Immigration in the USA timeline

Amnesty

1986 BCE

The government gave amnesty to more than 3 million aliens through the Immigration Reform Act

"Brain Drain"

1970 BCE

Government has given preferences to professionals like doctors, nurses, scientists, and hi-tech specialists.

Hart-Cellar signed into law

1965 BCE

Offering hope to immigrants from all the continents. The face of America was truly about to change.

Displaced Person Act

1948 BCE

Offering hundreds of thousands entry into the United States.

Truman

1948 BCE

"I urge the Congress to turn its attention to this world problem in an effort to find ways whereby we can fulfill our responsibilities to these thousands of homeless and suffering refugees of all faiths."

World War II beginning

1930 BCE

New kind of immigrants -> fleeing Nazi persecution arrived into USA
When the US declared war to the Axis Power, Italians and Germans were detained. More extreme for Japanese -> were interned

American attitude toward immigration began to shift

1914 BCE

After the outbreak of WWI in 1914 -> Nationalism and suspicion of foreigners

"Gentlemen's Agreement"

1907 BCE

Extended the goverment hostility toward Asian workers and families

Chinese Exclusion Act

1882 BCE

Severely restricting immigration from China

The Great Hunger in Ireland

1840 BCE

immigrants came into the US to escape the nightmare.
1,5 million deaths

The Great Hunger

1840 BCE

"I saw the crop. I smelt the fearful stench. The death sign of each field of potatoes. The luxuriant stalks soon withered, the leaves decayed…"

Act of 1819

1819 BCE

requiring ship captains to keep detailed passenger records and provide more human conditions on board

War between USA and Britain

1812 BCE

Slowed immigration