Citizenship and Equal Justice

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Citizenship and Equal Justice

• Chapter 14

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Great Seal
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All Seeing Eye

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God has favored our undertaking
                                                 
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A new order has begun

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Out of many, one
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Great Wall of Mexico

                     
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I. Nation of Immigrants

• Everyone except Native Americans immigrated into
  the U.S. at sometime
• 2000 Mexican Americans around 9 of the U.S.
  population
• 2006 20 of the people were not born in the
  United States
• California Largest number of immigrants of any
  state

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This is My Country
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Ellis Island
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A. Immigrants and Aliens

• Immigrants People who move into a country
  intending to live there permanently
• Aliens Person living in a country where they
  are not citizens

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B. Types of Aliens

• 1) Resident Alien Person from a foreign nation
  that resides permanently in the U.S.
• Immigrants are these until they become citizens
• 2) Nonresident Alien Person from a foreign
  country who expects to stay in U.S. for a short
  time
• Tourist, reporters

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• 3) Enemy Alien Citizen of a nation the U.S. is
  at war with
• POWs
• 4) Refugees Person fleeing to escape
  persecution and danger
• 5) Illegal Aliens Person who enters the U.S.
  without a legal permit
• Around 11 million illegal immigrants in U.S.
  today

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C. Aliens Rights

• Given rights outlined in the Bill of Rights
• Allowed to attend public schools for free
• Required to pay some taxes and follow the law
• Cannot vote, are exempt from military service,
  and serving on juries

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D. Immigration Policies

• 1882 Congress regulated immigration for the
  first time
• Chinese Exclusion Act Restricted the
  immigration of Chinese immigrants
• Mainly based on racists beliefs

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E. Benefits of Immigration

• Most immigrants take jobs that the majority of
  Americans refuse to do
• Allows Americans to purse higher education and
  have higher paying jobs
• Important agricultural labors in the Southwest
• According to an article in the Omaha World Herald
  November 2008 Nebraska would lose 33 million
  dollars per month if no one immigrated into our
  state