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Opposition to immigration, also known as anti-immigration, is a political position that seeks to restrict immigration. In the modern sense, immigration refers to the entry of people from one state or territory into another state or territory in which they are not citizens .
Republic Act No. 5701, (An Act to Amend Section 46 of Commonwealth Act No. 613, Otherwise Known as the "Philippine immigration Act of 1940", as Amended). Approved on June 21, 1969. Presidential Decree No. 524, (Amending Section 42 of the "Philippine Immigration Act of 1940", as Amended (Providing for New Fees)). Approved on July 31, 1974.
The Philippine Immigration Act prescribes fourteen different visas grouped into two broad categories: Section 9 visas (non-immigrant visas), for temporary visits such as those for tourism, business, transit, study or employment; Section 13 visas (immigrant visas), for foreign nationals who wish to become permanent residents in the Philippines
More migrants mean more work and growth, but Americans are right to demand an orderly system. | Opinion
The visa policy of the Philippines is governed by Commonwealth Act No. 613, also known as the Philippine Immigration Act, and by subsequent legislation amending it. The Act is jointly enforced by the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) and the Bureau of Immigration (BI). Visitors from 157 countries are permitted visa-free entry for periods ...
The most prominent act of violence at the time was the Rock Springs massacre, in which a mob of white miners killed nearly 30 Chinese immigrants because they were accused of taking the white miners' jobs. In 1875, Congress passed the Page Act, the first restrictive immigration law. This law recognized forced laborers from Asia as well as Asian ...
PolitiFact fact-checks immigration claims Sen. Katie Britt, R-Ala., made from her kitchen table in the GOP response to President Biden’s State of the Union address.
Anti-Filipino sentiment refers to the general dislike or hatred towards the Philippines, Filipinos or Filipino culture. This can come in the form of direct slurs or persecution, in the form of connoted microaggressions, or depictions of the Philippines or the Filipino people as being inferior in some form psychologically, culturally or physically.