Chapter 13

Chapter 13 discussed about The Immigration Act of 1924 and the national origins system which ended the total exclusion of racail and ethnic groups from naturalization and immigration. There was a big controvery and tension between the U.S. citizens and immigrants that chapter 13 discusses, it showed how different our country was before and how we still have some racial controversy going on today. It was very interesting to read about the bill that was passed which was the refugee policy which was for a displaced person that had been adopted by the UN's International Refugeee Organization. So basically if you were a victim of the nazi, fascist, Spanish republicans, or refugees of the second world war you were put under this category. I found these laws and controversies against immigrants to be very interesting, I looked at both persepctives. For example Americans didnt want any more immigrants to come into their country because they feared communist and danger of nazis and on the other hand immigrants wanted to leave their country because of the cruelty and unfairness that was happening. Reading this helps me understand how our laws work today and how much they have changed when it comes to immigration. Although immigration laws are still a big issue today in our society i believe it has gotten better than it was back then were everything seemed more unfair and unreasonable.