DEMOG 145AC Study Guide - Final Guide: Korematsu V. United States, Refugee Act, Bracero Program
Document Summary
Hoover called for enforcement of lpc clause bc he said democracy has spread, no longer need for us asylum. Mccarren-walter act: goal was to maintain us ethnic makeup. Indigestible blocs : pat mccarren, justification for mcw act. Truman denounced it, vetoed it, wanted to extend helping hand. - 1948 displaced persons act, mccarran"s 1950 internal security act. Refugee act of 1980: 50,000 admitted, resettlement program, 2 year wait time before permanent residence, used un definition of refugee. Immigration control act of 1986: border security, employer sanctions (designed to fail bc no id system, voluntary web-based verification system, bad enforcement); farm worker visa program; amnesty for pre-1982 farm workers (alan simpson"s 3-legged stool) Immigration act of 1990: backlash: recession, terrorism, prop 187 (services for illegals), prop 227 (esl students) Bracero program: 4. 6mil workers, were not easily returned /repatriated. Us pay for transportation home, makes them lpc. Btw ww2 and hc act, blacks migrated south to north.
