Essays on Immigration Act

In her 2010 publication of Shanghai Girls, Lisa See provides her readers with a tale based on the perfect combination of two themes: immigration and culture. Pearl and May, two Chinese sisters residing in Shanghai, “the Paris of Asia,” create the center of the storyline that sees them move from China to the United States amidst a lot of political turmoil that wrecks havoc in both countries. Now, at the commencement of the novel, Pearl, the narrator, and her sister May enjoy the life of calendar models in Shanghai, but they lose their apparent autonomy when their father forces ...

Introduction

In her book How Race is Made in America, Molina pointed out how racial scripts “highlights the ways in which the lives of racialized groups are linked across time and space” (Molina, 6). The author came of this concept based on her examination of Mexican immigration from 1924 to 1965. According to Molina, she observed that during this specific period of time, a characteristic of the immigrants such as their customs, and practices as well as policies applicable to their group tend to define their racial category. She further claimed that the establishment of this racial definition resulted to ...

The late 1950s marked the start of the Chinese immigration to the British North American regions, which are the present-day Canada. No colonies within the east and west of the British North American regions including Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland, and the United Province of Canada had immigration restrictions. It is also important to note from the outset that the Hudson’s Bay Company controlled vast areas of the British North American regions, where the main residents were the First Nations people. The Chinese immigrants faced various challenges before, during, and after immigrating to Canada. Various ...

Introduction

Throughout history, Chinese people have been migrating to USA in search for greener passage. From 1826 to 1950, they were booking their passage on ships like occidental and oriental steamship company, and pacific mail Steamship Company to travel. The money that they required to fund their journey was mostly borrowed from family members, commercial lenders or district associations. The first Chinese people to arrive in Los Angeles were men, who specialized in manual work. Their work mainly included gardening, laundry, road builders or ranch work. The migration of Chinese people from china was localized and controlled through parts of ...

1. Explain the Naturalization Acts of 1790 and 1870.

The act of naturalization of 1790 was the initial effort by the congress to develop an immigration policy. The act constrained naturalization to white individuals who were free and of decent character and had initially stayed in America for a period of two years. The 1870 act on the other had been an initiative by the congress to widen the laws of naturalization in the country so that it could permit the naturalization of African-Americans.

2. How do we explain that the majority of 19th century immigrant groups achieved social mobility while more recent immigrant groups have not?

Most immigrants of the 19th century attained high levels of social mobility as compared to immigrants today. In present day, there are dissimilar rules and ...

Question

Answer The Chinese Exclusion Law dealt with the immigration laws for the Chinese people within the United States Government. It prohibited the immigration of Chinese low wage workers, restricting their entry into the United States. There were several cases against as well as for this Law. However, World War II (1939-45) was a major turning point for the Chinese Immigration. US was at war against Japan and in this war, China was one of its closest allies. In this spirit of camaraderie, the Congress government at the time scaled back this law, along with many other exclusion laws; thus ...

Immigration Modernization Act of 2013

Introduction The Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act of 2013, technically known as, S.744 is an immigration bill introduced by Senator Charles Schumer and co-sponsored by seven others of ‘Gang of Eight’ in 2013 ("S.744: An Act" 2013). This bill tries to overhaul the century old immigration act by proposing major changes in the areas of border security, immigrant visa, interior enforcement, and reforms to non-immigrant visa programs. Some believe that if this bill is not passed by the Congress, it would result in a stalemate with a problem of broken immigration system already prevailing in the USA. ...

Introduction

The immigration legislation in the U.S. today is the product of decades worth of political wrangling and public anger on both sides of the debate. The immigration debate has gone back and forth between the two political parties in this country to such a degree that there is de facto compromise on the elements of reform, and now all we have to do is implement the reforms that are already in place. The argument has gone back and forth for decades with both Democratic and Republican regimes signing legislation that encourages immigration then opposes immigration. The full circle is here ...

Immigration and Business

Immigration and Business

The topic of immigration occurs as one of the most equivocal topics that that generated immense debate in various settings including the business contexts. The recent past has experienced an influx of illegal immigrants across various contexts in the United States. This has resulted in the development of laws and regulations that govern the conduct of immigrants in the United States. Worth noting is the fact that these regulations have and continue to impact on the manner in which businesses conduct their daily transactions. The most pertinent business aspect that has been affected by immigration laws ...

A close analysis of the United States demonstrates that there exists a significant proportion of Asian American immigrants. Worth noting is the fact Asian American immigrants comprise of different ethnic groups including the Japanese, Indians, Chinese, Koreans, and Filipinos. The immigration history of the above connoted ethnic groups exhibits certain differences. As such, the Chinese are hypothesized to have been the first lot of Asian Americans to come into the United States. However, it is of the essence to note that a significant proportion of the Japanese Americans occurs as the descendants of Japanese who immigrated into the United States as ...

Immigration Act of 1924

It was a legislation that was supposed to limit the immigration numbers from other areas of the world, and maintain the ideal of American homogeneity. The Immigration Act of 1924 was introduced by Congressman Albert Johnson in the House of Representatives and David Reed in the senate, purposely to regulate the influx of immigrants to the United States. It was also known as the Johnson-Reid Act, enacted with the aim of restricting immigrants from Southern and Eastern Europe, and the complete barring of Japanese from entering the American soil. It was signed into law on May 26 1924; it was ...

