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Forming of the Colonies
Begining with Virginia, over this span of time British peoples began moving to U.S. lands and forming the thirteen colonies under British control. This could be seen as the begining of immigration in this country as all of the peoples in the colonies were moving across the Atlantic in order to form these new colonies. -
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Revolutionary War
The American Revolutionary War seperated the US Colonies from British control. This seperation made the US into our own country so that would act as the begining of Immigration to the country. By specifically becoming our own country, we then had to create rules for immigration. -
Naturalization Act
First laws of the United States that set up rules for immigration and citizenship. This process excluded all non whites, therefore all native peoples, african americans, servants, and slaves. This could be seen as a start of the feelings that are still apparent in this country about immigrants and who should be allowed. -
The Alien Enimies Act
This act enabled the president to detain or deport male citizens of a hostile country during times of war. This was used during world war II and was one of the first ways that we see racial profiling and assumption of tratiorship. It is hard for people to come to this country if they are at constant risk of being taken captive or deported. -
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Mexican American War
This war resulted from the US annexation of Texas. The War was over disputed territory between the two countries and ended in a victory for the United States. This helped to create our feelings of nationalism and pride in this country that also meant a distaste towards mexico, which lingered and created many of the immigration issues today. -
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Great Depression
During the great depression there was a mass exodus and deportation of mexican americans whether they had entered the country legally or illegally. This was because laws were created to deprive them of jobs, as a way to give more jobs to the "more deserving" white citizens. This could be seen as the start of modern day opinions about mexicans and their place in the US economy. -
Immigration and Nationality Act of 1968
This act ended the quota system that had previously been in place for immigration and created the visa system that we still use and effects all of immigration as it is. -
Ban on Bilingual Education in Arizona Schools
Arizona Voters passed the law in november of 2000 that made bilingual education in schools illegal. This required english emersion for all english language learners in schools. Furthering the stigma that all immigrants need to assimilate to our culture, and hurt their education and our ability to educate them. -
Arizona passes three bills related to illegal immigration
These laws required that colleges charge out of state tuition to students who can't prove citizenship, and denied bail to immigrants charged with crimes. And finally, it made English the state's official language. -
Arizona Senate Bill 1070 passed
In 2010 Arizona passed SB 1070 which made it illegal for any immigrant to be without their government documentation at any time. It allowed for legal officials to stop and question any individual who they had "reasonable suspicion" was an immigrant. The bill is widely criticized for encouraging racial profiling.
