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US Immigration
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Naturalization Act of 1790
This act allowed for immigrants to become naturalized citizens after two years of living in the United States. -
Naturalization Act of 1870
This act created a system of controls for the naturalization process and penalties for fraudulent practices. -
Chinese Exclusion Act
The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, was the mass deportation of Chinese immigrants in the United States. -
The Geary Act
It stregnthened the Chinese Exclusion Act. -
Naturalization Act of 1906
Roosevelt passde this law to verify family members and verification of arrival. -
Immigration Act of 1924
Targeted immigrants based on their nation of origin rather than ethnicity or religion. -
Nationality Act of 1940
Required nationality at Birth. -
Immigration Reform Act
Granted a path to citizenship to illegal immigrants who had been in the United States before 1982 but made it a crime to hire an illegal immigrant. -
Immigration Act of 1990
Increased the total immigration limit to 700,000 and increased visas by 40 percent. -
Arizona SB 1070 Act
Any immigrant in the state of Arizona has to be registered in the government. -
Alabama HB 56 Citizen's Protection Act
It is regarded as the nation's strictest anti-illegal immigration law.