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itallian imigration
About 5.5 million Italians immigrated to the United States from 1820 to 2004.[7] The greatest surge of immigration, which occurred in the period between 1880 and 1920, alone brought more than 4 million Italians to America. About 80% of the Italian immigrants came from Southern Italy, especially from Sicily, Campania, and Calabria. -
irish potatoe famine
the potatoe famine from 1845 and 1852 was a period of stabation and death in realand cause millions of irish immigrants to the US. -
gold rush
with the california gold rush a large wave of immigration fluted the US spacialy those from China, and latin america. -
mexican immigration
Mexican workers immigrated to the United States to become field hands in regions that had, until very recently, belonged to Mexico. The institution of Mexican workers in the United States was well established at this time in commercial agriculture, the mining industry, light industry and the railroad. The working conditions and salaries of the Mexicans were poor. -
dedication of statue of liberty
statue of libery was dedicated by the french to inpire immigration to the free world. -
openning of Ellis Island
Ellis Island opened as an immigration expection stations on of the biggest of the country and a very important gateway to people looking for the american dream. Then later became a detention and deportation station. -
german immigration
n the 1670s the first significant groups of German immigrants arrived in the British colonies, settling primarily in New York and Pennsylvania. Immigration continued in very large numbers during the 19th century, with eight million arrivals from Germany. They were pulled by the attractions of land and religious freedom, and pushed out of Europe by shortages of land and religious or political oppression. -
japannese immigration
Large numbers went to Hawaii and to the West Coast. In 1907, the "Gentlemen's Agreement" between the governments of Japan and the U.S. ended immigration of Japanese unskilled workers, but permitted the immigration of businessmen, students and spouses of Japanese immigrants already in the U.S. The Immigration Act of 1924 banned the immigration of nearly all Japanese. -
puerto rican immigration
the United States Congress approved Jones-Shafroth Act which gave Puerto Ricans in Puerto Rico a U.S. citizenship with certain limitations. Puerto Ricans living in the mainland United States however, were given full American citizenship and were allowed to seek political office in the states which they resided. -
wet foot dry foot
wet foot dry foot is a piece of immigration law that was passed by the clinton amministration stating that any cuban citizen toching american soil would be granted US citizenship. All this was in efforts to lessen the number of cuban deaths trying to escape the new cuban goverment. -
US patriot act
this act enforcess security across our borders preventing terrorism and illegal immigration. -
sb1070
arizona state senate bill 1070 U.S. federal law requires all aliens over the age of 14 who remain in the United States for longer than 30 days to register with the U.S. government and to have registration documents in their possession at all times; violation of this requirement is a federal misdemeanor crime. equired that state law enforcement officers attempt to determine an individual's immigration status during a "lawful stop, detention or arrest", when there is reasonable suspicion that the
