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The Start of Colonional Immigration
The English start to settle in America. -
The Naturalization Act of 1790
This law was set of rules to follow, and limited naturalization to immigrants who were free white persons of good character, thus excluding American Indians, indentured servants, slaves, free blacks, and Asians. -
Chinese Exclusion Act
It was one of the most significant restrictions on free immigration in US history, prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers -
Immigration Act of 1882
This act made it so there was a tax of 50 cents on all immigrants landing at US ports as part of a government immigration fund. The law also made several categories of immigrants ineligible for citizenship, including immigrants who likely to become public charges. -
Ellis Island Opened
Seventeen-year-old Annie Moore, from County Cork, Ireland was the first immigrant to be processed. -
Gentlemen's Agreement of 1907
An informal agreement between the United States and Japan, where the U.S. would no longer impose restriction on Japanese immigration, and Japan would not allow further immigration to the U.S. -
Angel Island Opened
In the San Francisco Bay, where many Chinese immigrants came through. -
U.S. Border Patrol is established
Congress passed the Labor Appropriation Act of 1924, officially establishing the U.S. Border Patrol -
Bracero Program
The agreement guaranteed basic human rights and a minimum wage, as well as the temporary contract laborers from Mexico to the United States as a momentary war-related clause to supply workers during the early phases of WWII -
Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986
This act gave legal status to qualifying illegal aliens who entered the US Before Jan. 1, 1982. -
English Immersion
Voters endorse a requirement for English immersion in schools, banning bilingual education. It passes 63 percent to 37 percent. -
Secure Fence Act of 2006
The goal of this Act was to secure America’s borders to decrease illegal entry, drug trafficking, and security threats by building 700 miles of physical barriers along the Mexico-United States border. -
SB 1070
SB1070 required aliens 14 years old or older who are in the country for longer than 30 days to register with the U.S. government and have registration documents in their possession at all times -
U.S. Supreme Court Decision
The Supreme Court upheld Arizona Law that imposes harsh penalties on businesses that hire illegal immigrants -
Homeland Security Announcement
President Obama permits illegal Immigrants who came to the United States as Children to stay in the US.
