A Brief History of Immigration to the United States

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

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.

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Here's an annotated script with footnotes

Sources/further reading:

White Borders: The History of Race and Immigration in the United States from Chinese Exclusion to the Border Wall by Reece Jones

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Not “A Nation of Immigrants”: Settler Colonialism, White Supremacy, and a History of Erasure and Exclusion by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

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Line in the Sand: A History of the Western U.S.-Mexico Border by Rachel St. John

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