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C.R. Immigration

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Internment - Imprisonment or confinement of people, commonly in large groups, without trial.
Antisemitism - Suspicion of, hatred toward, or discrimination against Jews for reasons connected to their Jewish heritage.
Alien & sedition acts - Four bills passed in 1798 by the Federalists in the 5th United States Congress in the aftermath
Xenophobia - An unreasonable fear of foreigners or strangers or of that which is foreign or strange.
Deportation - Expulsion of a person or group of people from a place or country.
Ellis Island - An island in New York Harbor.
Visa - A document showing that a person is authorized to enter the territory for which it was issued, subject to permission of an immigration official at the time of actual entry.
Red Scare - Periods of strong Anti-Communism in the United States
Immigration Act of 1924 - Act that limited the number of immigrants allowed entry into the United States through a national origins quota.
INS - Multi-disciplinary non-profit organization dedicated to enhancing communication among the scientific disciplines which contribute to the understanding of brain-behavior relationships.
Nativist - Person who following sociopolitical policy favoring the interests of established inhabitants over those of immigrants.
Relocation - The transportation of people (as a family or colony) to a new settlement (as after an upheaval of some kind)
Migrant worker - Any people working outside of their home country.
Executive Order 9066 - United States presidential executive order signed and issued during World War II by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt on February 19, 1942 authorizing the Secretary of War to prescribe certain areas as military zones.
Bilingualism - The ability to speak two languages
Boycott - An act of voluntarily abstaining from using, buying, or dealing with a person, organization, or country as an expression of protest, usually for political reasons.
Steerage - The act of steering a ship. "Steerage" also refers to the lowest decks of a ship.
Immigration restriction league - Was founded in 1894 by people who opposed the influx of "undesirable immigrants" that were coming from southern and eastern Europe.
1) How does nation create an environment where discrimination may come acceptable?
The nation can create environment where discrimination is acceptable by passing the laws allowing it. By passing traditions from generation to generation. Also creating clubs and groups who practice discrimination.
As an example - Middle East countries following old traditions and laws still discriminate women. Also Nazi Germany which practiced discrimination against Jews. The US government pass laws protecting from all immigrants from Mexico.
2) Is it important that a political system meet needs of all people?
Yes. If not country creates a segregation or discrimination which can cause instability in region ; riots , civil arrests, separating on divisions. For example.
U.S government before ending quotas allowed certain amount of people from other countries with different population come to US. What means that they didn't make equal rights to all people which caused social division separation and discrimination.
1. How would a immigrant go about becoming a US citizen.
To become am American citizen am immigrant needs to pass a long period of time filling up all papers and checking all information. An immigrant need to succeed all of the US policies of becoming the US citizen.
But the process can be shorter if the person was born in US or has any relatives who are US citizens.
2. Under what conditions is citizenship automatically granted.
the citizenship can be granted if a child was born on the territory of the USA he automatically become a citizen. If one of the new born child parent is US citizen the child becomes a US citizen.
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