How do Governments Affect Migration

How do Governments Affect Migration

1. Legal restrictions

   • immigration laws used to prevent too much immigration.
   • Australia created the White Australian policy which prevented non white from immigrating until 1972

2. Waves of Immigration in the U.S.

   • 2 major immigration waves before 1930
   • Doors opened in 1800's but after ww1, people wanted isolation and to stay our of Europe's business
     • Congress set up quotas- 3% of a nationality living in the U.S. would be allowed into U.S.-- segragated against eastern and southern europeans (darker skinned) (1910)
       • 1965 - abolished quotas. New policies allowed for more immigrants
   • Selective immigration- immigrants with criminal records, poor health

3. Post 9/11

   • New Security- cracking down on asylum seekers
   • U.S. government marked 33 countries where Al Qaeda operated and prohibited people from that country coming in
   • justice department policy made law that any illegal immigrant can be detained at any time.
   • More in depth checking of papers, due to terrorists immigrating with fabricated papers or visas