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This is a term to describe someone who dislikes or distrusts foreigners, a form of prejudice against people from other countries.
What is xenophobia?
Many thousands of Black Americans fled to this country, which accepts the most refugees per capita today.
What is Canada?
Many thousands of Black Americans fled to this country, which accepts the most refugees per capita today.
What is Canada?
Ellis island processed mostly European immigrants in the East coast. In the West coast, this processed "unwanted" Mexican and Asian immigrants.
What is Angel Island?
This city in OC has the largest immigrant population. It also names our local airport.
What is Santa Ana?
When an immigrant applies for a green card, they take on a new status called?
What is permanent resident?
When the US conquered this former Spanish territory, it created a huge pipeline of maids, nurses and navy officers that continues today.
What is the Philippines?
When the US conquered this former Spanish territory, it created a huge pipeline of maids, nurses and navy officers that continues today.
What is the Phillipines?
Donald Trump's grandfather was a teenager turned businessman who came to the USA from this country.
What is Germany?
The largest population of Asians in Orange County are mostly refugees from what country?
What is Vietnam?
A non-citizen living in a country without official/legal approval from that country's government?
What is an undocumented immigrant?
In the United States, immigration laws are almost always made by this part of government?
What is the federal government or the legislative branch?
Migrants left this country following the assassination of the country’s longtime dictator Rafael Trujillo in 1961. It borders Haiti.
What is the Dominican Republic?
After Mexicans, the second largest group of Latine people in the LA/southern california area are refugees from this country.
Who are Salvadorans?
The Irvine family (after which Irvine city is named) originally came from this country, which experienced a Potato family and land enclosures by British colonizers.
What is Ireland?
While immigrant describes someone who comes willingly, this term describes someone forced out, often by war.
What is a refugee?
When President Trump made a "Muslim ban" to protect against terrorism, he banned immigrants from Arab nations except this one, where most of the 9/11 terrorist hijackers came from.
What is Saudi Arabia?
Salsa dancing was made in the USA by immigrants from Puerto Ricans and what Carribbean group whose country the US has an embargo.
What is Cuban and/or Puerto Rican.
Beverly Hills and Irvine have large populations exiled from this country, currently experiencing protests related to treatment of women?
What is Iran?
Irvine has a high concentration of immigrants from this country, which has territorial disputes China and is responsible for inventing Boba Tea.
What is Taiwan?
This is a term to describe protecting the interests of native-born or established inhabitants against those of immigrants.
Who is nativism?
The 1924 Asian Exclusion Act banned all Asian immigrants except those from this superpower, since it was so powerful.
What is Japan?
A non-citizen living in a country without official/legal approval from that country's government?
Who is Alexander Hamilton?
This group fled a massacre in Turkey and currently many live in Glendale. Famous ethnic celebs include the Kardashians.
Who are Armenians?
What are Anaheim?