USA Immigration by Martyna Olkiewicz https://padlet.com/martynaolkiewicz3451/l0rfn4nm0z0yx6uw en-us 2021-09-23 15:30:45 UTC 2025-06-21 15:37:51 UTC hello@padlet.com 1790 martynaolkiewicz3451 https://padlet.com/martynaolkiewicz3451/l0rfn4nm0z0yx6uw/wish/1763377438 The first law to specify who could become a citizen, limiting this privilege only to white people who stayed in states for 2 years. 

]]> 2021-09-23 15:33:55 UTC https://padlet.com/martynaolkiewicz3451/l0rfn4nm0z0yx6uw/wish/1763377438 1875 martynaolkiewicz3451 https://padlet.com/martynaolkiewicz3451/l0rfn4nm0z0yx6uw/wish/1764122041 Very strict immigration restrictions were enacted, targeting rising number of asian immigrants. ]]> 2021-09-23 21:53:00 UTC https://padlet.com/martynaolkiewicz3451/l0rfn4nm0z0yx6uw/wish/1764122041 early 1900s martynaolkiewicz3451 https://padlet.com/martynaolkiewicz3451/l0rfn4nm0z0yx6uw/wish/1764122634 Nation’s predominant immigration flow shifted towards southern and eastern Europe, Quotas which favored Europe were imposed. 

]]> 2021-09-23 21:53:34 UTC https://padlet.com/martynaolkiewicz3451/l0rfn4nm0z0yx6uw/wish/1764122634 1943 martynaolkiewicz3451 https://padlet.com/martynaolkiewicz3451/l0rfn4nm0z0yx6uw/wish/1764131581 immigration restrictions began to fall down in 1943, when a law allowed a limited number of Chinese to immigrate, even though race was formally removed as grounds for exclusion, national-origin quotas system still worked. ]]> 2021-09-23 22:02:20 UTC https://padlet.com/martynaolkiewicz3451/l0rfn4nm0z0yx6uw/wish/1764131581 since 1965 martynaolkiewicz3451 https://padlet.com/martynaolkiewicz3451/l0rfn4nm0z0yx6uw/wish/1764135453 Immigration and Nationality Act created a new system favoring family reunification and skilled immigrants, rather than country quotas. Since then, immigration has been dominated by people born in Asia and Latin America, rather than Europe.

Laws focused on refugees, fleeing war, persecution, etc.

In 2012, President Obama took an action to allow young adults who had been brought to the country illegally to apply for deportation relief and a work permit. Then, he expanded that program and offered similar benefits to some unauthorized-immigrant parents of U.S.-born children.


]]> 2021-09-23 22:06:10 UTC https://padlet.com/martynaolkiewicz3451/l0rfn4nm0z0yx6uw/wish/1764135453 martynaolkiewicz3451 https://padlet.com/martynaolkiewicz3451/l0rfn4nm0z0yx6uw/wish/1764148706 2021-09-23 22:19:15 UTC https://padlet.com/martynaolkiewicz3451/l0rfn4nm0z0yx6uw/wish/1764148706 until Trump's Term in 2017-2021 martynaolkiewicz3451 https://padlet.com/martynaolkiewicz3451/l0rfn4nm0z0yx6uw/wish/1764931668 harmful immigration policies, he utilized pandemic as a tool to implement his anti-immigrant agenda.

- nearly impossible to get an asylum. (preventing migrants from applying for asylum if they traveled through another country before reaching the U.S)
- “Remain in Mexico” policy.
- ban on basically all muslin-majority and African countries.

- immigration has reduced by 56% since the start of his administration. 


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