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Immigration: Pro - Online Essay

Immigration: Pro

We live in the 90's the age where scandalous and controversial topics
cover the news headlines. Such subject matters as homosexuality, A.I.D.S, and
abortion are fiercely debated upon. Sides are always taken, with the
conservatives battling the liberals. One such argument that has always been
debated upon since the founding of this nation has been immigration. The fact
that it has been argued over for so long makes it seem ironic. A country
founded by immigrants perpetually arguing over immigration. The basis of this
dispute runs deep and that is what will be discussed in this following paper.
Anti-immigrant sentiments have been circulating since the Alien Act of
June 25, 1798 . ...

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the
"politically correct" society we live in today allows for these discrepancies,
for in the Immigration Act of 1990 which brought up controls for immigration.
Behind all these legal documents there are reasons that spurred these
causes. Certain prejudices against certain races or religion. The prejudices
were not always a color issue as the current immigration problems are. In the
beginning it was primarily Europeans. In particular the Irish and German were
thought of negatively. The percentage of the Irish in the Mid-Atlantic went from
45.9% in 1870 to 48.5 in 1930. Germans in 1870 went from 31.4% to 35.6% in 1930
. The common belief was that the two races were against assimilation. They
lived in their own communities and refused to learn the English language. But
that belief like all others were false based. After the Germans and Irish
started to finally assimilate we needed a new scapegoat. The next were the
Italians and Jews, following them were the Catholics. ...

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Added: 3/6/2008 04:26:18 AM
Category: Social Issues
Type: Free Paper
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