thus, crime and economic threats were blamed on the new immigrants who seeked to gain some property from the

This banned the entrance of all Chinese laborers and allowed very few Chinese admissions into the US1. They were the first official group to be banned from the country based on their race. The Chinese Exclusion Act and the Page Law set the precedent for Immigration in American history. A few months later the government banned all immigrants who were criminals, prostitutes, idiots, paupers and lunatics1. Since then, immigration laws have gotten tighter and restricting more “undesired” immigrants, and every new law created increased the group of excludable groups.

The Chinese Exclusion Act excluded Chinese laborers to immigrate and prevented the Chinese from becoming citizens. The Chinese laborers that are already here can stay but laborers cannot come back in if they exit. This separated the Chinese people here from their families. The Chinese could only bring their families back if they were merchants, so they Chinese worked and saved up in order to see their families.

In recent history, many Americans have had a growing concern for the immigration (both legal and illegal) growth in our country. While the United States of America was settled by European immigrants, the unprecedented growth the late 1800s saw, led to reform on the immigration policy, which once was nonexistent. Based on conditions floods of immigrants caused in the cities of the country, the immigration reform was needed. Not only were the lives of immigrants negatively impacted in the United States, but so were previously settled Americans.

The influx of immigrants that came over during the late 1800s were “different” than what Americans were previously used to. Due to this they were considered “new immigrants”. They came from places such as Russia, Poland, Italy, and Greece, rather than the more north western European nations. A majority of the immigrants that came from these countries, instead of being slightly wealthy and literate were dirt poor, illiterate, and unskilled. The Americans treated them poorly and considered them to be lesser people. The Chinese were also were a group that were treated very poorly when they came over, and that ultimately led to the Chinese Exclusion Act which prohibited immigration of Chinese laborers. The immigrants were split socially into different neighborhoods not only by wealth, but by race, many of which can still be distinguished by name in big cities

Unless one could prove that they had the profession of a doctor or a teacher or some other profession that could exclude them from this act, it prevented any Chinese laborers to immigrate to America. Later on, around 1969,

Immigration law have the ‘aliens’ pursuing fault dreams of becoming a U.S citizen. The United States began to get big waves of immigrants in the late 1800’s and in the late 1900’s. Immigrants came to the “land of opportunities” to begin a new and better life. The immigration laws began with the Page act of 1875, that was when the United States restricted immigrants from Asia. Next was the Chinese Exclusion act of 1882, the act stated the prohibition of all immigrants of Chinese laborers.

Immigration has existed around the world for centuries, decades, and included hundreds of cultures. Tired of poverty, a lack of opportunities, unequal treatment, political corruption, and lacking any choice, many decided to emigrate from their country of birth to seek new opportunities and a new and better life in another country, to settle a future for their families, to work hard and earn a place in life. As the nation of the opportunities, land of the dreams, and because of its foundation of a better, more equal world for all, the United States of America has been a point of hope for many of those people. A lot of nationals around the world have ended their research for a place to call home in the United States of America. By analyzing