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‘Alien’ (Immigrants are being called “aliens”)

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Chinese exclusion act -> Opium crisis --> Great Britain☹ (Great Britain tricked the Chinese into taking Opium and called it “something good”. Because of this, the whole country, including the leaders, were taking Opium. The country was a disaster, and Great Britain was able to take over China because of this. Chinese citizens fled to the US because of this.)

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Opportunity (Immigrants need an opportunity to come to the US)

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Major port cities (Immigrants often arrive in major port cities.)

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Labor shortages (Because of labor shortages, Mexican workers had to work for the US.)

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Interment camps (Government issued, Japanese were put into internment camps even though they were American.)

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War (war is a cause for major immigration of ethnic groups coming from a country hit hard by war --> economy downfall of a country pushing out its citizens)

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Visas (immigrant visas are given to people who are in the US to do labor and live, permanently)

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United States (where major immigration takes place in numbers)

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Relatives/Family (Family members could come to the US. If they are a spouse, parent, or children, there is no limit to the number of immigrants admitted.)

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Noncitizens (people who do not live permanently in a country)

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Refugees

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Lawful permanent residents (people who are by law allowed to be in the US)

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Immigrant workers had monthly charges (Chinese workers had taxes directed at them because other workers didn’t want them to “steal their job”.)

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Illegal Immigrants (illegally entered immigrants that are not registered to live in the US by government law)

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Immigration waves (country economy state, opportunity for jobs or money/labor as cause of immigration. Immigrants come in waves, like the Chinese immigrant wave when China was in an Opium crisis)

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Immigration system (also government in power)

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Immigration acts/laws (decided by the government, ICE?)

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Economy (can cause the downfall of a country forcing immigration to take place)

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Asylum

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Citizenship (decided by the government, needs to be legal in order to become permanent citizen of the US, or else you are illegal)

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Citizens (someone who is legally/native/naturalized in a country)

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Discrimination against immigrants