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The Naturalization Act
The law was put into effect and it meant that any person living in the United States had to be a citizen. After two years living in the country they would become a citizen. This was only relevant to free white people. -
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Immigration Events
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The Adams-Onis Treaty
This is the treaty that defined the border between what was then the U.S. and Mexico. This will change after the Mexican-American War. -
Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
This treaty was inplemented after the Mexican American war. It gave the U.S. the land on which is now Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah and half of Colorado. -
Border Patrol
The border patrol was implemented around 1904. There were about 75 of them told to guard the American borders. -
Mexican Revolution
The Mexican Revolution started on this day. Mexico was trying to get away from the Spanish and it took a toll on the country. This led to some of the first refugees fleeing into the United States. -
Immigration Act of 1990
This was one of the first acts that put limits on immigration. They made new requirements and authorty on immigration and made it more difficult for people to migrate. This was when the green card was now required. -
North American Free Trade Agreement
North American Free Trade Agreement was put into action. It solved many problems between Mexico, North America and Canada. -
New Arizona Law
In 1996 Arizona's legislature passes a new law that requires all people to prove they are a United States citizen in order to get a drivers license. -
Arizona Proposition 203
Arizona voters voted against bilingual classrooms and sped up the process of English immursion. -
The Minuteman Project
The minuteman project is a volunteer prject where individuals can go and monitor the border themselves. They do not have to be government officials. This was a big step for eliminating illegal immigration across the U.S. Mexico border. -
State of Emergency
Governers of both Arizona and New Mexico initiated a state of emergency to free up funds to go to the counties around the border to fight against illegal immigration. -
The Secure Border Initiative
This was the beginning of the major work that the U.S. started putting into making sure the border was closed. The wall and fences were put up. There were cameras, radars and sensors activated as well. -
The Rally
About 100,000 people marched together to protest the illegal immigration reform. This was one of the biggest push backs in immigration history. They were all in support of undocumented citizens becoming legal. -
SB 1070
This was a law put into effect requiring anyone and everyone crossing the border to have paperwork, visas and proof of citizenship. This made it a punishable crime to be in the U.S. without proof of your legal right to be there. Police can arrest or stop someone just because they may suspect they are an illegal alien. -
Supreme Court and Illegal Workers
On this day the Supreme Court decided on a bill that would make businesses responsible for hiring illegal immigrants. They would be able to punish businesses for hiring people without a social security number or green card number,
