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Mr. Beat gives a (somewhat) brief history of immigration to the United States of America. Have you heard of that country? Boy, he sure has. Anyway... Another law I left out was the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act. You can learn about it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKHl__BEsD0 Thanks for reading the description you lovable dork. This was produced by Matt Beat and Beat Productions, LLC. All images and video by Matt Beat, used under fair use guidelines, or found in the public domain. Creative commons credits: Kenneth C. Zirkel, Grand Canyon National Park, Amyyfory. Music by @ElectricNeedleRoom (Mr. Beat's band) and CreatorMix.com. Related videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZEomO2OsAc&t https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwQRfckSANI&t https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKKJ-GUG7m0&t Here's an annotated script with footnotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iLmQTfHQ1wALyZVQEyLKfZuR-P09sBFftReXa5YtCEY/edit?usp=sharing Sources/further reading: https://publications.iom.int/books/world-migration-report-2024 https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2022/12/16/key-facts-about-recent-trends-in-global-migration/ https://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/frequently-requested-statistics-immigrants-and-immigration-united-states-2024 White Borders: The History of Race and Immigration in the United States from Chinese Exclusion to the Border Wall by Reece Jones Purchase here: https://amzn.to/4bh5Aq8 Not “A Nation of Immigrants”: Settler Colonialism, White Supremacy, and a History of Erasure and Exclusion by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz Purchase here: https://amzn.to/44H87HL https://www.migrationpolicy.org/programs/data-hub/charts/total-immigrant-and-emigrant-populations-country https://sojo.net/articles/how-united-arab-emirates-country-90-percent-immigrants-handles-immigration https://cers.leeds.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/97/2016/10/United-Arab-Emirates-and-racismY-Moradeyo_Mapaderun.pdf Line in the Sand: A History of the Western U.S.-Mexico Border by Rachel St. John Purchase here: https://amzn.to/3V6OANW https://www.jstor.org/stable/40170391 Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmYesELO6axBrCuSpf7S9DQ/join For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about How to support and donate to my channel: Subscribe to @iammrbeat & hit the notification bell 🔔 Join for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat Cameo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat Subscribe to my second channel: The Beat Goes On Patreon for The Beat Goes On: https://www.patreon.com/thebeatgoeson Connect with me: Links: https://linktr.ee/iammrbeat Website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Podcast: https://anchor.fm/thebeatpod Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ @beatmastermatt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Beatcord: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat Merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Fourthwall: https://link.fourthwall.com/MrBeat StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/5272340869152768 #ushistory #immigration #immigrationtotheusa 0:00 Introduction 5:09 The First Immigrants 10:04 Protestant and English 12:42 The Rise of Nativism 15:26 Wait a second, should we limit immigration? 18:10 The biggest backlash against immigration yet 22:25 The backlash ends