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English Settlers Arrive in America
Englishmen discover the new world and settle. Deriving from this settlement arose colonies, English Colonies. -
Naturalization Residency Requirements Reduced
The Alien act did not some without it's consequences, causing many protests among many but mot most especially the Irish. Jefferson would've liked to get rid of the requirement, but Congress denied and only lowered the requirements to the previous 5 years. -
Homestead Act
To encourage Westward migration, the U.S Congress offered to sell public land to citizens and immigrants at the cost of $1.25 per acre. This act was successful in it's purpose, many migrated westward due to this act. -
Naturalization Act
The Immigration Bureau was extended by Congress into the Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization (34 Stat. 596) and given authority over "all affairs relating the naturalization of aliens." Despite the fact that the newly created Bureau was initially a part of the Departments of Labor and Commerce and the Department of Labor from 1913 to 1940, the majority of its operations were managed by the Department of Justice, and the Bureau was subsequently integrated into the Justice Department in 1940. -
McCarran Walter Immigration Act
In 1952, the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) was established. Prior to the INA, immigration law was governed by a number of different acts that were not centralized. The McCarran-Walter bill of 1952 restructured the framework of immigration law and collected and codified a number of preexisting laws. Although the Act has undergone numerous amendments throughout the years, it remains the foundation of immigration law. Titles, chapters, and sections make up the INA. -
Bring Them home alive act
grant refugee status in the United States to any foreign national (as well as their parent, spouse, or child) who meets two conditions: (1) they must be a citizen of Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, China, or any other independent state of the former Soviet Union; and (2) they must personally deliver a living American who is a POW or MIA from the Vietnam War into American custody. -
Secure Fence act
authorizes the construction of [700] dozens of miles of double-layered fencing along the country's southern border and directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to take action to prevent the unauthorized entry of terrorists, contraband, and undocumented immigrants into the U.S. -
"Stay in Mexico" Policy may end
The "Stay in Mexico" policy, first implemented by the Trump administration in 2019, was upheld by the US Supreme Court in a 5-4 decision. Non-Mexicans seeking asylum were required by the policy to remain in Mexico throughout their court proceedings in the United States.