Immigration Station

Examples of Immigration Station in the following topics:

• Ellis Island

  • America's first federal immigration station was established in 1890 on Ellis Island.
  • Almost 450,000 immigrants were processed at the station during its first year.
  • Bureau of Immigration had processed 12 million immigrants .
  • After the Immigration Act of 1924 was passed, which greatly restricted immigration and allowed processing at overseas embassies, the only immigrants to pass through the station were displaced persons or war refugees.
  • The first Ellis Island Immigration Station opened in 1892.

• The Pull to America

  • The federal government assumed control of immigration on April 18, 1890, and Congress appropriated $75,000 to construct America's first federal immigration station on Ellis Island.
  • The first station was an enormous three-story-tall structure, with outbuildings, built of Georgia pine, containing all of the amenities that were thought to be necessary.
  • Almost 450,000 immigrants were processed at the station during its first year.
  • The Immigration Act of 1891 established a commissioner of immigration in the Department of the Treasury.
  • Immigration of eastern Orthodox ethnic groups was much lower.

• Immigration and Border Security

  • Immigration and border security are two important issues for United States policy.
  • Immigration and border security are two important issues for U.S. policy.
  • The illegal immigrant population in the United States in 2008 was estimated by the Center for Immigration Studies to be about 11 million people, down from 12.5 million people in 2007.

• The George H.W. Bush Administration

  • During a speech to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, Bush announced a vision to complete Space Station Freedom, resume exploration of the Moon, and begin exploration of Mars.
  • Although a space station was eventually constructed–work on the International Space Station began in 1998–other work has been confounded by budgetary issues within the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
  • Bush also signed the Immigration Act of 1990, which increased legal immigration to the United States by 40%.

• Immigration Policy

  • Immigration reform refers to changes in government policies that attempt to either promote or curb immigration.
  • Immigration continued to fall throughout the 1940s and 1950s, but it increased again afterwards.
  • The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 made it illegal to hire or recruit illegal immigrants.
  • Senate passed the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2006.
  • The Immigration and Nationality Act Amendments of 1965 (the Hart-Cellar Act) abolished the national origins quota system that had been put in place by the 1924 Immigration Act.

• Micro-hydro power stations

  • Micro-hydro stations use natural water fl ows from rivers and streams to produce hydroelectricity.
  • Micro-hydro stations are particularly viable in areas where industrialists during the 18th and 19th centuries built now-unused weirs to turn water wheels that powered looms and other industrial machinery.
  • To read more about micro-hydro stations visit www.energysavingtrust.org.uk/Generate-your-own-energy/Hydroelectricity or www.absak.com/library/micro-hydro-power-systems.

• Immigration and Illegal Immigration

  • Immigration is the act of foreigners passing or coming into a country for the purpose of permanent residence.
  • Immigration is the act of foreigners passing or coming into a country for the purpose of permanent residence.
  • Immigration occurs for many reasons, including economic, political, family re-unification, natural disasters, or poverty.
  • Immigration to the United States has been a major source of population growth and cultural change.
  • Immigration doubled between 1965 and 1970, and again between 1970 and 1990.

• The Immigration Act of 1965

  • The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 changed national immigration regulations to a model based on skills and family relationships.
  • The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 (also known as the Hart-Celler Act) changed the nation's laws regulating immigration.
  • The Act abolished the National Origins Formula, which had been in place since the Immigration Act of 1924.
  • President Johnson signs the Immigration and Nationality Act at the foot of the Statue of Liberty
  • Explain the passage and consequences of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965

• Immigration Restriction League

  • The Immigration Restriction League called for restrictions on immigration of people from certain parts of the world.
  • The Immigration Restriction League was founded in 1894 by people who opposed the influx of "undesirable immigrants" that were coming from southern and eastern Europe.
  • The influence of the Immigration Restriction League declined but it remained active for nearly twenty years.
  • Portrait of George Edmunds, a founding member of the Immigration Restriction League

• Impact of Immigration on the Immigrant

  • Immigration involves the movement of people from their home country to a host country or region, to which they are not native, to live.
  • Immigration presents both benefits and challenges for immigrants.