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In the 1920s, restrictive immigration quotas were imposed but political refugees had special status. Numerical restrictions ended in 1965. In recent years, the largest numbers of immigrants to the United States have come from Asia and Central America (see Central American crisis).
Between 1970 and 2007, the number of first-generation immigrants living in the United States quadrupled from 9.6 million to 38.1 million residents. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] Census estimates show 45.3 million foreign born residents in the United States as of March 2018 and 45.4 million in September 2021, the lowest three-year increase in decades.
It was originally released as part of HBO's America Undercover series on Independence Day 1986. [1] The film "appeared at a time when immigrants from Latin America and Asia for the first time outnumbered those coming from Europe". [2] It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival. [3]
Anna "Annie" Moore (April 24, 1874 – December 6, 1924) was an Irish émigré who was the first immigrant to the United States to pass through federal immigrant inspection at the Ellis Island station in New York Harbor. Bronze statues of Moore, created by Irish sculptor Jeanne Rynhart, are located at Cobh in Ireland and Ellis Island. [3]
The American Presidency with Bill Clinton is a 2022 historical documentary series by History hosted by Bill Clinton. It premiered on May 30, 2022, for six episodes concluding on June 6, 2022. The series explores the topics of race, extremism, economic issues, the struggle for rights, presidential vision, and global power.
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The first federal statute restricting immigration was the Page Act, passed in 1875. It barred immigrants considered "undesirable," defining this as a person from East Asia who was coming to the United States to be a forced laborer, any East Asian woman who would engage in prostitution, and all people considered to be convicts in their own country.
The first major segment of the film introduces the poor Mancuso family (headed by the widowed Salvatore, Vincenzo Amato), from Sicily, Italy, at the turn of the 20th century residing in a rural mountainous region, who decide to emigrate to the United States after receiving a sign from God in the form of American postcards depicting giant produce and chickens.