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Immigration In The 1920s Essay

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During the 1920’s the feeling towards immigration and immigrants changed in the United States. Immigration became restricted, with lots of rules for immigrants to follow. Perhaps one of the biggest changes was that borders were shut down to mass migration in the 1920’s. Americans were concerned about immigrants taking their jobs for less pay. There was an overwhelming feeling of Nativism, opposing immigration in favor of natives to the country, across the land. However, at the same time organizations such as the American Civil Liberties Union, (ACLU) were making sure that immigrants to this country were guaranteed certain and in some cases, equal protection under the law. While some in the United States during the 1920’s were not in favor of immigration and were mostly concerned with the plight of Natural Americans, others felt the need to protect immigrants, those who were and those who may arrive in the future. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) was formed in 1920 by a group that was outraged by the …show more content…

The view toward immigrants and immigration was that any restrictions on immigrants and immigration should have nothing to do with “...holding objectionable opinions. The present restrictions against radicals of various beliefs is wholly opposed to our tradition of political asylum…..No aliens should be deported merely for the expression of opinion or for membership in a radical or revolutionary organization.” (Chapter 20, Voices of Freedom: From Culture to Great Depression: The Twenties, 1920-1932, page 142) The ACLU also argued that the opinions of citizens or labor unions should have nothing to do with who gets a passport to or from the United States. The people in these types of civil liberty organizations appeared to believe that immigration was a natural right that should be granted to anyone who wanted to or wants to enter The United States of

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