IMMIGRATION INFORMATION

TASK 1:

MINEZO ARAKI- Japanese alien suspected of being a spy for Japan during World War II.

RICHARD ARVAY- Austrian film maker and writer persecuted by Nazis when he ended up in a concentration camp in 1943.

MARY YEE- Married to Yee Shing. a Chinese merchant, she was born in Michigan However, when she married Yee Shing she became Chinese and lost her U.S. citizenship.

STEPHAN BONDAREFF- Runaway from Russia during Russian Civil War. Fought for white Russian army, immigrated to legalize his status as a U.S. citizen. Quoted "If I go back there, they will throw me in the jail, then kill me."

CARMEN WIENKE- Married to serviceman in 1919, social workers threatened her to go back to Manila, in the Philippines. She was later detained on Angel Island for eight months when she was told she couldn't immigrate back to America.

MARIA GARCIA- First arriving in America in 1918, she did not pay the head tax and had no registration because her husband was a Mexican government  official. She went to Nogales, Arizona on July 22nd of 1924 and registered herself and her family (including a newborn Mexican baby), and are now registered as permanent resident alien. She became a U.S. citizen in 1940.

TASK 2:

ARAKI- Japanese. The Immigration Act of 1917 would most affect Araki.

ARVAY- Austrian. The Immigration Act of 1917 would most affect Arvay.

YEE- Chinese by marriage. Chinese Exclusion Act and the Immigration act of 1917 would most affect Yee.

BONDAREFF- Russian. The Immigration Act of 1917 would most affect Bondareff.

CARMEN WIENKE- Filipino. The Immigration Act of 1917 would most affect Wienke.

GARCIA- Mexican. Neither the Chinese exclusion Act or the Immigration Act of 1917 would affect Garcia.

TASK 3:

I think that the influx of these ethnic groups will change our urban landscape by Italians building pizzerias, Irishmen building taverns, and the Germans selling sauerkraut on the street. America is a melting pot of different racesand ethnicities. Without the Mexicans, we wouldn't be inspired to create Taco Time.

TASK 4:

These immigrants will reshape our country completely. We got the classical music from the Italians. We got Guinness from the Irish, we got ponchos from the Mexicans, and we also got sauerkraut from the Germans. We also got river dancing from the Irish. We got cowboys from the Mexicans. and, we got bearskin rugs from the Norwegians. We got SOCCER from the Italians. We got Borscht from the Russians. The cultures that people bring with them from their homeland influence our nation more than you could ever imagine. You know where we got Halloween? That started in Ireland as All Hallows Eve. The night before November 1st, All Hallows Day. That also means All Saints' Day. Without these immigrants, we would just be a nobody country. Nobody would care for us. They would try to take it from us. They would consider us vulnerable. Weak. But as Americans, we are strong.