Why Restrict Immigration?

1
Why Restrict Immigration?

• Poor Economy in US
• War
• Racism
• Overpopulation
• All these issues lead to official restrictions
  on US Immigration

2
Most notably

• The Gentlemans Agreement
• In California, Asian students attended segregated
  schools.
• Japan protests, so
• T. Roosevelt made a compromise with Japanese
  officials.

According to the Gentlemans Agreement America
promised not to segregate Japanese students and
Japan promised not to send Japanese workers to
America
3
Limiting Immigration key terms

• How do you limit the amount of immigrants
  coming into a country?
• Exclusions preventing a group from immigrating
• Quotas a limit placed on the number allowed to
  immigrate

4
Chinese Exclusion Act

• Racism and the loss of jobs fuels Anti-Chinese
  sentiment in California.
• In response to California labor unions, the U.S.
  government bans all Chinese laborers from
  entering the country in 1892!
• This and other Chinese restriction laws remain in
  effect until 1965!

5
Example of a Quota

• Immigration Act of 1924 limited the number of
  immigrants from each country.
• Restricted immigration to 2 of each individual
  countrys total based on the 1890 US Census.
• IE. There were 200,000 Italian immigrants in the
  US in 1890. Only 4,000 Italians were allowed
  entry each year.

6
Do These Quotas and Exclusions Apply to Other
Groups?

• Hmmmmmmmmm . . .

7
What about Mexico?

• Starting in 1902 immigration from Mexico was
  PROMOTED for jobs in the farming and mining
  industries of the Southwest
• how does that differ from today?