Immigration

Immigration Throughout History

By jeisy

  • Naturalization Act

    Naturalization Act
    This Act restricted naturalization to "free white persons" of "good moral character" and required the applicant to have lived in the country for two years prior to becoming naturalized.

  • Resposibility of Supreme Court

    Resposibility of Supreme Court
    Supreme Court declared that regulation of US immigration is the responsibility of the Federal Government.

  • The National Origins Act

    The National Origins Act
    Gave limits on immgration policies that strongly favored immigrats from Europe to over other regions of the world.

  • 1950 Passage of the Internal Security Act

    1950 Passage of the Internal Security Act
    1950 Passage of the Internal Security Act: Rendered the Alien Registration Receipt Card even more valuable. Immigrants with legal status had their cards replaced with what generally became known as the "green card".

  • The Immigration and Nationality Act (INA)

    The Immigration and Nationality Act (INA)
    This law collected and codified the structure of immigration law. It is still the basic body of immigration law.

  • The 1965 Amendments

    The 1965 Amendments
    The 1965 Amendments abolished the national- origins quota system and replaced it with a seven-category preference system for the allocation of immigrant visas that emphasized family connections and unity as the pirmary basis for immigration to the country.

  • Immigration Refrom and Control Act (IRCA)

    Immigration Refrom and Control Act (IRCA)
    The IRCA toughened criminal problems for employers who hired illegal aliens, denied illegal aliens to federally fund welfare benefits, and legitimized some aliens through an amnesty program.

  • The Immigration Act

    The Immigration Act
    This Act addressed legal immigration deficiencies by adjusting admissions categories and restructuring employment-based entry provisions for both permanent and temporary admissions.

  • USA Patriot Act

    USA Patriot Act
    President George W. Bush signed in October 2001, the Act expanede law enforcement powers to allow susupected terrorists to be searched, monitored, detained and deported. It also strengthened border enforcement. The Act passed in the wake of 9/11.

  • Arizona's Anti-Illegal Immigration Act, S.B. 1070

    Arizona's Anti-Illegal Immigration Act, S.B. 1070
    It made it a State crime for an alien to be in Arizona without legal papers or to apply for or obtain work in Arizona as an undocumented alien.