Chapter 3: Migration - Bremerton School District

CHAPTER 3: MIGRATION APHUG | BHS | Ms. Justice

Key Question 3.4 How do governments affect migration?

How Do Governments Affect Migration? Today:  Europe – right wing anti-immigrant sentiment  United States – Calif. demanding federal money to provide services for illegal immigrants; fences along the Rio Grande Historic:  Great Wall of China (14th c.)  Berlin Wall  Korean DMZ © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. All rights reserved.

How Do Governments Affect Migration? Legal Restrictions 

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Oriental Exclusion Acts (1882–1907): U.S. Congress designed immigration laws to prevent the immigration of Chinese people to California. In 1901, the Australian government approved the Immigration Restriction Act, which ended all nonwhite immigration into the newly united country. White Australia Policy

How Do Governments Affect Migration? Waves of Immigration in the United States 

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The United States experienced two major waves of immigration before 1930 and is in the midst of another great wave of immigration today. Immigration quotas in the early 20th c. (designed to keep out who?) National Origins Law in 1929 Immigration and Nationality Act: 1952 Selective immigration (exists in many countries)

How Do Governments Affect Migration? Post–September 11 

New government policies affect asylum-seekers, illegal immigrants, and legal immigrants.  Operation

Liberty Shield (2003)  Justice Dept. can detain any illegal immigrant from any country  Fence-building along Mexican border 

9/11 Commission Report was released in 2004  Concern over fabricated papers  Stepped up inspections and questioning at travel check points