Masooma Alsultan representing the racial document March 1, 20,2014 The Mysterious Identity of the Japanese American and the Mexican American After the United States gained its independence, immigrants began to arrive in American lands. And at the end of the 1800s the situation of immigrants changed. Many Americans have begun to look to immigrants because they are different. Moderators of the industrial factions saw immigrants as a source of good income and considered them cheap labor. So each faction started looking at immigrants from a benefits perspective. As a result, the U.S. government issued restrictions on immigrants. (Immigration since 1870, 1). Some Americans returning to their Japanese, Filipino, and Mexican roots have had the problem of mysterious identity, whereby they have been treated as immigrants or non-US citizens in various periods of time. Japanese Americans and Mexican Americans were two of the major American parties that addressed racism as a nation in the United States. During World War II, and after Japan took part in this war, Japanese Americans began to face a problem that belongs to both America and Japan. And it was difficult to define where their loyalties lay. “ Anyone over 17 had to answer:27. Are you willing to serve in the United States Armed Forces on combat duty wherever ordered? 28. Will you swear unconditional allegiance to the United States of America or obedience to the Japanese emperor…?” (Evacuation Experiences of Minoru Yasui, 1981, page 19). This quote is from the text Evacuation Experiences of Minoru Yasui by the author Minoru Yasui, a Japanese American. The quote was… at the heart of the charter… cism even with US citizenship not changing their identity from the perspective of other Americans and from the perspective of the US government. Works Cited: Daniels, Roger. “The war at home”. School. Scholastica inc. Network. March 20, 2014. http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/wwii/ahf/mineta/ background.htm“Immigration Since the 1870s.” University at Albany. State University of New York, n, d. web. March 20. 2014. http://www.albany.edu/history/HIS530/Immigrationsincethe1870s/immigration.htmlSoto, Gary. "Mexicans start jogging." Read literature and write arguments. 2nd Missy James and Alan P. Merickel. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentis Hall, 2004. 143.Print.Yasui, Minoru. "Minoru Yasui's Evacuation Experiences." Testimony to the Committee on Wartime Civilian Resettlement and Internment, United States Senate. Densho Encyclopedia, 2012. Web. 12 March 2014.