Unit 2 Flashcards
Assimilation
a subordinate individual takes the domestic group/small group and absorbs the big group
Chinese Exclusion Act
outlawed chinese immigrant for only 10 years and denied naturalization rights to the Chinese in the United States, but they were not allowed to become citizens
Quota
a group that is entitled to recieve or even bound to contribute
National Origin System
In 1921, they didn’t want anyone from the Southern Europe to permanently (Italy, Greece) go to the United States
Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965
abandoned with the passage of 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act which was signed out of the law by President Lyndon B. Johnson
Brain Drain/Grain
an immigration to the United States of skilled workers, professionals, and technicians that are desperately needed by their homes
Chain Migration
an immigrant who is chained to someone as a sponsor for that person to travel to the person who chained them and it keeps going on and on which makes the population grow faster
Immigration Reform and Control Act fo 1986
it makes historic changes in immigration policy that are compared with the earlier laws
Illegal Immigrant
immigrants who are in the country illegally, unauthorized workers the subject to only estimate and dispute
Illegal Immigrant Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996
it keeps immigrants from entering a country illegally
Citizenship
the position or even the status of being a citizen of a particular country
Natturalization
conferred on person after birth
Natural-born citizen
a process that has been outlined by Congress and that extends to foreigners to the same benefit given to native-born U.S. citizens
DREAM ACT
an act that would permanently protect certain immigrants who only came to the United States as children
Refugees
the people who live outside their country as citizens because of their fear of political or even religious persecution
