| A | B |
|---|
| brain drain | Immigration to the United States of skilled workers, professionals, and technicians who are desperately needed by their home countries. |
| Chinese Exclusion Act | Outlawed Chinese immigration for ten years and denied naturalization rights to those already in the United States. |
| illegal immigration | Those who enter the United States illegally. |
| Immigration and Naturalization Act of 1965 | Primary goals were to reunite families and protect the American labor market. |
| Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 | Hiring illegal aliens became illegal for the first time. |
| literacy test | One of the results of hostility against new immigrants. |
| national origins system | Beginning in 1921, a series of measures was enacted that marked a new era in American immigration policy. Whatever the legal language, the measures were drawn up to block the growing immigration from southern Europe, such as from Italy and Greece. |
| nativism | Beliefs and policies favoring nativeborn citizens over immigrants. |
| refugees | People living outside their country of citizenship for fear of political or religious persecution. |
| remittances | The monies that migrants return to their country of origin. |
| sinophobes | People with a fear of anything associated with China. |
| yellow peril | Fear of this overwhemled any desire to know more about Asian people and their customs. |
| xenophobia | The fear or hatred of strangers of foreigners. |
