Irish Immigration and Discrimination 19th century

I found a few things documented how the irish were discriminated against when they first immigrated to the U.S.
This is one of the famous signs that would be posted in front shops windows:





















This is a short video showing a few different images. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Lz-yS_a-3k

 This is a political cartoon depicted that many people stereotyped the Irish as lazy.



Another politcal cartoon depicted the Irish as drunks.


This cartoon actually says they thought the Irish were a decent from the Negro race. This is interesting because it relates to our book Working Toward Whiteness.

Immigration Questionnaire

On the US immigration website where you could apply for citizenship they had a three question questionnaire a person could take as a pre-screening if you would qualify or not. The three questions were:
Is the person applying for citizenship over 18? Y/N
Is the applicant a Permanent Resident (Green Card Holder)?Y/N
Does the applicant currently have a Green Card (Permanent Resident Car)? Y/N

I took the quiz a few different times and most of the time the result was that I would probably not qualify but could still fill out an application if I wanted too.
I thought was interesting because although now more accesible it is still hard to aquire citizenship.

U.S. Citizen Application Online

At this link I found where a person can start the application process online to become a U.S. citizen. I found this interesting because of how accessible it is to the general public because its readily available on the Internet. This is a sharp contrast of how hard to was to even get ahold of applications like this in the past when certain nationalities weren't even allowed in this country.

http://www.us-immigration.com/us-citizenship-and-naturalization-application.jsp

Immigration Political Cartoons

Reform Deadline

3 Reasons Why an Immigration Reform Timeline Matters!

http://abcnews.go.com/ABC_Univision/Politics/reasons-immigration-reform-timeline-matters/story?id=18822563#.UVNZvRyxV0o

The immigration reform bill keeps getting pushed back.  This articles discusses three reasons why the deadline DOES matter.

1. Momentum
2. Deportation
3. Primaries

Immigration Reform!

Immigration reform is continuing to grow....this article describes Congress' plan and Obama's plan.
Congress' proposal outlines a pathway for the 11 million undocumented immigrants in the US.
Obama's plan is slightly different because he discusses same-sex marriage for immigrants and cutting border patrol.

http://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/Opinion/2013/0212/Immigration-reform-Congress-Obama-and-public-are-not-so-far-apart

Modern Immigration

The other night when I was driving home from class, NJ 101.5 was discussing immigration in modern times, attached is a link of what was found on their website pertaining to these ideas.

http://nj1015.com/obama-says-immigration-overhaul-needed-now/

http://nj1015.com/immigration-reform-bill-needed-says-nj-latino-leader-audio/