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Problems Associated with Immigration
Overpopulation
Terrorism
Lack of Health Care/Increasing Taxes for Legals
Problems Associated with Immigration
Illegal Immigrants in Hospitals
Crime Rate
Major Immigration Legislation
Chinese Exclusion Act (1882)
Emergency Quota Act (1921)National Origins Act (1924)
Major Immigration LegislationThe Immigration Reform andControl Act (1986)- Amnesty to 3m. & Sanctions for Alien Employers
1995: California voters approved Proposition 187 to prohibit undocumented immigrants from accessing publicly funded education, welfare, and health services. The proposition was later found to be unconstitutional
Patriot Act (2001)- Random Detaining of Suspected Terrorists
Welfare reform, immigration reform, and antiterrorism legislation (1996)—significantlyreduced immigrants’ access to socialsafety-net programs, toughened borderenforcement, closed opportunities forundocumented immigrants to legalizetheir status, made it difficult to gainasylum, stripped many due-processrights, reduced access to the courts,and greatly expanded grounds fordeportation
Who’s Taken the Lead?
FEDERAL GOV’T