Introduction

Multiculturalism is the doctrine that several distinct cultures can co-exist peacefully one country as opposed to one national culture. No other country in the world exemplifies multiculturalism better than the USA. The country’s 317 million people spread across its 50 states comprise of people from all cultures (Healey, 12). Going by historical assertions, the USA was discovered by Christopher Columbus- who was an Italian navigator, explorer and colonizer. Columbus was one among many people from different nationalities and cultures who settled in the USA since its early days. As early as 1500 AD, the USA had played host ...

Introduction

America is an independent and sovereign state that has recorded a tremendous growth and transformation in various facets of the society, especially in economic, political, cultural and social spheres. As a developed and superpower nation, America understands the importance of the rule of law that is premised on the international convention policies, and societal values, and principles to enhance national integration, identity, and spearhead economic, political, and social development. Over the years, the American government has delegated the duty and responsibility of formulating and implementing laws and policies to the Congress, House of Representatives, and other arms of the government. The ...

33. Has post 9/11 immigration policy made us safer The immigration politics of the United States has a long history. The first Act of Naturalization was accepted in 1790 and it confined the naturalization to “good white people” of “good moral character” who had lived for two years in the country and one year after they had kept the current state of stay. In 1795 this periods were increased respectively to five years of living in the country and three years after their notice to apply for citizenship. In 1798 this time limits were increased to fourteen years of ...

The Hart-Celler Act is also known as the Nationality and Immigration Act of 1965. It replaced what was formerly known as National Origins Formula which had been enacted in the United States since 1924. The NOF was enacted to put a quota on the immigration of national from other foreign countries into the United States. The Hart-Cellar Act therefore abolished the quota system of national origins. Instead of putting the numerical restriction of immigrants at 150,000 people per year as was in NOF, this Act extended it to a maximum of 170,000. The Johnson-Reed Act was the Act ...

In the beginning of 1924, the United States’ immigration had reached a record high. It is said the percentage of immigrants entering the country from foreign countries was so high that it warranted government intervention. The White Americans who are still the majority population up to the present started fearing that the immigrants would star taking over their businesses and infringe on their culture and traditions. Since they were the ruling class, they had to make due with law provisions that would restrict immigration. The major immigrants were from Europe, Mexico and the larger Latin America and the African Americans. ...

The Founding Fathers upon the establishment of the Union indeed recognized the need for a strong Union. However, this did not necessarily envisage weaker states. Indeed, the federal system anticipated a de-concentration of power and governance from one center to different peripheries. The difference between the time then and now lies in the fact that the federal experiment has been tested fully. Suffice it to say that despite the overwhelming challenges, America has a more perfect Union today. However, within that context lies a struggle for power that essentially pits the federal government against the state governments. This paper shall discuss the relatively dicey ...

The Asian Americans have undergone through changes in regard to social and political aspects even before passing of the immigration Act of 1965.This was therefore the result of the name Asian American since those who had migrated to America before then are referred to as immigrants. Asian Americans therefore refer to the Americans of Asian origin born in the United States of America or migrated to the US after 1965. Despite the rapid rise in number of Asian Americans after the Immigration Act of 1965, they had faced repeated discrimination in political agendas including voting rights and the ability ...

Background on Immigration

The United States of America has been reputed as a nation of immigrants. This is largely because the majorities derive their origin from Europe, North America, Asia and African continents. On that premise, the matter of immigration has been a policy issue that needs critical attention and analysis. Within that context, it should be appreciated that America as a nation is great and attracts immigrants from all over the world. In the pursuit of economic, social and political progress, people from all over the world have found their way into the United States of America. This has led to the blossoming in ...

Abstract

The following research work is dedicated to Homeland Security strategies in the U.S. Special attention is paid to researching into the origin of Homeland Security concept, its definition and legal framework, which ensures activities of all the governmental authorities’ related to implementing different aspects of Homeland Security. The paper also considers major points, which deal with economic, legal and social implications of Homeland Security. According to Jane Bullock, Gorge D.Haddow, D.Coppola, E.Ergin, L.Westerman and Sarp Yeletaysi (2006), “since the events of September, 11 and the subsequent anthrax attacks carried out through the U.S. mail system, governments, organizations, and ...

The American population comprises of several racial and ethnic minorities. The criterion applied in identifying racial minority groups is the general physical characteristics of a given group of people such as the people’s skin color. Such groups in the US include African Americans and Asian Americans. On the other hand, ethnic groups are classified according to the basis of their cultural elements such as language (Coverdill, Lopez and Petrie 784). Examples of ethnic minority groups in America are the Hispanics or Latinos. Racial minority groups can also possess some distinctive cultural elements. This paper explores the history of the ...

Introduction

Immigration law deals with the state administration policies which direct the occurrence of immigration to their nation. Illegal immigration is the movement into a country in contravention of the immigration laws of that authority. Illegal immigration brings about many economical, political, and social matters and has developed into a basis of chief controversy in the developed nations and the more flourishing developed countries (Proper, pg 203). This paper proposes to examine the U.S. Laws governing illegal immigrants and the need to be reformed.

The purpose of this proposal is to show an overview of my investigation of U.S. laws governing illegal ...

Introduction

Canada is known as a diverse multicultural society with its main reliance on immigration to prop up the population and has become ethnically diverse through the growth of the visible minority population. Every year Canada welcomes 225,000 immigrants. Recent demographic census of Canada suggests that over the next decade visible minorities will represent almost a quarter of the population of Canada and half of the population of Toronto and Vancouver. Andrew Cardozo and Ravi Pandaker argue that issues related to ethnicity should be treated in the policy foreground (Cardozo and Pandaker, 7). This study will argue that not enough attention ...