Are the immgration waves of the 19th and 20th century in any way similar to the Hispanic immigration of today?
What reasons did those people have for coming back then and coming today, and what effects did they have on the U.S.?
Answer:
The immigration waves of the 19th and 20th century is nothing like what we are facing from our countries southern border.
While some got in illegally - it was nowhere close to the nightmare of influx of people that this country faces today.
Unlike times past when immigrants came, learned the language, were proud to be American and wanting to work and be a part of this country - we have a massive influx of people that have no such intent. They demand to be taught in "their language" and have no desire to become part of the melting pot that is what the United States is about.
Crimes happened with immigrants. But even the massive wave of crime that was in the 30's doesn't compare to the nightmare that the United States is facing. Look at the link below to see what is coming into the United States from the southern border.
As an added thought - do an internet search on "Aztlan" which will give you insight on how there is a move to overthrow and take the southern United States back under Mexican control.
TOTALLY DIFFERENT mindset than former immigrants. TOTALLY!
go to wikipedia, he will show you the way
en.wikipedia.org
NO NOT in any way at all
Maybe cause the leaders from all the countries the US owes money to - feel it's ok to send citizens to live in the country they have investments in?
See the attached list of counties the US owes money to - yikes
Well, they are disimilar because the problem is sheer numbers and the numbers weren't nearly as bad back then. Also there were no food stamps for children or aid to family with dependant children, no free emergency health care (unless the facility felt like it) and no medicaide or Medi-cal, so services our people paid for and needed weren't being drained.
However, in both cases, as a percentage of domestic population the influx was too fast. In the 20s they passed a law to limit immigration strictly. In the 60s, however, that was greatly expanded. I think that going back to the numbers of immigrants from the 1924 bill would probably solve the problems now, too. However, it would need to be enforced.
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