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History of Immigration
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The Know-Nothings, want to make restrictions higher on immigration.
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1821-1840 Over 742, 564 immigrants arrive to the United States.
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Homestead Act: "discourages Chinese immigration to California"
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Chinese Exclusion Act: "restricts all Chinese immigrants to the United States"
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Alien Contract Labor Law, companies cannot hire any foreigners to work for them.
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Immigration Act of 1917, Asian immigrants are restricted
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Border Patrol was created
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Bracero Program allowed farms in 28 states to hire Mexican braceros to help during the harvest.
Arizona, California and Texas were just a few of the states that took part in this program.
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Immigration and Reform Control Act (IRCA): this act allowed illegal immigrants amnesty.
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Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act, was established to make border patrol better than what it already was.
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Secure Fence Act: President Bush signed this act to help secure our U.S. borders from illegal immigration.
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Governore Jan Brewer signed SB 1070. Local Police Officers have the right to ask about immigration status upon stop if there is a suspision of illegal immigration.
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Obama has made a rule to were children stay in the U.S. but pareants can get deported; the children will be seperated from their parents.
