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European Wave of Immigration (GB, Germany, Ireland)
Large waves of Irish (90% of immigrants) coming in to avoid the famine and the blaming of foreigners of stealing American jobs. The transcontinental rail-road and rage about the Gold Rush.
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Chinese Wave of Immigration
Political unrest and economic pressures in China prompted thousands of Chinese immigrants to move to the western regions of the United States in search of temporary work. Leads to the Chinese Exclusion Act.
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14th Amendment Ratified
Citizenship granted for anyone born in the United States.
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European Wave of Immigration (Italy, Austria-Hungary, Russia)
Congress made literacy a requirement for entry into the united states.
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Chinese Exclusion Act
Law that prohibited the entry of Chinese workers into America
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National Origins Act aka Immigration Act of 1924
Immigration quotas on the basis of national origin, serving as the foundation of immigration.
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Displaced Persons Act
Allows for the admission of more than 400,000 refugees left homeless by WW2.
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The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965
Replaced old quotas with a set of seven preference categories.
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Strict Immigration Policies
Smaller quotas of immigrants allowed and acts not in favor of immigration or the allowing of refugees into America.
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Refugee Act
Sought to give refugee policy greater consistency allowing for a regular and emergency flow.
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Immigration Reform and Control Act
Imposed penalties on employers who knowingly hired workers without proper documentation
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Immigration Act of 1990
An amendment in United States immigration law that increased the number of legal immigrants that entered into the United States every year.
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Illegal Immigration Reform of Immigrant Responsibility Act
An effort by Congress to strengthen and streamline U.S. immigration laws. The Act was designed to improve border control by imposing criminal penalties for racketeering, alien smuggling and the use or creation of fraudulent immigration-related documents and increasing interior enforcement by agencies charged with monitoring visa applications and visa abusers.
https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/illegal_immigration_reform_and_immigration_responsibility_act