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Early Restrictions
Congress passed a law defining who could become a citizen if a person was not born here. Citizenship was only possible for someone who was a free white person. -
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People come over here.
One of the heaviest periods of immigration in american history with some 25 million immigrants -
Chinese Exclusion Act
Stated that no chinese laborer could enter the U.S. for ten years (Chinese professionals were still allowed to immigrate.) Renewed several times untill WWII when China was an ally -
Quota System
Congress sets up quotas favoring immigrants from the northwestern Europe; the Immigration act of 1924 expands the system -
Immigration act
Introduced quota system. Each countys immigrants were limited to 2 percent of foriegn born residents -
Immigration Reform Act
Abolished the quota system based on national origin. -
Immigration Reform and Control Act
Slowed immigration by punishing employers who knowingly hired undocumented immigrants. second, it made undocumented immigrants illegal -
Immigration Act
States that no coutry could become more than 7 percent of that country's immigrants. -
Immigration Reform Act
Increased border patrol staff and stiffened penalties for creating false citizenship papers or smuggling undocumented workers. -
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Bush was the man. he made it tough on those darn illegal aliens. he supported tougher laws.
