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The General Court of Massachusettes stated that noone could host an illegal alien without the permission of the authorities.
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Foreign slave trade becomes illegal because of this 50,000 slaves become the first illegal aliens. The slaves were smuggled into the United States.
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In the decade of the 1930s, 599,000 immigrants are in the United States. That is four times as many in the decade before. Illegal Immigration starts to expand.
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The treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ends the Mexican-American war. This gave 80,000 Mexicans who already lives in the united States citizenship.
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After Massachusetts and New York passed laws about taxing immigrants the Supreme Court rules that Congress would be in charge of immigration.
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Congress offered to sell land to citizens and immigrants at 1.25$ per acre to less if they move westward.
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Immigration Act of 1917 denies ectry to immigrants from Pacific Islands and Easter Asia
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Cuba allows 125,000 Cubans to illegally depart for the United States
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Legislature passes a law requiring proof of citizenship to get a drivers license.
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Voters endorsed a requirement for English immersion in schools. This bannished bilingual education.
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Volunteers help the "minuteman project", a month to "assist" the U.S. border patrol in its search for undocumented immigrants.
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20,000 Latinos march 24th street in Phoenix to protest federal legislation that would criminalize illegal immigrants.
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Officer Nick Erfle from Phoenix was killed by a fugitive who was an illegal immigrant. Spiked interest to illegal immigration.
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Sheriff Joe Arpaio begins conducting immigration sweeps
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The United States Department of Justice files a lawsuit on the SB 1070 bill; however, the case is still pending.
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Proposition 200 approved which denies purblic benefits to people in the country illegally.
