General knowledge of immigration- first submission

For the past few days, I was able to get a general insight on the background of immigration. Immigration has been a large affect on America's relationship between different nations. Some of the countries who created a large majority of society in America were Western Europe, England and Scotland. The Irish was one of the many groups who entered America looking for opportunity but received poor treatment. Including the Irish, the Germans, Italians, Swedes, Finns, and Jews dealt with a lot of social prejudice and social isolation. Immigration also came into play during times of war. When America was involved in specific wars, immigration would either halt or become very strict during that time. After, there would be many revisions to how they could improve the immigration process. There were many regulations that included or excluded certain groups from entering the country. For example, the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 started to limit the amounts of people entering the U.S. It is interesting to see how different movements can affect which individuals or groups are allowed to come into the country legally. I also briefly read about the conflict of illegal immigration and the large impact it has on the structure of the immigration system.