Early 1900s Immigration
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Post Immigration & Nationality Act of 1965
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Immigration regulations set from the Immigration Act of 1917 and the Emergency Quota Act of 1921 lowered immigration and just a fraction of immigrants were coming into the country after these two laws were passed. Both acts still allowed immigration from different parts of the world.
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After the INA of 1965 immigrants were allowed to come in freely without any regulations or rules on the number of immigrants that could try to emigrate to the United States. This allowed immigration to skyrocket going from 194 million to 317 million today in 2013. A vast majority of the population change was coming from Latino immigrants along with Asian immigrants who were excluded against in the Immigration Act of 1917.
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The Immigration Act of 1917 and the Emergency Quota Act of 1921 caused immigration to decrease rapidly and held off many immigrants from entering the country until 1965. Both of these acts turned around immigration in 1920s there was a lot of immigration and the Emergency Quota Act decreased it as the INA of 1965 increased immigration from virtually nothing to a lot.
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Immigration started to rise again with the signing of the INA of 1965 it took over the Emergency Quota Act of 1921 and allowed free immigration. Numbers on immigrants were not set in place and something like being an idiot or from The Asiatic zone couldn't keep you out of the country.
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The two Acts put major regulations on immigrations which saw the total number of new immigrants drop. Immigration was restricted and only a certain amount of people from a country could enter, and people from the Asiatic Barred Zone were not allowed.
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The INA of 1965 put an end to the 3% restriction that was enacted in the Emergency Quota Act of 1965. The INA of 1965 let immigrants come from anywhere. Both had effects that shaped their future. The Emergency Quota Act decreased immigration and lead to a dark few years following in it where black people struggled for rights and we entered war as the INA of 1965 lead to equal rights for blacks and economic growth.
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Both Acts faced mixed reviews from American citizens but the Immigration and Nationality Act received more positive reviews due to the fact it is embracing immigrants and the Emergency Quota Act is pushing immigrants away. America changed in a big way between these two acts and America turned into a more embracing country. Immigrants still encounter many problems today that they encountered 100 years ago; they are still discriminated against and looked down upon in society by some. More people today embrace immigrants and they fit betterin society but there are still extremists who believe immigrants shouldn't be allowed into the country or given benefits, jobs, or an education.