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Immigration Since 1965 Flashcards

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9864782195It repealed the quota system established in the 1920sWhat was the purpose of the Immigration Act of 1965?0
9864782196Immigration from non-European countries increased dramatically.What change in immigration occurred after the Immigration Act of 1965 was passed?1
9864782197migration chainsThe preference given to family members of immigrants residing in the US created2
9864782198the increase in illegal immigrationWhat growing problem in the 1980s prompted the creation of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986?3
9864782199employers who knowingly hired unauthorized immigrantsThe Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 established penalties for4
9864782200the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacksWhat event caused Congress to tighten border controls and created the Department of Homeland Security?5
9864782201Latin AmericaIn the 1990s, more than half of new immigrants came from6
9864782202Hundreds of thousands of refugees from Southeast Asia arrived after 1974.How did the Vietnam War contribute to the growing immigrant population of the US?7
9864782203Unauthorized immigrants are often unskilled, resulting in poverty and a need for social servicesWhat effect on society do critics of illegal immigration say the problem creates?8
9864782205Immigration Act of 1965Which law ended the system of quotas based on national origins and allowed every country an equal number of immigrants into the US?9
9864782206those with close relatives already living in the USWhich applicants were given priority for admission to the US under the Refugee Act of 1980?10
9864782207More liberal immigration laws have allowed more legal immigrants to enterWhy has the number of legal immigrants to the US increased since 1980?11
9864782208Aliens suspected of terrorism can be deported based on secret evidence.What has been one of the effects of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996.12

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