Immigration in Arizona

By Fadain
  • Mar 1, 1539

    First Arizona immigrant

    First Arizona immigrant
    Franciscan Friar Marcos de Niza enters Arizona in search of a city of gold. Followed by Francisco Vasquez de Coronado and claims Arizona as part of New Spain.

  • First Arizona Settlement

    First Arizona Settlement
    First Spanish colonial garrison in the Arizona area.

  • The Constitution of the United State of America

    Establishment of United States Constitution, giving rights to some United States citizens.

  • Arizona becomes a part of Mexico

    Arizona becomes a part of Mexico
    Mexico gains control of Arizona and trappers and traders start to immigrate to the area.

  • Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

    Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
    The end of the Mexican American war. Everyone in the Arizona Territory becomes a resident of the United States of America.

  • The Homestead Act

    The Homestead Act
    Offered 160 acres of free land to immigrants willing to settle land in the west bring a large number of people from Europe.

  • Transcontinental Railroad

    Transcontinental Railroad
    The Transcontinental Railroad is completed allowing for easier transportation from the east to the west coast. The railroad was built largely with immigrants.

  • Ellis Island Opens

    Ellis Island Opens
    Upwards of 16 millian immigrants to the United State would pass through Ellis island.

  • Naturalization Act of 1906

    Naturalization Act of 1906
    The Naturalization Act of 1906 was an act of the United States Congress signed into law by Theodore Roosevelt that revised the law from 1870 and required immigrants to learn English in order to become naturalized citizens

  • Immigration Act of 1917

    Immigration Act of 1917
    This Act barred all immigrants over the age of sixteen who were illiterate from gaining citizenship in an attempt to slow the immigration process.

  • Border Patrol is created

    Border Patrol is created
    It is an agency in the Department of Homeland Security that enforces laws and regulations for the admission of foreign-born persons to the United States. This is also an important event because it was the development of homeland security which has increased in numbers due to the high quantity of illegal passage to the U.S.

  • Alien Registration Act

    Act requiring all immigrants over the age of 14 to declare themselves and their political beliefs and motives; registration and fingerprinting.

  • Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986

    Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986
    required employers to attest to their employees' immigration status.
    made it illegal to knowingly hire or recruit unauthorized immigrants.
    legalized certain seasonal agricultural illegal immigrants.
    legalized illegal immigrants who entered the United States before January 1, 1982 and had resided there continuously with the of a fine, back taxes due, and admission of guilt. About three million illegal immigrants were granted legal status.

  • SB1070

    SB1070
    U.S. federal law requires all aliens over the age of 14 who remain in the United States for longer than 30 days to register with the U.S. government, and to have registration documents in their possession at all times; violation of this requirement is a federal misdemeanor crime. The Arizona Act additionally made it a state misdemeanor crime for an alien to be in Arizona without carrying the required documents, required that state law enforcement officers attempt to determine an indi

  • Civil Rights Act of 1964

    Civil Rights Act of 1964
    Title VII "prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin".