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1、AmericanPeopleTheUSCensusBureauPopulation(2010)30.8million2004whitepeople78%theminorities22%2010whitepeople65%AsianAmerican5%2042whitepeoplewouldbetheminorities13%Blacks12%Hispanics4%AsianTherestWhiteAmericansItisthethirdmostpopulouscountryintheworldafterChina
2、andIndia.ThemostpopulousstatesareCalifornia,Texas,NewYork,FloridaandIllinois.TheUniqueAmericancharacterWillingnesstotakerisksEarlyimmigrantsbravedtheviolentAtlanticOceanRevolutionaryfightersduringtheIndependenceWarCowboysandfrontiersmenpioneeringintheFarWest.R
3、eligiousandracialtoleration,readinesstolearnImmigrantsofdifferentbackgroundsNewlanguage,newsocialcustoms,newwaysofmakingalivingTheIndiansColumbuslandedintheNewWorldin1492.ThenativesIndiansNoreliablefiguresexistonthesizeoftheIndianpopulationin1492.Archaeologist
4、sbelievethattheforefathersoftheIndianswerefromAsian.Morethan27000yearsago,archaeologistssay,somehunterscrossedtheBeringStrait(白令海峡),about50mileswide,fromAsiatoAmerica.ChineseExclusionAct(1882)1882(光绪八年)ChineseExclusionAct一、10年内禁止华工进入美国;二、非劳工的华人入境,须持有经美国驻华领事查验和
5、签名盖章的英文护照。但美国税关人员有权在海关检查并拒绝持证者入境;三、不准中国人取得美国国籍;四、非法入境的中国人驱逐出境。ChineseExclusionAct(1882)该法案创造了两项美国纪录:第一次立法禁止一个种族进入美国,第一次立法排斥一个种族加入美国国籍。这个人成为不能向美国自由移民的唯一民族。1902年,美国国会通过法案,再度将《排华法案》延长10年。1904年的一项法案干脆将《排华法案》无限期延长。二战时,中国成为美国的盟国,《排华法案》的存在已不合时宜。1943年(61年后),美国国会废除了《排华
6、法案》。PrioritySystemTheUnitedStatesnowrestrictsthenumberoflegalimmigrants.Themaximumannualnumberforonecountryis20000.Permitsaregrantedaccordingtotheprioritysystem.ThemostfavoredapplicantsaretheunmarriedchildrenofAmericancitizens.Secondinlinearespousesandunmarrie
7、dchildrenofresidentaliens(immigrantswithgreencards).Furtherbackinlinearepeoplewithspecialskills,suchasmedicaldoctorsandnurses.RefugeeActAccept“refugees”RefugeesfromHungaryafterapopularuprisinginthatcountryin1956OnemillionrefugeesfromCubain1959(CubanRevolution)
8、OnemillionrefugeesfromSoutheastAsiain1975(afterVietnamWar)(1975Indo-chinaMigrationandRefugeeAct)(印度支那三国:越南、老挝和柬埔寨)ImmigrationandNaturalizationService(移民归化署)inchargeoftheimmigration
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