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) The start of Colonial Immigration; the English settlers arrived to America
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The US Border Patrol is established.
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Boycotts
For the late 1980s–early 1990s boycott of Arizona related to Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Boycotts of Arizona were organized in response to SB 1070, with resolutions by city governments being among the first to materialize.The government of San Francisco, the Los Angeles City Council, and city officials in Oakland, Minneapolis, Saint Paul, Denver, and Seattle all took specific action, usually by banning some of their employees from work-related travel to Arizona or by limit. -
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IRCA
The Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) gives legal status to qualifying illegal aliens who entered the US Before Jan. 1, 1982.1 Jan 1986 -
The Immigration Act of 1990
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In 1996, about 69,000 illegals were removed from the United States;
One of the main problems with immigration concerns illegals. According to the Office of Homeland Security, illegal aliens have required increasing efforts by law enforcement officials in the last 10 to 12 years -
Proposition 200,
Paul Senseman said that when Brewer was Arizona's secretary of state, she advocated for Proposition 200, the provision that requires proof of identification to vote and proof of citizenship to register to vote. Brewer pushed for the measure in 2004 and then "vigorously fought legal battles to successfully defend its provisions," he said.The lawsuits were resolved in favor of her position in 2008. -
Arizona proposition 202
) Arizona Proposition 200 (2004) that have sought to restrict illegal immigrants' use of social services. The 'attrition through enforcement' doctrine is one that think tanks such as the Center for Immigration Studies have been supporting for several years.[14] -
The Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007
its full name was Secure Borders, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Reform Act of 2007 (S. 1348) — 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 to 20 million illegal immigrants currently residing in the United States. -
Joe Arpaoio conducts sweeps
He said the agreement gives ICE-trained deputies the authority to arrest any illegal immigrants they encounter while enforcing state laws.He conducted many of these around Arizona. -
Arizona SB 1070
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.Arizona SB 1070) is a legislative Act in the U.S. state of Arizona that at the time of passage was the broadest and strictest anti-illegal immigration measure in recent U.S. history -
House Bill 2162
On April 30, 2010, the Arizona legislature passed, and Governor Brewer signed, House Bill 2162, which modified the Act that had been signed a week earlier, with the amended text stating that "prosecutors would not investigate complaints based on race, color or national origin."The new text also states that police may only investigate immigration status incident to a "lawful stop, detention, or arrest", lowers the original fine from a minimum of $500 to a maximum of $100,and changes incarceration -
Workers going against SB1070
Tens of thousands of people demonstrated against the law in over 70 U.S. cities on May 1, 2010, a day traditionally used around the world to assert workers' rights. -
US Supreme Court Upholds Arizona Law Penalizing Businesses That Hire Undocumented Immigrants.
The court, on a 5-3 vote, said federal immigration law does not bar Arizona from suspending or revoking the licenses of businesses that employ unauthorized aliens -
US Supreme Court Upholds Centerpiece of 2010 Arizona Immigration Law, Rejects Other Provisions
The provision requires state law enforcement officials to determine the immigration status of anyone they stop or arrest if they have reason to suspect that the individual might be in the country illegally.
