A Nation of Immigrants
Abstrak
The United States has a history of treating people of different colors, races and ethnicity differently. The Immigration Act of 1924 limited the number of immigrants who could enter the United States from what were then considered undesirable areas such as Southern and Eastern Europe. Even before, in 1882, the Chinese were excluded from immigrating and by 1917, the United States had banned the immigration of most other Asians as well. The Immigration Act of 1965 was an outgrowth of the Civil Rights Movement and the Cold War. It eliminated the quotas and severe restrictions on Asian immigration, and mainly based entry into the United States on family reunification and, to a lesser extent, job skills. In large part owing to the 1965 law, there was a huge increase in immigration from Asia, the Caribbean (including Jamaica) and Latin America.
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David T. Gleeson
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- 2013
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- DOI
- 10.1080/02619288.2012.673706
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