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Immigrants In The 21st Century

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History of the foundation of the United States has clearly recorded that voyagers and adventurers from different parts of the world alternatively termed as “Immigrants” have played a pivotal role in the establishment of this nation. However, suspicion on foreigners and immigrants still stands to be a popular opinion across all of United States in the 21st century. The political instability during late 17th century witnessed a situation of diplomatic unrest between France and United States resulting into passage of Alien and Sedition Acts in 1798 that provided President Adams to deport any ‘Alien’ deemed dangerous to the peace, safety and security the US borders and society. This sentiment subsided for a period of time but later revived as large number of German and Irish immigrants landed into US in mid-18th century. For the most part, US witnessed immigration owing to the industrialization that the nation underwent over the centuries. It became the land of opportunity for massive …show more content…

Also in (Jamestown’s) “the Spanish achievements continued to inspire English efforts- but Spain’s colonies disgusted rather than inspired the English”. According to a study by (Stephan ET. AL. (1999), the hostility towards immigrant groups arise out of realistic threats (related to political and economic threats) and symbolic threats (related to morals, beliefs, standards and attitudes); wherein the greater the perceived threat that an immigrant group poses to the residents the greater the intensity of hostility towards that group. Specially, the immigrant groups of Cuban, Mexican and Asian (particularly Chinese) origin face high level of hostility from in-groups in America. The (1882 Chinese Exclusion Act), (1917 Immigration Act), (1921 Quota Act), (1952 Immigration and Nationality Act) formed the initial foundations of how Americans treated

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