The United States at first didn’t have any immigration laws about crossing borders but everything changed after 1882. “first significant federal legislation restricting immigration was in the 1882 Chinese exclusion act.” The Chinese was a federal law that workers would complain that Chinese workers were minimizing wages and threatening whites “racial purity”. “as the number of immigrants rose in the 1880s and economic conditions in some areas worsened, Congress began to pass immigration legislation.” Immigration all started during the 19th century in the 1880s to the 1920s all because of economic opportunities and religious freedom. Immigration really influences the economic. “And while immigrants only make up 16 percent of the workforce, they make up over 20 percent of dental, nursing and health aides and over 30 percent of all software developers.” immigrants coming to the united states and taking jobs it is not a high percentage rate. This is important to know because only 16 percent of the people that migrate to the united states have jobs which is not a large percentage rate.