Changes in migration Immigration laws laws that restrict
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Changes in migration
• Immigration laws – laws that restrict or allow migration of certain groups into a country. How do governments cause changes in migration? • Example: The Oriental Exclusion Acts (18821907) to prevent the immigration of Chinese people to California • Quotas limit the number of migrants from each region into a country. • Example: limiting the amount of immigrants from Europe to 3% of the number of its nationals living in the U. S. • A country uses selective immigration to bar people with certain backgrounds from entering. • Criminal records, poor health, subversive activities
Waves of Immigration Changing immigration laws and changing push and pull factors create waves of immigration. US Immigration- History Of
US Immigration Waves • 1600 s-1808 • African Slave Trade • Approximately 2 million transported to US • Why? - Africans were forced out of Africa and into slavery and indentured servitude • 1820 -1829 • Northern and Western Europeans • Approximately 100, 000 • Why? - following jobs, industry
US Immigration Waves • 1900 -1909 • Southern and Eastern Europeans • Approximately 7. 5 million • To follow jobs and industry • Asians • Approximately 500, 000 • To follow jobs and industry • 1930 -1939 • Europeans • Approximately 500, 000 • A lot fewer due to poor economy in US
US Immigration Waves • 2000 -Present • Europeans- appr 1. 2 million • Asians- appr 3. 4 million • Latin America- appr 4. 5 million • South America- appr 1 million • Africans- appr 1 million • Why? - better US economy, education, medicine, etc.
After world events such as September 11, 2001… • The map below shows the countries from which asylum seekers are automatically detained by the U. S. Government. This is because • al-Qaeda or other terrorist groups are known to operate to some extent there.
Changes in asylum seekers and refugees An Asylum Seeker is a refugee who has applied to be able to work in their new country that they fled to. This could potentially speed up the process of becoming a citizen. This is also a more ‘legal’ way to live in the country you fled to.
