The Immigration Restriction Act‚ known as the White Australian Policy was one of the first acts Australia passed during its federation in 1901.This racist act restricted the entry of non-Europeans into Australia by means of a dictation test. The origin of a "white Australia" can be traced back to the 1850 ’s when resentment towards Chinese diggers progressed into violence on the Buckland River‚ Victoria‚ which resulted in the restriction of Chinese immigration. Closer to federation‚ Australia was
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Immigration has been a big problem for the United States for many years now. There are about “11.4 million immigrants living in the U.S” (Gonchar). Immigrants migrate to the United States from many places. Some immigrants do enter the country using a visa but then decided to stay to be able to work. Many people believe that amnesty will fix all of our nation’s problems of having illegal immigrants living here. It is unfair for someone to be pardoned for a crime when they have to go through a long
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The Immigration Crisis Since 2010‚ there has been a surge in immigration to Europe‚ and since 2014‚ the problem has gotten worse. There has been a massive influx in immigrants to Europe‚ mainly from war torn countries like Syria‚ Afghanistan‚ Iraq‚ and Central Africa. Ever since‚ there has also been a major influx in crime‚ most likely caused by these immigrants. The problem must be dealt with‚ and very quickly‚ or else Europe will see its downfall due to its own generosity. In late 2014‚ immigrants
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provide amnesty to a group of people who didn’t respect our country’s laws enough to follow a legal process to come here‚ it’s like we’re rewarding criminal behavior which sends the wrong message to foreign countries and encourages continued illegal immigration. Letting Illegal immigrants become legal citizens can affect in causing disasters in our country. The three main reasons are that they can overpopulate our country‚ which can also lead into bringing in terrorists and drug dealers and that would
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Arthur-Bharwani Miss Sacco CHC 2DN-02 Tuesday July 7th 2009 Persuasive Essay on Immigration to Canada Immigration is when one leaves their country of origin and move to another. The topic if immigration has always been a very delicate subject. This is due to the many problems immigrants have had to face in their new country. Today issues dealing with immigration are not as bad as they were many years ago. Immigration in Canada was not as popular then as it is now. During the 1900s-1918 not all
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the population multiplied as the years went by. 2. In the immediate aftermath of World War 2‚ the Prime Minister of Australia launched a new immigration program. The attacks by Japan during the war made many realize that Australia was in an urgent need of a bigger and better army in case of another war. Australia came up with a humanitarian immigration program to collect refugees from other countries and offer them to be part of the army. So‚ there were many Chinese peoples serving in the Australian
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Problematic Aspects of Emigration to Emigrants and the Host Country Emigrants move from their home nations to begin a new life in another‚ yet once they reach their host countries‚ they face challenges that they never anticipated. More often than not‚ many of these emigrants have endured hardships of all forms in their home nations‚ but most of them are treated to a surprise when they realize that what awaits them in their new home nation is far much worse than what they are running from (Dalla
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Immigration is a sensitive topic with different point of views ranging from letting everyone in to letting absolutely no one in. Our country is in a fragile state with the current economic downturn we are in we need a new immigration policy now before everything gets out of hand. There are three major things we need to change in our policy: reduce the number of visas awarded annually‚ expand foreign aid and trade benefits to help governments in developing countries strengthen their economies‚ and
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The Framing of Immigration A BUZZFLASH GUEST CONTRIBUTION by George Lakoff and Sam Ferguson Abstract: Framing is at the center of the recent immigration debate. Simply framing it as about “immigration” has shaped its politics‚ defining what count as “problems” and constraining the debate to a narrow set of issues. The language is telling. The linguistic framing is remarkable: frames for illegal immigrant‚ illegal alien‚ illegals‚ undocumented workers‚ undocumented immigrants‚ guest workers
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I believe it is the duty of the federal government to set realistic‚ comprehensive immigration laws that can then be enforced and/or expanded upon by state and local government. The process of legalization should be streamlined so those immigrants living here or wanting citizenship can obtain it quickly and efficiently. This will allow for them to legally work and pay the appropriate taxes. If congress is unwilling to address this issue that affects a majority of states then I believe it should be
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