Imigration

For many, immigration to the United States during the late 19th to early 20th century would be a new beginning to a prosperous life. However there were many acts and laws past to limit the influx of immigrants, do to prejudice, such as the Chinese Exclusion Act. Later on into the 20th century there would be laws repealing the older immigration laws and acts making it possible for many more foreigners to immigrate to the United States. Even with the new acts and laws that banned the older ones, no one can just walk right in and become a citizen. One must go through several examinations and tests before he or she can earn their citizenship. One man who has experienced immigrating into the United States is Charles B. Wang, an immigrant from China that has made himself a multibillion-dollar fortune in the computer industry. The Chinese Americans who originally faced extreme racism on the west cost are spread across the nation today and most have kept their culture.

Many immigration laws and acts were placed against foreigners to control the influx of immigrants arriving on the American shores. The first of these was the Chinese Exclusion Act of May 6, 1882. (3,1098) Although directly affecting only a small grou

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The Chinatowns remained isolated and ignored until after WWII when America became more racially open and tolerant to society. He was the “marketing department” and “sales force,” Wang also made most of the furniture for the small CA office. (4) He also established The Smile Train, an unprecedented medical and technology initiative dedicated to helping children with cleft lips and palates and other facial deformities. (3,1098)

The Immigration Act of March 3, 1903 and The Immigration Act of February 20, 1907 added further categories to the inadmissible list. Prior to this act no significant number of free immigrants had been barred from the country. (2,299) Finally after these laws thousands of Chinese immigrated to America to reunite with their loved ones that they were separated from for many years. (3,1096) The priority went to aliens who were farm laborers and those who had special skills. (2,400) He began his computer career as a trainee at Columbia University’s Riverside Research Institute. " (4) Computerworld has recognized CA as a "Best Place" to work for five consecutive years, and IndustryWeek has honored CA as being one of the 100 best-managed companies in the world for the past two years. The people in these classes were inadmissible to enter into the United States. (3,1096) From June 30 until July 1 half of the German and Austrian quotas were available exclusively to persons of German ethnic origin who were born in Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, or Yugoslavia and who resided in Germany or Austria. (3,1395)

A series of statutes were made in 1917,1918, and 1920. Wang has demonstrated a fervent interest in how computer technology can improve the lives of children and promote closer relationships between people around the world.

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