Dear America,
Immigration to the US was started out friendly but as a lot of immigrants started coming from all different parts of the world, some people thought the country was over populated. To the Americans, they had to deal with new "aliens. Some opponents didn't like them, they made the branches speak out for them and pass laws to limit immigrations. While most laws were aimed at general races, Exclusion Act was aimed specifically at different groups of immigrants. Some opponents even formed anti-immigration allies that were aimed at driving out certain groups. Take the WPC and the "Know Nothing Party" for an example, it was formed to get rid of the Chinese back to China and not stay in California. They thought of Chinese as people that wanted to take all the jobs in America and also people that wanted to lower the wages. They would break the Burlingame treaty that was passed between the US and China and pass on more laws like the Anti-Coolie Act. The opponents of that group like Denis Kearny didn't look at things from Chinese's point of view; they are too arrogant of their own knowledge, of what they see and what they heard. But on the other hand, the Jewish experience wasn't as difficult because the Displaced Person Act that was formed after WWII because a lot of homeless people were wandering. While many laws that were created were aimed at races, immigrations laws in general like the "Immigration Act" set a new policy that changed the "National Orgins Act" that made immigration to the US by a possibility of 3% of the current group of immigration residents dwelling in the US. Besides this act, their was also the Immigration Act, instead of 3% of every immigration group can come to America, only 2% of the current population of residents living in America could be allow to come to America.
But that was when America was young and didn't adapt to the sense of sharing, they were still greedy but as things got better, there was less discrimination and violence around. The US Constitution promised:
The US Constitution promises Americans the 'blessing of Liberty,' over the decades, that promise has served as a beacon of hope for a steady stream of immigrants seeking to escape poverty, injustice and religious and political persecution. But for many years, the full benefits of American democracy were withheld from some groups of Americans only after a long and different struggle were these people able to win all the rights of citizens as promise in this Constitution.
We should all as Americans think about how America and its generations have changed and became more tolerant. To help understand and work together, not looking at each other as "aliens" or enemies.
			Sign from,
		Peace Maker