CCJS 451 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Arizona Sb 1070, Racial Profiling, Extortion
26 Feb 2016
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The underlying assumption: immigrants lack loyalty to the united states and may represent a threat to national security. Made it illegal to hire a worker with a prearranged contract. Prohibited the immigration of chinese workers and made it impossible for foreign born chinese residents to become u. s. citizens. Extended the chinese exclusion act until it was repealed in 1943: the 1900"s (*only federal government has the right to enforce immigration laws) The 1920 arrest and deportation of communist party members. 112,000 japanese americans were removed and placed in confinement camps for the duration of the war. The immigration reform and control act of 1986. Made it illegal to hire illegal immigrants. Barred illegal immigrants from receiving health care from public health clinics, and barred the children of illegal immigrants from attending school. U. s. census bureau 2010 data: 40 million immigrants in the united states, they represent 12. 5% of the u. s. population.
