A Brief History of Immigration in Wisconsin
A Brief History of
Immigration in Wisconsin
Presented to
Wisconsin Council of Churches
December 13, 2010
David Long & Dan Veroff
University of Wisconsin Extension
& UW Applied Population Laboratory
apl.wisc.edu
Earliest ¡°Wisconsin¡± Immigrants?
Taken from Wisconsin's Past and Present:
A Historical Atlas
Main Points
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Push-Pull Factors and Chain migration
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Changing opportunities: economies, policies and other conditions
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Tensions surrounding ¡°assimilation¡± and tolerance
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Immigration is not a new story
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Regionalism within Immigration History: Northern and Western Europe,
Southern and Eastern Europe, and finally Asia and Latin America
Growing interdependence w/ Mexico ¨C border enforcement
Why people immigrate
Push Factors
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Poverty / limited economic opportunity
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Population pressure & displacement
Pull Factors
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Political oppression or instability
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Religious intolerance or persecution
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Land and farming opportunities
Economic opportunities
Access to education
Family reunification
Religious & political freedoms
Chain migration: Social or familial networks established
between sending countries and Wisconsin
Policy Factors
Historically:
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Wisconsin Office of Emigration (1852-1855)
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Bennet Law in 1890
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World War I: Anti-German sentiment and the Espionage Act
More Recently:
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Guest Worker Programs, Displaced Persons Act, Family Reunification,
Immigration Reform and Control Act, Immigrant Responsibility Act¡.
NAFTA & Growing Mexico-US economic interdependence
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