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The government gave amnesty to more than 3 million aliens through the Immigration Reform Act
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Government has given preferences to professionals like doctors, nurses, scientists, and hi-tech specialists.
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Offering hope to immigrants from all the continents. The face of America was truly about to change.
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Offering hundreds of thousands entry into the United States.
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"I urge the Congress to turn its attention to this world problem in an effort to find ways whereby we can fulfill our responsibilities to these thousands of homeless and suffering refugees of all faiths."
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New kind of immigrants -> fleeing Nazi persecution arrived into USA
When the US declared war to the Axis Power, Italians and Germans were detained. More extreme for Japanese -> were interned -
After the outbreak of WWI in 1914 -> Nationalism and suspicion of foreigners
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Extended the goverment hostility toward Asian workers and families
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Severely restricting immigration from China
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immigrants came into the US to escape the nightmare.
1,5 million deaths -
"I saw the crop. I smelt the fearful stench. The death sign of each field of potatoes. The luxuriant stalks soon withered, the leaves decayed…"
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requiring ship captains to keep detailed passenger records and provide more human conditions on board
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Slowed immigration
