The legislative branch enacted all laws such as the Alien and Sedition Acts, the Alien Friends Act, and the Visa Waiver Pilot Program. The Visa Waiver Pilot Program, especially, gives the president lots of power in deciding which individuals from certain countries can come to the US without visas. There have been major changes in immigration statutes and policies. In the nineteenth century, immigration was seen as a city issue, such as in San Francisco and Boston; there wasn’t a comprehensive national immigration statute until the late nineteenth century (the 1875 Page Law, the Immigration Act of 1882, and the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882). These laws were the beginning of Congress’ power to deal with immigration issues as they used them to classify and sort people of certain ethnicities and races. Towards the early twentieth century, the US saw influx in immigrants, especially from Eastern and Southern Europe. This caused fear among the citizens due to all the different people coming in and how it might threat Americanism; due to this fear, Congress began immigration
The legislative branch enacted all laws such as the Alien and Sedition Acts, the Alien Friends Act, and the Visa Waiver Pilot Program. The Visa Waiver Pilot Program, especially, gives the president lots of power in deciding which individuals from certain countries can come to the US without visas. There have been major changes in immigration statutes and policies. In the nineteenth century, immigration was seen as a city issue, such as in San Francisco and Boston; there wasn’t a comprehensive national immigration statute until the late nineteenth century (the 1875 Page Law, the Immigration Act of 1882, and the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882). These laws were the beginning of Congress’ power to deal with immigration issues as they used them to classify and sort people of certain ethnicities and races. Towards the early twentieth century, the US saw influx in immigrants, especially from Eastern and Southern Europe. This caused fear among the citizens due to all the different people coming in and how it might threat Americanism; due to this fear, Congress began immigration