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Others, even government officials, entertained stereotypical notions about immigrants, believing that some groups included dangerous radicals? (American Mosaic, 163). Government officials were able to entertained these stereotypical notions about immigrants by the use of yellow journalism.
             Thenon-privileged immigrants,? which were the ones that did not speak English or they were not from England faced a lot of prejudice from the ones who were here before. Theprivileged immigrants? felt that they belong here, and that the new immigrants were coming to America only to work for them. The native workers saw the newcomers as people who were stealing their jobs. Established immigrants were complaining because of fewer jobs and lower wages. .
             ?The Irish who came first to this country around the middle of the last century were far from happy. They sought but had not found freedom from religious and political persecution, nor a chance to earn a decent livelihood for their families? (www.people.virginia.EDU). The Irish faced a lot of prejudice: they were seen as extremist Catholics, judged by their religion by their traditional Protestant assumptions about the reactionary nature of Catholicism. These were beliefs combined with the ancient English prejudices against Irish and made the newcomers seem irredeemably alien. At this time the only way to use the media against immigrants was yellow journalism and by talking to people in person.
             The Japanese faced one of the most extreme acts of anti-immigration. America attempted to discouraged Japanese immigration in various ways. The most famous attempt to stop immigration to America was the agreement known asThe Gentlemen's Agreement.? From 1907 to 1908, America decided to stop legislating against the Japanese, while Japan agreed not to issue any more passports. This significant act of anti-Japanese immigration would result in the demeaning of Japanese-Americans as second-class citizens.


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