Tancredo's immigration bill and the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882?
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The only parallel I see is in generally in the denial of immigrants from entering the United States.  Tancredo’s proposal would bar all immigrants from entering this country.  The Chinese Exclusion Act targeted Chinese immigrants and that Act prohibited Chinese laborers from entering this country if, in the opinion of the United States, their entry would severely endanger the locality where they would be living.   \n\nBoth policies, in my opinion, are very subjective.  The major distinction is that Tancredo proposes sanctions to the immigrants, where as the Chinese Exclusion Act exempted those who Chinese laborers who were already in the country when the Act promulgated or those laborers who entered the United States after the Act expired.
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It appears to be about controlling illegal immigrants, but its really about controlling Americans.  I think the bill is a bad idea. If freedom and democracy are so important to us Americans, why deny it to those less fortunate who are eager to work and contribute?  Criminals will come regardless, the rest deserve dignity and respect...and hospitality.  I believe Americans have the intelligence and resources...and heart to come up with a better idea...\n\nAmerica, bless God!
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Surley the point of the question is not to keep going over the past, but to query the right of the US to deny to others what it has asserted for itself, that is freedom of movement to other countries.\n\nIt is ridiculous to assert that there were no laws, therefore everything was legal. All societies have rules of behaviour. The settlers simply declared their own rights over the land, and increasingly denied any rights to the Natives as they got stronger.\n\nOf course the past can't be undone, and the Indians were not pure and innocent; and today's Mexicans are in part descended from similar settlers.\n\nBut we could try to accept that there is nothing new about migration, and that immigrants are motivated by the same human desires that inspired the Pilgrim Fathers.
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Several things including Indian Removal, The Nullification crisis and introducing the "spoils system"\n\nFor more information, view the link below.
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Both were the same. Both places had the same routine on letting immigrants in.The only difference was the asian immigrants went to angel island were as european imgrants went to ellis island.
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It was the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882. Too many Chinese people taking up jobs of white people. They were better workers than whites. It was mainly jealousy. Whites believed they were becoming too rich and too many. They would overpower the "natives". THis one was enforced very strictly worked and lowered Chinese population since many went back to China but actually it strengthene them because they built their own communities: Chiantowns where they would be very strong and could have their own businesses and do as they please.\nThere was one other Alien and Sedition Act of 1798. I don't know if you would count that in but it wasn't enforced.
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That State bill was recently passed by Gov. Perdue. Any business who knowingly hires an illegal immigrant will be fined and the illegal immigrant will be deported. When they (illegals) can no longer get jobs in GA they will leave.  When the other states do the same thing they will leave the USA. Pancho better move out of Georgia!!
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Immigration is a natural social occurence even before the Paleo Indians came over via Beringia.\nAt this time we are engaged in reforming or more plainly stated formulating a workable solution for Immigration regulation for security and economical reasons.\nImmigration or Migration of the human is a natural occurence that will consistently achieve and prosper until the end of time. Check below!\n\nAmended Laws and Ways of a Democratic Republic Nation\n\n Weaknesses in the Articles of the Confederation:\n1.The Articles of Confederation (AOC) established a loose confederation of states.\n2.The central government was not given authority to act directly on individuals and states.\n3.The enforcement of federal laws and treaties was left to the states.\n4.Unanimous consent of the states was required for amendment of the AOC.\n5.Each state was given one vote in Congress.\n6.Congress was not authorized to raise money by taxation.\n7.The Federal Government was not given sole power to coin money, states also kept that right.\n8.Congress was not empowered to regulate trade among the states.                                                                          \n\nManner by which the U.S. Constitution (USC) overcame these weaknesses:\n1.The preamble to the USC leads us to believe that the people of the U.S. decide how their government should be run.\n2.Article 6: Clause 2> States that the laws found in the Constitution must be abided by.\n3.Article 1: Sec. 8; Clause 15> The militia can enforce the law (Marshall Law).\n4.Art. 1; Sec. 8; Clause 1> Four methods by which an amendment can be made or ratified w/out requiring unanimous consent of states.\n5.Art. 1; Sec. 3; Clause 1> each state is given two votes in Congress.\n6.Art. 1 Sec 8; Clause 1> Congress is given power to collect taxes in order to provide for National Defense.\n7.Art. 1; Sec. 8; Clause 5: Sec. 10; Clause 1> Federal Govt. can create money, states cannot.\n8.Art.1; Sec. 8; Clause 6> Gives the Fed. Govt. the right to regulate trade and other forms of business between the states and/or nations (and inclusions of immigration reform?).\n\nJose
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We were already occupying Vera Cruz in 1914.  I have the photos from a family diary of US Naval landing parties there. I think Back Jack Pershing was already in persuit of Villa on both sides of the border.  Remeber the Mexican Civil War was in full swing at that time.
