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The Alien and Sedition Acts
Source- Learn more here "A series of laws known collectively as the ALIEN AND SEDITION ACTS were passed by the Federalist Congress in 1798 and signed into law by President Adams. These laws included new powers to DEPORT foreigners as well as making it harder for new IMMIGRANTS to vote. Previously a new immigrant would have to reside in the United States for five years before becoming eligible to vote, but a new law raised this to 14 years." -
The Sedition Act of 1798 Experation
Source- read more here "The Jefferson Administration allows the the Alien and Sedition Act to expire, reducing the residency requirement for citizenship from fourteen to five years." -
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Source- Read More! "The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ends the Mexican-American War, granting American citizenship to 80,000 Mexican nationals who already live in territory now ceded to the United States." -
Homestead Act
source- read more here! "The Homestead Act, enacted during the Civil War in 1862, provided that any adult citizen, or intended citizen, who had never borne arms against the U.S. government could claim 160 acres of surveyed government land" -
First Congressional Attempt to Centralize Immigration Control
source- read more here "First Congressional attempt to centralize control of immigration.
a. A Commissioner of Immigration was appointed by the President to serve under the authority of the Secretary of State.
b. Authorized immigrant labor contracts whereby would-be immigrants would pledge their wages to pay for transportation." -
Ellis Island Opens
source- read more here "Ellis Island in New York becomes first checkpoint for Immigrants to enter into the United States." -
Mexican Revolution Drives Thousands of Mexicans across the US-Mexican Border
source- read more! "political opponents of [Mexican] President Porfirio Diaz revolted. He was quickly overthrown, but replacement of his government did not end the Mexican Revolution which spread throughout the country and took on deep social and economic, rather than merely political ramifications. The resulting chaos drove thousands of Mexicans north." -
Immigration Act of 1917
Source- find out more here! "Restricted the immigration of 'undesirables' from other countries, including "idiots, imbeciles, epileptics, alcoholics, poor, criminals, beggars, any person suffering attacks of insanity, those with tuberculosis, and those who have any form of dangerous contagious disease, aliens who have a physical disability that will restrict them from earning a living in the United States.." -
Alien Registration Act
source- read more here "made it illegal for anyone in the United States to advocate, abet, or teach the desirability of overthrowing the government. The law also required all alien residents in the United States over 14 years of age to file a comprehensive statement of their personal and occupational status and a record of their political beliefs" -
Bracero Program
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"The U.S. and the Mexican government instituted the Bracero program. Thousands of impoverished Mexicans abandoned their rural communities and headed north to work as braceros." -
Census Estimates 2 to 4 Million Immigrants in the US Illegally with about Half from Mexico
source- read more here!! "The undocumented Mexican population in 1980 was in the 1-2 million range, with the total number from all countries falling in the range of 2-4 million... Of the undocumented present and counted in 1980, 941,000 entered during 1975-1980; 576,000 entered during 1970-1974; and 540,000 entered before 1970" -
Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA)
source- read more here! "When Congress passed and the president signed into law the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, the result was the first major revision of America’s immigration laws in decades. The law seeks to preserve jobs for those who are legally entitled to them—American citizens and aliens who are authorized to work in the United States." -
Comprehensive Immigration Reform
source- read more! "USCIS is responsible for the administration of immigration and naturalization adjudication functions and establishing immigration services policies and priorities. These functions include: adjudication of immigrant visa petitions; adjudication of naturalization petitions; adjudication of asylum and refugee applications; adjudications performed at the service centers" -
Secure Fence Act
source- click to read more "More than doubled funding for border security - from $4.6 billion in 2001 to $10.4 billion this year;
Increased the number of Border Patrol agents from about 9,000 to more than 12,000 - and by the end of 2008, we will have doubled the number of Border Patrol agents since the President took office;
Deployed thousands of National Guard members to assist the Border Patrol" -
Arizona Immigration law
source- read more here "added new state requirements, crimes and penalties related to enforcement of immigration laws and were to become effective on July 29, 2010. "
