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__Historical Roots and Development__ Ever since the establishment of the United States, immigration rights have been active part in the making of the diversity. - The Naturalization Act of 1790 was the first American law that dealt with citizenship in the U.S. This law limited immigrants that were”free white persons” or “good morale character” during naturalization by the U.S. Government. - Chinese Exclusion Act was enacted to prevent the Chinese from entering the U.S. in 1882. - The Immigration Act of 1924 put a limit on how many immigrants could enter the U.S based on their nationality. - The Geary Act required chinese citizens living in the U.S. to carry around a residential permit, and was an extension of the chinese Exclusion Act. - Emergency Quota Act restricted immigrants from entering the U.S. - Cuban Refugee Adjustment Act, “The law applies to any native or citizen of Cuba who has been inspected and admitted or paroled into the United States after January 1, 1959 and has been physically present for at least one year; and is admissible to the United States for Permanent Residence.” - Real ID Act 2005 is the most recent act that “ modified U.S. Federal Law pertaining to security, authentication, and issuance procedures standards for the state driver's license and identificationcards, as well as various immigration issues pertaining to terrorism ( Wiki1).”

__People Involved__ - ACLU, American Civil Liberties Union, promotes the enforcements of civil rights and liberties to all people in the U.S. - Bob Dane, a spokesperson for the Federation for American Immigration Reform. - Ali Noorani supports ways of immigrants becoming citizens.She is the Executive Director of the National Immigration Forum. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">- Mitt Romney, supports deploitation of illegal immigrants, and the increase in immigrants. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">- National Council of La Raza, a hispanic pro-immigration group, supports immigration in the U.S. __<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Against Immigration Rights: __ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">- NumbersUSA has the goal of decreasing legal and undocumented legal immigrants. They have spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to advertise their main goal of decreasing the amount of legal immigrants. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">- Coalition for the Future American Worker is an organization that views immigrantion policies as a threat to harming American Workers. They have ran controversial ads during a congressional election that accused immigrants of missusing the American healthcare and school systems.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline;">__Connections__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Women’s Rights: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">- Both rights had limits to minority groups <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">-Neither group had voice in what they could and couldn’t do in the U.S <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">- Both groups strived to achieve equality

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Native American Rights: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">-Both groups had a lot of limitations on their rights in the past, but have more rights in present day. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">-Native Americans, like immigrants, had very little voice for their rights <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">-One difference is that Native Americans were already in the country and immigrants are coming from other countries.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Anti-Establishment: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">-Many of the past laws restricting immigration led to people opposing U.S. government

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline;">__Present and Future__ Over the next 20 years, immigration Rights will change drastically because of the vast increase in the population of the U.S. and amount of people immigrating from different countries.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The U.S. department of Immigration helps foreigners obtain Visas, Green cards, and even U.S. citizenship.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Visas-Allow someone to visit the United States for a determined period of time for business, vacation, or studying abroad.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Green Cards allow you to purchase a permanent residence in the United States.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">By getting U.S. citizenship, you obtain all the rights as a U.S. citizen. Examples-Able to vote, travel with a U.S. passport, become a Federal employee, and many more.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Websites: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://www.myimmigrationstory.com/__] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://www.aclufl.org/take_action/download_resources/info_papers/20.cfm__] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_and_Naturalization_Service__] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://www.us-immigration.com/?gclid=CPaEo-r89a8CFQgCQAodiFz4Gw__] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://www.americanimmigrationcontrol.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=85&Itemid=55__] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://www.splcenter.org/what-we-do/immigrant-justice__]

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Works Cited <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">"A Brief History of Immigration." Cialis Prescription Â» Canadian Pharmacy. AIC. Web. 10 May 2012. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">"Immigration and Naturalization Service." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 05 June 2012. Web. 10 May 2012. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">"Immigration and Naturalization Service." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 05 June 2012. Web. 9 May 2012. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">"My Immigration Story - Home." My Immigration Story - Home. 2008. Web. 9 May 2012. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> "The Rights of Immigrants." The Rights of Immigrants. ACLU. Web. 9 May 2012. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">"Southern Poverty Law Center." Immigrant Justice. SPLC, 2012. Web. 10 May 2012.