NATIVISM aka Anti-Immigrant Xenophobia...a movement to ensure that native-born Americans receive better treatment (government policy, jobs, etc.) than certain "undesirable", "barbaric" , or "un-American" immigrants.
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| 1920 Raids...Arrests...Deportations |
Over the past 20 years, America has experienced an alarming rise of anti-immigrant hatred and violence mostly from groups who call themselves "True Americans" or "Patriots". There are currently over 200 nativist/ anti-immigrant groups in America proving that the "jellyfish is alive and well".
This "new growth" of anti-immigrant xenophobia is really nothing new...
As America makes the claim to be a "Nation of Immigrants", consider some of our actions toward certain "undesirable" immigrants..
1840-1920...many Anti-German, Irish, Catholic, Jewish Laws
1850's...The Know Nothing Party forms
1882...Chinese Exclusion Act
1920's...KKK & government led "Red Scare"
1924...Immigration Quota Act
1942...Executive Order 9066 & 9102...Internment Camps
1950's...McCarthyism and "Red Scare"
Post 9-11...Patriot Anti-Terrorism Act
2005...Minuteman Border Patrol
2007...Aztlan Conspiracy
2010-2012...164 new anti-immigrant laws passed
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