How do Governments affect Migration

How do Governments affect Migration

1. Waves of immigration in the US

   • 2 major immigration waves before 1930
   • Selective immigration-- immigrants with criminal records, poor health
   • Doors opened in 1800's but after WWI people wanted isolation and to stay out of Europe
     • congress set up quotas- 3% of nationality living in the US would be allowed into US segregated against eastern and southern europeans(darker skinned)(1910)
       • 1965- abolished quotas. New politics allowed for more immigrants

2. Legal Restrictions

   • Australia created the white australian policy which prevented non white from immigrating until 1972
   • Immigration laws used to prevent too much immigrants

3. Post 9/11

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