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The simple answer is to control the movement of people into a country. Once you move into the question of why a nation wants to control the movement of people into it's country you open up a wide range of motives from control of communicable disease to flat out racial discrimination and all of these reasons play a part in the current debates.
I think the best place to find the official reasons for having Immigration laws is in U.S. is in the U.S. Code - specifically Title 8, Chapter 12, Sub-chapter II, Part II, Section 1182 "Inadmissible Aliens" where you will find concerns regarding the control of disease and crime. However the conditions described in this section only apply to immigrants as individuals not as racially defined groups and this is where they differ from quotas.
Quotas are a hangover from pre-1965 U.S. immigration laws that stated that Northern Europeans are a superior subspecies of the white race and that the white race as a whole, is superior to Jews and Asians. The purpose of having separate quotas for each source of immigration was to control the racial composition of the population based on this legal discrimination and when President Johnson signed the Immigration and Naturalization Act of 1965 to eliminate that discrimination he also eliminated the original purpose of the quota system.
What else can I help you with?
What was the purpose of the Asian exclusion laws?
The Asian exclusion laws prohibited any further immigration from china and japan
Were there any laws that affected the immigration of Russians?
were there any laws that affected the immigration of russians?
Favorible immigration laws in the late 1800s resulted in?
what did favorable immigration laws result in?
Can you deport someone who has violated immigration laws"?
Yes, someone who has violated immigration laws can be deported from a country.
What laws restricted Japanese immigration to America?
no laws
Which feature of the immigration laws of the 1920s was different from prior laws?
The laws introduced a quota system.
States should not be able to create their own immigration laws.?
States should not be able to create their own immigration laws.
Are Canada's immigration laws fair?
NO
What led to immigration laws based on origin?
Increased Immigration from Eastern Europe.
What two factors influenced the limits on immigration?
Nativism and racism increased in the 1920s and led to changes in Immigration laws.
Are senators responsible for immigration?
Senators are part of the legislature and write and vote on laws that govern the people. They have written and passed laws related to immigration.
What government agency deals with immigration laws?
Immigration and Naturalization Service
