The New Wave of Immigration to the U.S.

An immigrant is generally defined as a foreignborn person who intends to live permanently in the United States. (Bogen 32). For purposes of clarification, some scholars have divided immigration into two stages: the "Old" (prior to 1941); and the "New" (from 1941 to 1990). This dichotomy is especially useful because, although many of the motives of immigrants have not changed, the Second World War (1941) changed nativists' attitudes, refocused priorities and brought issues of intolerance, discrimination and racism into the open.

Although some immigrants had been abused more and longer than others (blacks), and one, native Americans, deserves (since they are the "real" nativists) separate treatment, it is the immigration of blacks, Asians, Europeans, Indians, Hispanics, and the coll

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ts where agricultural products were processed. The Chinese built the Central Pacific Railroad, and their overall hard work led to their industry and perseverance being classified as unfair competition. The Chinese presence continued as a source of agitation: " . . .Caucasians still shunned the menial tasks the Chinese had performed, and so other Asians were encouraged to replace them." (Dinnerstein, Nichols and Reimers 238). The Chinese and the Japanese reacted differently: the Chinese retreated, and the Japanese persevered. Like Negroes, Orientals received few regular bank loans. The most important type of assistance came in the form of credit associations, which they used to establish small businesses. Prior to World War II, the Chinese and Japanese suffered similarly. Subsequent to the invasion of Pearl Harbor, Japanese were transferred en masse to "relocation camps." It was, unarguably, one of the darkest hours in American history: " . . . the incarceration of Japanese Americans was 'the most dramatic invasion of the rights of citizens of the United States by their own government that has thus far occurred in the history of our nation.'" (Sowell 82). The perseverance of the Orientals contributed to a transition from a "meltin
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