1970-1980 Flashcards
How many illegal immigrants did the INS estimate in the mid 1970s
Around 7 million UNREGISTERED
How many immigrants were the INS finding and deporting per year
600,000 per year
What legislation in 1976 and what did it do?
Immigration and Nationality Act expanded- expands to include the western hemisphere, allowed 20,000 immigrants
How did Republicans see immigration
- wanted to restrict and control immigration
- saw immigrants as destroying the culture
How did liberal politicians see immigration
JKF and others were keener to accept and adapt to immigrants and their varying culture.
-saw immigrants as enriching the culture
How were immigrants blamed
When economy doing badly eg 1970s, immigrants were blamed.
- seen as ‘bottom of the heap’, drain on the economy
- First to lose their jobs and be dependent on welfare
By 1980s how have attitudes shifted
swing back to ‘nativism’
By 1970, how many jobs were taken by Mexicans
1/3
How many mexican illegals were there per year 1970s
60,000 annually
1970 legislation
1976 Immigration and Nationality Act Expanded
- expands to include the Western hemisphere for the first time, allowed in was 20,000
What did increased immigration of the 70s lead to viet
large Vietnamese population enclaves such as the ‘Little Saigons’ in California
