Unit 8 Immigration Essay (1)

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Immigration United States History II

Immigration The issue of migration has influenced the US in numerous ways through time. The movement to the US gives a deluge of social variety, financial benefits, and a more impressive workforce; nonetheless, it can strain that nation's current lifestyle. Analyzing the geological patterns and strains surrounding migration and the US government's response to these pressures over two decades, 1880 to 1925 and 2000 to the present, is possible. Throughout these periods, there have been comparable patterns in the populace movements of migrants, both topographically and as far as the nations they are coming from. The public authority's reaction to migration has moved between these two periods because of the US's different social and political environments. To understand how attitudes and policies have changed over time regarding immigration, this essay compares geographical trends and tensions surrounding immigration with the United States government's response. In the period between 1880 to 1925, they experienced one of the most significant population shifts of immigrants ever recorded in American history. During this period, the beginning of the Industrial Revolution saw an influx of 18.2 million immigrants (about the population of New York) that came from Europe, including countries such as Italy, Russia, Austria, Poland, and Hungary (Hacker et al., 2023). This increased immigration led to a vast rise in cultural diversity within US society and the growth of metropolitan cities as they experienced increased ethnic concentrations due to the arrival of immigrants. One of the most visible differences between the newly immigrated masses and existing citizens was their religion. Native Americans, African Americans, and immigrants had to contend with the influx of Catholic, Jewish, and other religious minorities.

Immigration Differences between the newly immigrated masses and existing citizens led to increasing tension around cultural assimilation, wages, labor unions, and the fear of the foreign “other,” which had a stark effect on the immigrants' ability to assimilate into American society. This, combined with economic injustices from the Industrial Revolution, contributed to the rising tension and response from nativists of the Anti-Immigration movement. Furthermore, the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1903 was created to impose restrictions on foreign-born immigrants from specific nations and to avoid competition from new immigrants in the job market. This Act and other related policies, like the National Origins Act in 1924, established a set of stringent immigration regulations designed to reduce immigration and protect the labor market for US nationals (Soennichsen, 2011). From 1880 to 1925, the United States experienced a dramatic shift in demography and culture as millions of immigrants sought more significant opportunity, security, and freedom while leaving their imprint on the American cultural landscape. This immigration period saw a constant interplay between the varied cultural origins of old and new immigrants and the resulting tensions. From September 2000 to today, the US encountered the most significant and most different populace of migrants at any point recorded. This period saw a convergence of workers from Mexico, China, India, El Salvador, and the Philippines (Bean and Stevens, 2003). This expansion in migration was because of different elements, incorporating the US battle in the Center East, the US backing of Latin-American military autocracies dislodging countless individuals, and financial open doors in the US. Notwithstanding the continuous influxes of immigration, pressure has reliably ascended because of the apparent danger of psychological warfare and security concerns (Rubaltelli et al., 2020).

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