U.S. Immigration

Dimitri K, Wade T, Deanie B, and Seth M

Reasons for Immigration Europeans For religious freedom For land Opportunities for work

History of Immigration Laws There were not that many Immigrants were treated badly Many immigrants were pilled in ships The Chinese Exclusion Act Many acts and laws to moderate Racist to many immigrants

Recent Trends Many are illegal Want fresh starts Need opportunities 53% from Latin America The U.S. tries to regulate immigrants Making new laws

Current Laws Trouble with illegal immigrants Mexico Built wall on U.S./ Mexican border Test for citizen ship Currently creating more

Possible Future At current rate many laws Will contain amount of illegal

immigrants Bad relationship with Mexico Have very many illegal immigrants

Geopolitical Effects More people means more building Urban Sprawl More people living in cities More pollution Less available jobs

Work Cited https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Iowa_Land_and_Property http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_immigration_legislation http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.legalregulationreview.com/image

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http://www.cis.org/2012-profile-of-americas-foreign-born-population

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