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The start of Colonial Immigration; the English settlers arrived to America.
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Immigration History
Important historical events related to immigration issues from U.S. and Arizona History which have contributed to the present immigration attitudes and issues. -
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The Articles of Confederation maintained citizenship and naturalization of aliens under each states desecration.
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The Alien Naturalization Act is ratified.
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The Alien and Sedition Acts are ratified.
The President receives the power to make decisions about Aliens status. As well as residency requirement for naturalization becomes 14 Years. -
Congress minimizes Naturalization Residency Requirements to 5 years.
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The treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo the betweenUnited States and Mexico. Let the US obtain what is now Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, and some of the areas of Utah and Nevada.
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The Supreme Court states that Congress is the only one who can control immigration issues.
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The railroad industry hires Chinese and Irish laborers to bulid the first transcontinental railroad
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The President assigns an immigration issues representative. While Congress makes efforts to consolidate control over the immigration issues.
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The treaty of Burlingame is signed between the US and China.
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Former slaves become naturalization due to the Naturalization Act of 1870.
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States creating their own immigration laws becomes unconstitutional; Congress takes control of immigrations this now makes it a federal issue.
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Burlingame Treaty ends.
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A large amount of European Immigrants come to the United States.
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The Chinese Exclusion Act is passed.
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The Statue of Liberty is made visible, with the words, "The Huddled Masses Yearning To Be Free", she welcomes a large amount of immigrates to America.
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Ellis Island Opens as an immigrant entry checkpoint.
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The Supreme Court ratifies that the 14th Amendment will grant citizenship to all who are born United States.
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The "Gentlemen's Agreement" is signed between the US and Japan.
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Angel Island opens to be an immigration Station
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The Immigration Act of 1917 denies entrance to Immigrants from Eastern Asia and the Pacific Islands to the US.
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The US Border Patrol is established.
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt gives the executive order 9066 which sends Japanese Americans to internment camps.
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The Bracero Program gives farm and railroad jobs for a 22-year period to Mexican temporary laborers.
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The Magnuson Immigration Act of 1943 lets Chinese to become US Citizens.
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Ellis Island closes.
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The Bracero Program Ends.
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Refugee Act of 1980 lets persecuted individuals look for asylum within the US.
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The Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) gives legal status to qualifying illegal aliens who entered the US Before Jan. 1, 1982.
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The Immigration Act of 1990 limits legal immigration and restates the basis for exclusion and deportation of individuals.
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The Illegal Immigrant Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act permits Central Americans the right to become legal residents of the US.
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The Section 245(i) of the Legal Immigration Family Equity (LIFE) Act gives legalization to qualifying illegal aliens.
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"Minuteman Project" the recruitment of Civilians to Patrol the US-Mexico Border.
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Secure Fence Act Authorizes would extend the fencing along the US-Mexican Border.
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Arizona's SB 1070 was signed by Governor Jan Brewer into law, making being legal in Arizona a crime.
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The US Supreme Court maintains in place the Arizona Law that punishes businesses that hire illegal immigrants.
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President Obama permits illegal Immigrants who came to the United States as Children to stay in the US.
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US Supreme Court maintains 2010 Arizona Immigration Law, Senate Bill 1070.
