Citizenship and
Equal Justice
Chapter 14
Great Seal
All Seeing Eye
God has favored our
undertaking
A new order has begun
Out of many, one
Great Wall of Mexico
I. Nation of Immigrants
• Everyone except Native Americans
immigrated into the U.S. at sometime
• 2000 – Mexican Americans around 9% of
the U.S. population
• 2006 – 20% of the people were not born
in the United States
• California – Largest number of immigrants
of any state
This is My Country
Ellis Island
A. Immigrants and Aliens
• Immigrants – People who move
into a country intending to live
there permanently
• Aliens – Person living in a
country where they are not
citizens
B. Types of Aliens
• 1) Resident Alien – Person from a foreign
nation that resides permanently in the U.S.
– Immigrants are these until they become
citizens
• 2) Nonresident Alien – Person from a
foreign country who expects to stay in
U.S. for a short time
– Tourist, reporters
• 3) Enemy Alien – Citizen of a nation the
U.S. is at war with
– POWs
• 4) Refugees – Person fleeing to escape
persecution and danger
• 5) Illegal Aliens – Person who enters the
U.S. without a legal permit
– Around 11 million illegal immigrants in U.S.
today
C. Alien’s Rights
• Given rights outlined in the Bill of
Rights
• Allowed to attend public schools for
free
• Required to pay some taxes and follow
the law
• Cannot vote, are exempt from military
service, and serving on juries
D. Immigration Policies
• 1882 – Congress regulated
immigration for the first time
• Chinese Exclusion Act – Restricted
the immigration of Chinese
immigrants
• Mainly based on racists beliefs
E. Benefits of Immigration
• Most immigrants take jobs that the majority of
Americans refuse to do
• Allows Americans to purse higher education and
have higher paying jobs
• Important agricultural labors in the Southwest
• According to an article in the Omaha World
Herald – November 2008 – Nebraska would lose
33 million dollars per month if no one immigrated
into our state