American Immigration

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American Immigration
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Visa

• Specialists H1b Visa
• Agriculture seasonalworkers H2a Visa
• Seasonalworkers for other branches L2b
• Firm Visa L1
• Exchange of specialists J1
• Internship B1, J1, L1
• Greencard

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Greencard

• 50.000 work permits given out by lottery system
  annually
• Greencard permits to work and live in USA
• Limitless living in USA
• Finished education or school
• After 3 years demand on USA-citizen ship

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Reasons for Immigration

• In the past
• -political or religious persecution
• -Pilgrim fathers wanted to achieve religious
  ideal
• -love of adventure
• - as slaves
• -economical reasons

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Numbers of Immigrants

• 1848-1854 Gold rush in California
• 1861-1865 Civil war? almost no Immigrants
• 1880-1910 antisemitism in Russia ?many immigrants
• 1914-1918 1st WorldWar
• 1936-1945 2nd WorldWar, immigration of ethnic
  minorities
• 2005 real ID Act of 2005 Stricter laws for
  political asylum and habeas corpus

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Number of Immigrants
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Illegal Immigrants

• About 5 million (total)
• rising annually about 275.000

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Sanctions of Government

• American Wall
• - hightech scan with sonar and radar
• - fences on the border
• - infrared sensors
• - armed militmens

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Culture

• All immigrants brought their holidays e.g.
• Christmas (European Christians)
• Kuvansca from African Immigrants
• Hannukah (Jewish immigrants)
• Streetfestivals on 5 May from Hispanic Immigrants
  (Cinco de Mayo)
• News, magazines and radio broadcasts in English
  and Spanish

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Sources

• http//www.usimmigrationsupport.org/
• http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_to_the_Un
  ited_States