HIST 114 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Santa Barbara City College, Immigration Restriction League, Asian Americans
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Anti-japanese laws: following the decrease in the number of japanese workers coming to the united. European countries: one of the most influential nativist organizations was the immigration restriction. League (irl), which was founded at the turn of the century by several wealthy. Easterners to combat the wave of immigrants that they considered "alien" or. Southern europe, as well as asians, were "historically downtrodden," poor, and lazy: many people shared prejudices towards hall in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, like other anti-immigration organizations, the irl has lobbied the. U. s. government to pass measures aimed at stopping immigrants. For example, one such law would require all immigrants to be able to read. English for entry to the usa: since most immigrants were unable to do so, the number of immigrants who could enter the country would be limited by such legislation. While the irl was the most active group trying to overall stop immigration across the.
