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1790
Defined who could become a citizen if they were not born here. -
Period: to
1880 and 1920
25 Million immigrants arrived -
Chineese exclusion act of 1882
.No chinese laborer could enter the U.S. for more than 10 years. -
Emergency Quota Act
Congress sets up quota's favoring immigrants from northwest Europe. -
Immigration act of 1924
Immagration from any country is limited to 2% of its origional countrys 1890 Census. -
1965-Immigration Reform Act
First to reunifying families and second to workers -
1986 - Immigration Reform and Control Act
penalyses employers for employing undocumented immagrants -
Immigration Act of 1990
Set up special catagorys for war refugeee's. -
2007 immagration
was a bill discussed in the 110th United States Congress that would have provided legal status and a path to citizenship for the approximately 12 million undocumented immigrants residing in the United States. The bill was portrayed as a compromise between providing a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants and increased border enforcement -
Immigration Reform Act of 1996
Expands border patrol and stiffens punishment on fake papers
