The Last Wave of Immigration
The United States took in a lot of immigrants in the 19th century. Many came to the country in search of new opportunities. With each wave of immigration, the United States experienced a change in both their culture and the context of their lives in order to accommodate new people from a different part of the world. These changes proceeded well into the following century. The last wave of immigration took place after 1965. It has large numbers coming from Latin America and Asia. The United States took in over one hundred immigrants each year. The peak of the migration of both Asians and Latin Americans took place in the nineteenth century. There are currently over four million immigrants of this descent in the United States. Immigrants came to America in such new opportunities, including jobs, educations, and better facilities. The nineteenth-century saw the United States turn into a multiracial state where many different kinds of races settled and worked to earn a living.
A large number of immigrants in the 1960s came to America in search of a better economy. However, the cost to enter the country was too high. At the time, immigration laws had not been reformed, which meant that entry into the country was not free. During the 1960s, the population of foreigners in the United States was at its lowest. The decade ahead would, however, lead to changes in immigration in the country. The laws that had been made after the Second World War discriminated immigrants based on race. It was not until the Civil Rights movement that these prejudices were put to rest, and new policies were put in place to allow immigrants into the country regardless of their ethnicity. The then-president Lyndon signed a petition at Liberty Island, eliminating the quota system that had been previously put in place and established a regime that favored immigration. The laws gave visas to refugees, professionals, scientists as well as artists. Workers and families who had naturalized into the United States citizens were also issued with visas to enable them to enter into the country. This regulation allowed families to be reunited and would lead to various changes in the demography in the coming years. As a result, immigration to Europe reduced, and more and more Latin Americans, as well as Asians, came to America as entry into the country had been eased through these policies.
The most significant development in the last wave of immigration us based on an economic shift that occurred in Both the United States and other countries in the Western hemisphere. This occurred between the late 1960s and early 1970s. The initial sign of this shift was the end of the Bracero program and an alteration in immigration laws in America, allowing people to come through the border to contribute to the industrialization of the country. Although these events were driven by the wave of freedom reforms, including the introduction of civil rights and the right to vote, they influenced this era and concluded the contract labor movement, thus transforming the United States Immigration System. These occurrences caused various key structural changes in the economy of the United States and that of Latin America that exist in the present day. A major alteration that took place during the last wave of immigration of Latin Americans and Asia was the replacement of workers who were not authorized at the time. Most of these laborers came from Mexico City. Although using unauthorized workers reduced during this era, Congress put a complete hold on this program.
After the last wave of immigration, a lot of issues based on stratification were faced. This included stratification based on race and religion. Due to the difference in cultures between the Native Americans and the immigrants, they settled in different parts of the country and were awarded jobs with lower wages compared to the white settlers. For instance, demographical structures were formed whereby most immigrants settled on the south side of cities, which were considered less developed. This is because white people feared that allowing these people into their neighborhoods would put their lives at risk. As a result, most immigrants who had to work for lower wages had to settle in the south side of cities where housing was more affordable. Due to the deep roots of slavery that were still entrenched among White people, they allocated facilities of less quality to the immigrants so that they could have better facilities, live in a better environment and work better jobs for higher wages.
Finally, the last wave of immigration saw the highest number of Asian And Latin Americans get into America. This was as a result of the changes that had been made to the immigration policies. They came to the country in search of better economic opportunities as well as better lives. Others came in search of their loved ones who had entered the country in previous decades. Although immigration was limited initially, immigrants displayed hard work and filled in any skills that had been lacking among Americans. They worked as medical specialists, teachers and scientist improving the economy of the entire country. Stratification was based on race where immigrants were forced to live in dangerous urban areas where they could afford to pay for housing.