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Immigration Laws
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Naturalization act of 1790
In order to become a US citizen the immigrant have to have lived in the US for two years. -
Residency Requirements
Congress Reduces Naturalization Residency Requirements to five years. -
Made slave trade illegal: 50,000 slaves become the first ’’illegal allies’’ in the US.
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Went from Naturalization to Tribal land
Native Americans exampted from naturalization and from Tribal land. -
Immigration to U.S
Irish immigration to US begins along with Anti-Irish Sentiments in US. -
Some Americans gain political power
American ’’Nativist’’ Gain Political Power and Advocate 21 year Residence Requirement for Naturalization. -
1837
Supreme Court Rules in NY, that States May take precautionary measures against the importation of ‘’ paupers, Vagabonds, Convicts and infectious Articles’’ -
1840
Naturalization of germans and irish are expedited and offered free of charge during election time. -
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo results in USA acquiring Colorado, Arizona, Texas, California, and parts of Utah and Nevada. -
Rules congress
Supreme court rules that congress alone can regulate immigration. -
Act of 1862 is passed on
Homestead act of 1862 passes to encourage western migration. -
How Immigrants Lived Upon Arriving in the United States
Most immigrants arriving in the United States found themselves facing current material poverty -
Laws get tougher
Law Toughness penalties for transpiring asians to the united states -
Immigration exclusion
Immigration exclusion act PRO, poor and mentally, Chinese exclusion act and immigration exclusion era begins. -
President Lincoln prohibits
President Lincoln acts to prohibit the ‘’ Cooling Trade’’. -
14th amendment is given citizenship
Supreme court confirms the 14 amendment gives citizenship to all persons born in the United States. -
Anarchist act is enacted
Anarchist act enacted and exclusion of immigrants based in political ideology. -
Opens for business
Angel Island Immigration station opened for business. -
U.S. congress
The U.S. Congress enacted the first widely restrictive immigration law. -
Between 1880 & 1920 there were more immigrants arriving
Between 1880 and 1920, more than 25 million foreigners arrived on American shores. -
Smuggling and Illegal Immigration
The Border Patrol is created to combat smuggling and illegal immigration. -
Many Immigrants arrived during 1931-1940
532,431 immigrants arrive. -
The alien registration requires more
The Alien Registration Act requires the registration and fingerprinting of all aliens in the United States over the age of 14. -
He negociates a bilteral treaty
President Roosevelt negociated a bilateral treaty with Mexico through which Mexico would provide temporary farm workers to the United States. -
Many were led into the U.S
Around 40,000 were admitted into the United States because of the violent Soviet response -
Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965
Major landmark in U.S. immigration law -
Amendments to the Immigration and Naturalization Act
This act was extended per-country limitation on immigration -
Refugee Act
This act brought th U.S into a compliance with its interbational obligation to refugees. -
The Immigration Reform and Control Act
Legalize aliens who had resided in the U.S in am unlawful status.