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Essay / Immigration History Essay - 1814
The history of immigration to the United States of America from the 1600s onwards is very complex, with different waves of African slaves, servants under contract, Asian, Latino and other immigrants. Immigrant attitudes have changed over time with different ups and downs depending on ethnic origins, with the New Immigration (1930-2000), which gave rise to illegal immigration. The new immigration comes as Americans worry about immigration with the rise of Southern Europeans and Russians entering the United States and that America is a melting pot or dumping ground for the economy, American politics and culture. Before World War I, piecemeal immigration did not change until the National Origins Formula of 1921, which limited the entry of immigrants into the United States and gave preference to immigrants in Europe. In 1934, the Tydings-McDuffie Act organized Philippine self-government on July 4, 1946, eliminating non-immigration from the Philippines, paving the way for the penultimate portion of American immigration. After 1945, the country passed the War Brides Act, the Displaced Persons Act of 1948, the McCarran Walter Immigration Act, and the Refugee Assistance Act, which limited the amount you could make in the United States as well as the safety of other immigrants. The Hart-Cellar Act (1965) eliminated the race-based quota system and brought Asians, Africans, and Middle Easterners to the United States, replacing quotas with groups based on family relationships and skills professionals, in order to understand the reasons that motivate their coming to the United States. , but the occupations were reviewed by the U.S. Department of Labor. In 1986, the Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) created penalties for those employing illegal immigrants, granting amnesty to only 1,000,000 illegal workers. Legal...... middle of paper ......form of United States government. Individuals affected by the DREAM Act would not be able to sponsor their family members for U.S. citizenship for at least twelve years. Nonimmigrants are excluded from health insurance thanks to the Affordable Care Act. There is a one-year application deadline, which is after you earn a high school diploma, a GED, go to college, or after the bill passes. DREAM Act was reintroduced on May 11, 2011 by Harry Reid, who wanted to add an enforcement structure into the DREAM Act that would require employers to use E-Verfiy, the American Internet-based administrative occupational qualification system. In 2012, President Obama said his administration would not deport undocumented youth who fell under the DREAM Act, which encouraged U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to begin obtaining applications under deferred action for child arrivals..