History of Argentine Nationality - Immigration in The Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries

Immigration in The Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries

See also: Immigration to Argentina

The Constitution of 1853 did include a clause regarding immigration:

The Federal Government shall foster European immigration; and may not restrict, limit or burden with any tax whatsoever, the entry into the Argentine territory of foreigners who arrive for the purpose of tilling the soil, improving industries, and introducing and teaching arts and sciences. —

This clause reflects the Generation of 1830's immigration policies. European immigrants, particularly those from developed Northern European countries, were meant to have a civilizing and modernizing effect on Argentine society, and to forge a new Argentine identity based on hard work, merit, and economic progress.

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