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Naturalization Act of 1790
The Naturalization Act of 1790 created the regulations for the first time in allowing the United States to offer naturalization to other people not born in the U.S., but was not given to slaves or Asian immigrants. -
1819 Steerage Act
Established standards to be followed by ships carrying passenges to the United States. -
Page Act of 1875
The Page Act of 1875 was the first federal immigration law and prohibited the entry of immigrants considered "undesirable." The law classified as "undesirable" any individual from Asia who was coming to America to be a forced laborer, any Asian woman who would engage in prostitution, and all people considered to be convicts in their own country. -
Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
The first significant laws to restrict immigration into the United States. The laws were created to prevent Asian immigrants from further entering the country because of upset workers on the West Coast. -
The Geary Act of 1892
The Geary Act extended the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act for an additional 10 years, and required persons of Chinese descent to acquire and carry identification papers. -
Immigration Act of 1917
This act required immigrants to take a literacy test and banned all Asian workes among many other banned people as well, such as homosexuals and mentally/physically disabled. -
Emergency Quota Act of 1921
This act temporarily limits the amount of immigrants that can come to the United States by doing quotas based on the rate birth of a country (3%). -
Labor Appropriation Act of 1924
The Labor Appropriation Act just like the Emergency Quota Act it limited the number of immigrants entering the country this time to 2% of the number of people in that country who already live in the U.S. -
Bracero Program of 1942
The Bracero Program was a series of laws and diplomatic agreements, initiated by an August 1942 exchange of diplomatic notes between the United States and Mexico, for the importation of temporary contract laborers from Mexico to the United States. -
Chinese Exclusion Repeal Act of 1943
After being in alliance with China, congress repealed the Chinese Exclusion from 1882 allowing Chinese into the U.S. -
Bracero Program ended
The Bracero Program ended in 1964 on December 1st officially but many works had already acquired green cards and legal residency and the ones who did not simply headed to the city for work. -
Cuban Refugee Adjustment Act
The Cuban Adjustment Act was an act which gave Cuban natives or citizens who have been in the U.S. for 1 year permanent residence. -
Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986
The bill gave unauthorized aliens the opportunity to apply and gain be legal in the U.S if they met the requirements. Also made it illegal for employees to hire illegal workers. -
Patriot Act
This Act was created after the U.S suffered from the attacks of September 11, 2001 that left a scar in everyones life. This act helped strict security and border patrol and stopped immigrants from crossing to the U.S in hopes of reducing terroism. -
SB 1070
The controversial Arizona bill that made it a state crime to reside illegaly in that state and all legal citizens will be required to carry paperwork proving their citizenship. Police will also have the capability to stop and question anyone they "reasonably suspect" of being undocumented.
