Late American Immigration

Cody Carrier
Block 3
Mr. Eisen
Immigration in the United States
The United States of America is the top destination for permanent immigrants from all over the world. Immigration has significantly changed since the late 1800s to the present day. Immigration policies have changed drastically since the late 1800s.The ethnic groups that are being discriminated against have also greatly changed over the course of time. My family has immigrated from all over Europe to go through and accomplish the stages of becoming an American.
Immigration policies in America have changed considerably from the late 1800s to today.
During the late 1800s to the early 1900s immigration policies were very lenient. America had open borders allowing anyone to have the

One of these acts was the Immigration and Nationality Act in 1952, which eliminated race as a bar to immigration or citizenship. Japan 's quota was set at 185 annually, China 's stayed at 105, and other Asian countries were given 100 apiece. Northern and Western Europe 's quota was placed at 85 percent of all immigrants. Tighter restrictions were placed on immigrants coming from British colonies in order to stem the tide of black West Indians entering under Britain 's generous quota. The non-quota class enlarged to include husbands of American women. Several acts passed after this that further elaborated on some of the nonimmigrants working rights. This related to the Immigration Control Act, which provided amnesty for many illegal aliens and sanctions for employers hiring illegals. Also the Immigration Act that limited unskilled workers to $10,000 a year. The last and possibly the most important immigration act was passed in 2001. The USA Patriot Act amended the Immigration and Nationality Act to broaden the scope of aliens ineligible for admission or deportable due to terrorist activities to include an alien who: (1) is a representative of a political, social, or similar group whose political endorsement of terrorist acts undermines U.S. anti-terrorist efforts (2), has used a position of prominence to endorse terrorist activity, or to persuade others

The only thing that has changed, is the immigrants being discriminated against. In the late 1800s to early 1900s the immigrants that were most discriminated against were the Chinese, Italians, and blacks. These groups were not only discriminated against because of their different ethnicities, but because the American people viewed them as a threat. They felt their American lifestyle was being threatened, and were afraid these immigrants would take their jobs, or earn more than they did. Today the most immigrants most discriminated against; I believe to be the Mexicans. Mexicans are discriminated because of the fear that those who have the least and who suffer the most in this economic downturn unemployment rise, these immigrants are more willing to do unwanted jobs, and even those who were previously unwanted, now become a precious