The Immigration Of Japanese Immigrants - 1259 Words

Question 1: The action taken by the U.S. government has shaped the migration of the Japanese. Between the late 1800s and early 1900s and agreement was passed, where thousands of Japanese immigrants came to the United States. To employers, this was ideal; as we know employers benefitted from labor immigration, therefore they supported the immigration of Japanese citizens. However, white workers opposed their immigration in fear of lack of jobs. This trend can also be seen with the Mexican immigrants that migrate into the United States. Because of the fear of Japanese immigrants overpopulating and seizing white Americans of their job opportunities, there was a prohibition of immigration in the 1900s, which stopped the flooding of Japanese†¦show more content†¦Before, Japanese immigrants could have been driven out of their home country because of their economy and pulled by the potential job opportunities that the United States offered. In this case, Japanese immigrants were dr awn by the opportunities in the United States but later were no longer needed because of the growing economy in their country. Question 2: Around the 1940s, all Japanese American families were forced into concentration camps due to fear of Japanese invasion. Due to Japanese military victories and the attack on Pearl Harbor, the federal government viewed Japanese Americans as a threat to their security and took action into allocating them in concentration camps. However, this imprisonment did not happen over night, instead, the government issued their incarceration discreetly and with subtle steps. First, many aliens, including Italians, Germans and Japanese were moved from certain areas and were restricted from air travel. Following this, these groups were excluded from many Western states like California, Arizona, etc. The fact that Japanese Americans were not the only aliens being relocated and restricted could have led to a false sense of security between these groups. However, those of Japanese ancestry were finally detained, while Germans and Italians were not. In the end, Japanese Americans were all tr ansported in large numbers to concentration camps that resided in the west.