AS AM 1 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Asian Americans, Japanese Americans, Nuclear Family
Document Summary
Established a new immigration policy based on reuniting immigrant families & labor skills. The act allowed entire families to migrate to the us asian nuclear middle class family. Ended the policy of admitting immigrants according to racial desirability & established formal equality in immigration. Seemingly consistent with us democratic tradition (national origins quota was seen as a deviation from democratic ideals) but in reality there were still restrictions. Placed numerical restrictions on countries of the western hemisphere that previously had no numerical limitations reproduce problem of illegal immigration. Impossibility can only be resolved through legalization of status or expulsion. A person whose presence is a social reality but a legal impossibility. Alien & citizen are oppositional terms aliens aren"t supposed to engage in citizenship. This makes the alien citizen seem like an impossible subject . Unable to obtain citizenship b/c of discriminatory racial legislation.
