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Chinese Exclusin Act of 18882
Stopped the entry of Chinese immigrantes into the United States for ten years -
1888 and 1891
More rescrictive acts were passed in 1888 and 1891 -
Quota Act of 1921
Limited the annual number of immigrants from each nationality to 3 percent of the number of foreign-born persons of that nationality who were living in the United States in 1910. -
Immigration Act of 1924 and National Origins Act of 1929
Established a new quota system for each nationality and set a limit on the total number of immigrants to be allowed entry at all. -
1965
Eliminated quotas based on national origin. -
Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986
Imposed severe penalties on empolyers who willfully hired illegal aliens. -
Amnesty Program 1987
Illegal aliens who could prove that they had been in this country continuously for al least five years coulod apply to obtain temporary legal residency status. -
Immigration Act of 1990
Revised several other acts, including an act passed in 1965. -
Immigration Reform Act of 1996
The act put into effect a number of provision to stem illegal immigration. One provision of the act would have forced hundreeds of thousands of illegal immigrants and refugees to leave the US. -
Welfare Reform Act of 1996
Prohibited immigrants, including legal immigrants who are not yet citizens, from recieiving most forms of public assistance, uncluding welfare benefits. -
1997
A new policy was revised in 1997. Under the new pocily, many refugees automatically became eligible for permanent legal residence. -
1994-Proposition 187
This denied public social services, publicly funded health care, and public education to people who were suspected of being illegal aliens.