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Sure.  On what topic?\n\nNet fiscal effects of unskilled immigration: http://www.heritage.org/Research/Immigration/bg1936.cfm\n\nCosts of illegal aliens:\nhttp://www1.pressdemocrat.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060604/NEWS/60604001/1033/NEWS01\n\nSome impacts of the Senate Bill:\nhttp://washingtontimes.com/commentary/20060527-111535-8806r.htm\n\nMay 2005 order for Border Patrol to 'stand down' where Minutemen were so Minutemen wouldn't look effective: \nhttp://www.washtimes.com/national/20050513-122032-5055r.htm\n\nTrends in immigrant make up:\nhttp://www.cis.org/articles/2005/back1405.html\n\nMultiple links on government studies: \nhttp://usinfo.state.gov/eap/east_asia_pacific/chinese_human_smuggling/smuggling_in_the_press/impact_on_governments.html\n\nMore costs and impacts of illegal aliens:\nhttp://www.thevillagenews.com/story.asp?story_ID=6035\n\nDid you have any particular topic in mind?
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Maybe it's just me, but I would do a research paper on Discriminatory Laws Against Immigrants in the US.  \n\nThe US prides it self as a country built on immigrants.  Almost everyone (except Native Americans) can trace their immigrant roots in 2 or 3 generations.  \n\nYet, if you think back, immigrants have always been the scapegoat for any social problems.  Common sense and statistics tell us that such is simply not the case.  Politicians exaggerate problems with immigrants because they are most vulnerable and have no votes.  It would also make politicians seem patriotic and protecting the country.  \n\nSo there are two approaches: \n\n1) Retrace the US history to identify the pattern of blaming on different group of immigrants (and discuss the social/hisotrical context).  Now it's the Middle Eastern as terrorists, and Mexicans are being blamed for hurting the economy.  Not too long ago it was the Japanese during WWII.  Earlier this century it was the Chinese (beginning of 1900s).  Last century we have the Africans (civil war).  I am sure sometime in the history certain European immigrants were targeted as well (Italians, Russians, etc.)\n\n2) Analyze the current situation to see if the laws are still repeating history.  The reasons why certain groups are targeted and if there is any merit or just results of hysteria.  \n\nGood luck!
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Racism is a valid concern in this country.  However, it is not a valid argument in the immigration debate.\n\nThere is nothing racist about the law.  Either you follow it or you break it.  It's really quite simple.
