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This was the starting point of immigration to the U.S.
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The importation of African slaves is another example of the start of immigration to the U.S. Although this was from force.
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Massachusetts prohibits people of different views from entering such as religion or ways of life. They are viewed as suspicious people.
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Heavy financial burdens were enforced for whoever broke this law.
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The newly developed U.S. government made a general consensus that it would now only take five years to gain citizenship
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U.S gains Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, California and parts of Utah and Nevada.
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The 14th amendment confirms that any person born in the U.S. no matter what background is a citizen.
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This protest led to thousands of Mexicans crossing the U.S. border due to unfair work policies driving them into a crazy amount of debt.
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Between 1915-1916 the US congress appointed these on the US-Mexican border.
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Even though they were here before us, Native Americans were not considered citizens until this date.
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The Mexican Repatriation Act between 1929 and 1936 forced immigrants in the U.S. back to Mexico.
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This brought over 5,000,000 temporary Mexican laborers to work in US farmlands and railroads.
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Even though this program was coming to an end Mexican immigrants were still coming over without papers or documentation.
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In 1980 the census for illegal immigrants was about 2 to 4 million with over half being Mexican.
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This project was placed to find volunteers to patrol the US Mexico Border.
