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Though Ben Franklin supports educating the Blacks, he still opposed to having an increasing amount in the colonies, wanting to keep them purely white.
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Americans started visiting Mexico, then judged the people, saying they were, "dark complected...and cruel people addicted to gambling..." This negativity would impact how Americans would view Mexicans in the future.
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Governer of GA states that treaties among the Indians are used just to pacify them, but are really useless because the Whites are entitled to the land.
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Treaty was passed, thereby defining the Mexican-American border, where the United States then claimed more land that was previously considered to be Mexico.
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The Dawes Act concluded the process of making treaties with the Native Americans. They were now assigned their land.
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Many Mexican immigrants came north of the border for work, thus changing the economy and job outlook for the southern United States.
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Law passed requiring the stance of English immersion to be taken, thus banning bilingual education.
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The terrorist attacks of September 11 heightened national security and increased protection, especially when dealing with foreigners and immigrants.
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A group of self-selected Americans offer to assist the United States Border Patrol by watching the American-Mexican border for illegal aliens.
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A giant protest in Phoenix breaks out against a law that would criminalize all illegal aliens.
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Arizona Governer, Janet Napolitano passes a bill (the toughest in the country at that point) making it illegal for employers to hire illegal immigrants.
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The law passed in Arizona allowing law enforcement officials to stop people based on racial profiling, thus causing a heated debate leading to the Supreme Court.