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-- Antonio Villaraigosa \nMayor- Los Angeles, California-"ELECTED" by the VOTES of ILLEGAL ALIENS - \n Villaraigosa has spent a lifetime opposing U.S. immigration laws - \n Villaraigosa Proclaimed, and I Quote \n"This bill in Congress is wrong. The only thing illegal is making 11 million illegal aliens felons." \nYeah!!! He Actually said that. \nPeople should make No Mistake about it -Villaraigosa's Allegiance is to Mexico, NOT California or These United States of America.                                  http://www.americanpatrol.com/REFERENCE/Villy-Treasonous-Mayor.htmlhttp://www.discoverthenetwork.org/individualProfile.asp?indid=1281\n\nSenor Villaraigosa is A Member Of  "MEChA"  and  " LA RAZA"\n\n -- Mario Obledo \nMexican American Legal Defense Fund Founder - \nFormer California Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare under Gov. Jerry Brown - \nAwarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Bill Clinton - \nIs Quoted \n “California is going to be a Hispanic state. Anyone who doesn't like it should leave. Every constitutional office in California is going to be held by Hispanics in the next 20 years.  People who don't like such demographic changes “should go back to Europe.” http://www.discoverthenetwork.org/individualProfile.asp?indid=1173\n\nSenor Obledo Is A Member Of "MEChA" And "LA RAZA" \n\nA leading Aztlan group is the Chicano Student Movement of Aztlan, known by its Spanish acronym MEChA. \n\nLike many other Hispanic groups,MEChA came out of the "Brown Power" movement of the late '60s. Its founding motto was, \n"For those in the race, everything. For those outside the race, nothing." \n\nCloser to the mainstream is the Aztlan movement, \nwhich claims Aztec and Spanish ancestry and wants only the western half of the U.S. for      "LA RAZA  de Bronze." \n\nMEChA and the LA RAZA movement teach that Colorado, California, Arizona, Texas, Utah, New Mexico, Oregon and parts of Washington State make up an area known as "AZTLAN" -- A fictional ancestral homeland of the Aztecs before Europeans arrived in North America. \nAs such, it belongs to the followers of MEChA. These are all areas America should surrender to "La Raza" once enough immigrants, legal or illegal, enter to claim a majority, as in Los Angeles. The current borders of the United States will  be extinguished.\n\nThe Council of LA RAZA succeeded in having itself added to congressional hearings by Republican House and Senate leaders. And an anonymous senator even gave the Council of La Raza an extra $4 million in earmarked taxpayer money, (supposedly for "housing reform,") while La Raza continues to lobby the Senate for virtual open borders and AMNESTY for ILLEGAL ALIENS \nhttp://www.humaneventsonline.com/article.php?id=13863\n\n-- Angel Gutierrez, \nProfessor, University of Texas, Arlington- \nFounder of the La Raza Unida political party - \n"We have an aging white America.  They are not making babies.  They are dying.  The explosion is in our population . . .They are shitting in their pants with fear...I love it. We have got to eliminate the gringo, and what I mean by that is, if the worst comes to the worst, we have got to kill him."  \n\n-- Art Torres \nCalifornia Democratic Party chairman - \nAt the Latino Summit in Response to Prop 187 at U.C. Riverside (Jan. 14, 1995): \n"Power is not given to you, you have to take it! People say to me when I was on the Senate floor, when I was in the Senate, ' Why do you fight so hard for affirmative action programs? ' And I tell my white colleagues: because you're gonna need them. Remember, 187 is the last gasp of white America"\n\n-- Jose Baca \nCalifornia State Senator - \nIs Quoted 'THE LATINO's ARE COMING, THE LATINO's ARE COMING", Mocking The  American Revolutionary Paul Revere- \n\nYou Can Hear These Words For Yours
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Most of the Hispanic people I have met are hard-working, relatively honest people who simply want a better life for their families. It's hard to fault a person for that. However, strating a new life by breaking the law is not the best way to begin again. I favor a "Green Card" system which allows "guest workers," and a serious crackdown on those who flout the law by illegally crossing the border.
