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War of 1812
The War of 1812 stops all immigration, due to the fact that the enemies of America block any transports entering or leaving the country via the ocean.
early 1815 -
1864 Immigration Act
Congress puts the 1864 Immigration Act into legislation to bring in more Immigrants to work. This Act enables employers to pay for immigrants to come to America so they can work for them and contribute to the economy. This legislation is later repealed in 1868 -
Chinese Exclusion Act
The Chinese Exclusion Act is passed this year. This is the first major time that immigration is stopped in the history of America. This Act bans the migration of Chinese to America, and continues for many years. -
New Orleans Lynching
After the meeting of several leading citizens in New Orleans, they proceed to a local prison and have a lynching party, which leads to the death of eleven just proved innocent Italian Immigrants. -
Mexican Revolution
The Mexican Revolution leads thousands of Mexicans fleeing to the American territory seeking work and trying to excape the harsh environments of a revolution. Over the next twenty years, almost a million Mexican immigrants will cross the border seeking a source of income. -
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
The Triangle Factory Fire occured when immigrant workers are working in a factory and a fire erupts from a peice of machinery. The employers lock the door from the outside, which creates a problem, since there is no escape for the employees. The fire escape breaks, so the female workers die of wither suffocation, burning, or jumping out the window. This leads to more immigrant rights and less harsh environments. -
First Red Scare
After the Russian Revolution, Americans go into a panic and believe that the U.S. is being threatened by communism. Thousands of immigrants are arrested and others are deported in fear of them being communist or anarchists. -
National Origins Act
This reduced the number of immigrants wo could enter the country annually to 300,000. This reduces the previous 3 percent quota to two percent of those immigrants from any country in the U.S. -
Pearl Harbor Attack
This is the day the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, ultimately bringing the United States into the Second World War. This leads to Japanese migrants and immigrants alike that reside in the U.S. to be discriminated against and sent to camps until the end of the war. -
Japanese Internment
This was the day that President Roosevelt signed an order to relocate aver 100,000 Japanese Americans to 10 camps where they were to remain, in fear that they were against the United States and working for the Japanese government. They remained there until the fear had worn off, years later. -
Operation Wetback
President Eisenhower's border control program. This cut illegal immigration at the cost of anti-Latino discrimination. -
The Immigration Reform and Control Act
The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 allowed most of the illegal aliens who lived in the U.S. continuously since January 1 of 1982 to apply for legal status and also makes it illegal for employers from hiring illegal aliens and regulates penalties for violations. -
Joe Arpaio Elected
Joe Arpaio is Elected Maricopa County Sheriff in Arizona. This will later lead to racism and act passed in his favor against Mexicans. -
Operation Gatekeeper
President Clinton institutes “Operation Gatekeeper” which begins to enforce immigration crossings in California, effectively driving immigrant entry into harsh Arizona dessert. -
Proposition 187
Proposition 187 enacted by California Legislature prohibited physicians from providing medical care to illegal aliens. This was ultimately repealed as unconstitutional. -
Bombing of the World Trade Center
Two airplanes crash into the World Trade Center and the World Trade Center collapses, along with the attack of other important buildings, like the Pentagon, for example. -
Human Smuggling Law
In 2005, Arizona passes Human Smuggling Law, which makes a state crime for smuggling humans, which is a federal crime already. Racist prosecutors immediately began arresting immigrants for ‘self-smuggling.’
