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Colonial Immigration
Britians, Spainards, and many others immigrated to the Americas. So were flee from religious persecution, others from opportunity, along with many other reasons. -
Englishmen Ivade Indian Territories
The english settlers (the original immigrants) begin to have confrontation with natives. This eventuall leads to them assuming citizenship and denying it to those who have lived in the land for many years.
Metacom Relates Indian Complaints about the English Settlers, 1675 -
Naturalization Act of 1790
This is the original act that mainly allowed free white males to apply for citizenship.All a person had to do was reside in the Unites States for two years in order to apply. This act allso allowed citicenship to white females, but did not give them the same amminities white men had. It exclueded all other minority races. -
Naturalization Act of 1795
This act increased the period of required residence from two to five years in the United States. It also introduced the Declaration of Intention requirement. Meaning a two-step naturalization process was needed to gain citizenship. This Act was again was only for free white persons, and superseded the Naturalization Act of 1790. -
Opening of Ellis Island
Ellis Island was the nation's busiest immigrant inspection station from 1892 until 1954. It was expected that an average of 5000 immigrants people would arrive daily to enter the United States. -
Mexican Revolution of 1910
Exasperated by the reign of President Porfirio Díaz for is injustice and cruilty, A revolution broke out in Mexico, causing many to flee to the United States to abscond form the violence and maltreatment. -
Immigration Act of 1924
t The Immigration Act of 1942 limited the amount of immigrants admitted from any country to 2% of the number of people from that country who were already living in the United States in 1890 census. -
Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965
This policy abolished the National Origins Formula that had been in place in the United States since the Immigration Act of 1924. It replacrf it with a preference system that focused on immigrants' skills and family relationships with citizens or U.S. residents. Numerical restrictions on visas were set at 170,000 per year, with a per-country-of-origin quota, not including immediate relatives of U.S. citizens -
Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986
This Act dealt gratly with immigrants in the work-place, It required employers to attest to their employees' immigration status; made it illegal to knowingly hire or recruit unauthorized immigrants;legalized certain seasonal agricultural illegal immigrants; legalized illegal immigrants who entered the United States before January 1, 1982 and had resided there continuously without a fine, back taxes due, and admission of guilt. About three million illegal immigrants were granted legal status. -
California Proposition 187
The Save Our State (SOS) initiative by California was one of the early state movements to punish illegal immigrants.A state-run citizenship screening system would prohibit illegal aliens from using health care, public education, and other social services in the U.S. State of California. -
Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996,
This reform states that if a person is in the United States unlawfully for 180 days but less than 365 days, they must remain outside the United States for three years unless they obtain a pardon. If they are in the United States for 365 days or more, they must stay outside the United States for ten years unless they obtain a waiver. If they return to the United States without the pardon, they may not apply for a waiver for a period of ten years. -
Arizona Senate Bill 1070
Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act is a anti-illegal immigration legislative Act in the state of Arizona. The Arizona Act made it a state misdemeanor crime for an alien to be in Arizona without carrying the required documents, required that state law enforcement officers attempt to determine an individual's immigration status during a "lawful stop, detention or arrest", or during a "lawful contact." -
Alabama HB 56
The Alabama law states that if police have "reasonable suspicion" that a person is an immigrant unlawfully present in the United States, in the midst of any legal stop, detention or arrest, to make a similarly reasonable attempt to determine that person's legal status. Likewise students and families can not use any public resource at the state or local level. -
Alabama HB 56 Revision
It was recommended that several parts of the law be repealed. The provision requiring collection of the immigration status of public school students, the provision requiring immigrants to always carry alien registration cards, and the allowance of lawsuits by state citizens who do not believe public officials are enforcing the law, are all extreme. The proposed changes would make the law easier to defend and enforce. -
Arizona v. United States
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on the case Arizona v. United States. It upheld the provision requiring immigration status checks during law enforcement stops, but declined three other provisions as violations of the Supremacy Clause of the United States Constitution.