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I think we should break down the question into three parts, and address the overarching themes (since we do not know what the final shape of the immigration bill will be).\n\nFIRST PART:\nShould there be immigration? The answer is a resounding yes. America is a nation of immigrants, and unless you're the great grandson of Sitting Bull, you are of immigrant origin. Immigration is what gives strength to this country: where do you think George Washington and Lincoln came from, spontaneous combustion? What about Einstein? \n\nFurthermore, while many sit around and complain about immigrants, the US is the country with the most transnational corporations in the world, which means we derive a great portion of our wealth from doing business abroad--so I think we can take a few immigants from those countries in which we do business. Mexico happens to be our fourth largest trading partner which means a lot of Americans have jobs because Mexicans are buying our products. \n\nAlso note that a lot of Americans are staffing the branches of US transnational corporations in other countries. For instance, Japan is the country with the second largest population of Americans (after the US, evidently, and excluding Iraq and Afghanistan were American populations are in theory temporary) and Mexico is the country with the third largest population of Americans (besides businessmen and women, note that a lot of Americans retire in Mexico, upwards of 1 million retirees, which is about 1% of the Mexico's population).\n\nIt's true that it would be good if Mexico could provide enough work for its own citizens, but the fact is that it cannot do that yet; as neighbors the US and Mexico need to sit down and work together to find a solution. Building a fence will not even help; we'll probably have to hire immigrants to help us build it! \n\nSeparately, someone claimed that immigrants come here to take advantage of Social Security and our welfare state. In fact, statistically speaking, it has been proved again and again that immigrants work hard enough to earn their Social Security, just like any other worker in America. In addition, it's also a statistical fact that there are more Americans on welfare than immigrants; illegal immigrants do not really have access to it, since they are not US citizens and cannot receive it.\n\nHaving said that, you might say, "OK, but there ought to be a legal process to allow immigrants". Fair enough. Which leads me to the second part of my answer.\n\nSECOND PART: \nShould there be a temporary guest workers program (which President Bush has proposed) that will eventually allow immigrants to become citizens?\nBy all means. Immigration is actually good to oil the global economy and the American economy. As economies develop, such as the US economy has, the citizens become more wealthy and better educated, which leads them to look for better paying jobs. If you are well educated, you are not going to apply for a fruit-picking job, you'll try to become a lawyer, businessman or a college professor, for example. Immigrants are the ones who help us do the jobs in sectors that suffer from labor deficits.\n\nThere are those who argue that if immigrants didn't come to the US, the minimum wage would be higher and therefore US citizens would be more willing to do those jobs. That's nonsense, because of what I just explained: a better educated population does not want to work in agriculture, work as house maids or delivery boys! If Mexico and the rest of Latin America fell of the face of the Earth, other immigrants would come from other countries to take up the jobs that nobody else is doing. In fact, that's what happened when most people came from Europe over the last 200 years. Do you think my or your great-great grandaddy was the Duke of Earl? He was likely as uneducated as any immigrant you meet on the Texas border!\n\nHaving said that, I understand the frustration that many people feel wh
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I'm not completely familiar with the bill, but I am for regulating immigration.\n\nHere are some things to think about:\n-Illegal immigration exists.  Even though we are a nation of immigrants, our ancestors had to follow the current rules to become a citizens.  We will always need those rules so that our government can function (serve its citizens) properly.\n-The government should crack down on Americans who illegaly hire illegal aliens.  People wouldn't break the rules to enter the country if it wasn't profitable for them to do so.\n-Our econemy is NOT dependant on illegal aliens.  Mexicans (or enter any minority here) do not do jobs that other Americans don't want to do.  Americans just can't earn a living doing those jobs.\n-The minimum wage MUST be increased.  With inflation, it is the lowest since the 1960's.  With an increase many Americans would pick fruit, work in factories, do construction, mow lawns, and clean up crap.\n-Illeagal aliens need to learn our country's rules to become members of our fine club.  Otherwise a greater rift between our cultures will errupt in some kind of revolt.
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No they were not criminals but.......\n\n"Today's immigrants are not so different from those who came to America from Europe a century ago.  The fact that the earlier wave came legally (there was no way to come illegally until the early 20th century, when Congress first took steps to limit immigration) didn't make them any more welcome at the time.  Then, as now, the fear was that immigrants from Ireland or Italy, wouldn't assimilate.  And, of course, eventually they did.\nThen, as now, racism and nativism were intrinsic parts of the discussion."