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Immigration Timeline
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U.S. Naturalization Act
Act that allowed immigrants to become naturalized U.S. citizens after two years of residing in the United states. -
Naturalization Act of 1795
Lengthened required residency to become a citizen. -
Naturalization Act of 1798
Further extended required residency in order to become a citizen. Registers white immigrants to establish date of initial residency. -
14th Amendment
"All people born or naturalized in the U.S., and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the U.S. wherein they reside." -
Page Act of 1875
1st federal immigration law did not allow "undesirable" immigrants to pass over; Chinese were discriminated -
1882 Chinese Exclusion Act
Chinese laborers could not come for 10 years; no Chinese naturalization -
1882 Immigartion Act
federal concern, charged 50 cents to come through, and discriminated people; didn't let everyone who payed through -
Geary Act of 1892
Extended and strengthened the Chinese Exclusion Act -
Immigration Act of 1903
Added classes: ancharists, beggars, importers, or prostitutes -
Naturalization Act of 1906
Required people to know some English in order to become citizens -
Immigration Act of 1907
Restricted immigrants for certain classes of disabled and diseased people.
Woman marries foreign national: loses her citizenship. -
Immigration Act of 1917
Restricts immigration from Asia by creating an "Asiatic Barred zone." -
Emergency Immigration Act of 1921
too many people coming in after the war; kept new arrivals at 3% of existing foreign-born numbers of any nationality from the 1910 Census -
1952 Immigration and Nationality Act
Excluded certain races for immigrating into the U.S. (mostly Asians) -
1965 INA (Immigration and Nationallity Acts) Amendments
Repealed the national-origin quotas; visa system for family reunification; quota for Western Hemisphere immigration; 20k county limit for eastern hemisphere aliens -
Enhanced border Security and Visa Entry Act of 2002
more border patrol; schools had to report foreign students -
Real ID Act 2005
need to show id's before entering gov. buildings, going on planes, making bank accounts, etc. -
Arizona Immigration Law
Anti-Illegal immigration measure; rules on how long people could stay without advising if they were immigrants; if caught, it was considered a crime. -
Alabama Immigration Law
If police are suspicious that someone is an immigrant, they can stop them and arrest them. Allowed them to attemp to find the person's legal status.
