The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica Last Updated:Nov 11, 2024•Article History Key People: David Levy Carol Weiss King Grace Abbott Emily Greene Balch Robert E. Park Related Topics: Immigration DACA & the DREAM Act Sanctuary Cities
The meaning of IMMIGRATION is an act or instance of immigrating; specifically : travel into a country for the purpose of permanent residence there. How to use immigration in a sentence.
The meaning of IMMIGRATION is an act or instance of immigrating; specifically : travel into a country for the purpose of permanent residence there. How to use immigration in a sentence.
1917:Xenophobia reaches new highs on the eve of American involvement inWorld War I. TheImmigration Act of 1917establishes a literacy requirement for immigrants entering the country and halts immigration from most Asian countries. May 1924:TheImmigration Act of 1924limits the number of immigrants allow...
The phrase "My ancestors came here legally," whether deployed by Sarah Palin, Colin Powell, or anonymous web commenters, represents a widely accepted yet fundamentally inaccurate understanding of the history of immigration and law in America. Remembering the Chinese Exclusion Act helps us consider ...
The days of D-Notices are not done The attempt by Mike Pezzullo to reintroduce Defence Notices is a concerning act of trying to stifle press freedom, writes DrAlison Broinowski. Source:The days of D-Notices are not done Rate this: ...
The aircraft operator shall act upon the direction given through the API System, i.e. to allow or not allow specific travelers to board the aircraft heading to Hong Kong."To allow sufficient time for over 100 aircraft operators to connect to the API system and to ensure the system will ...
▪ If Republicans win the White House and both chambers of Congress this fall, they’re likely to aim forat least a partial repealof Democrats’ Inflation Reduction Act and its climate provision enacted in 2022. If the GOP wins the White House but has to navigate divided congres...
Whatever their intentions, it is also important to judge the ability of unknown others to act on their motivations, assessing the degree to which they are capable of getting things done. These two dimensions of social perception are labeled warmth and competence and together they define a space ...
Why Was the 1986 Reform Act a Failure? The president couldn't have been much more mistaken. People on all sides of the immigration argument agree that the 1986Reform Actwas a failure: it didn't keep illegal workers out of the workplace, it didn’t deal with at least 2 million undocumen...