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African Slaves begin to be Imported
The Slave trade brought many African Americans to the U.S. That lead to the population by the end of the colonial period to 20% of the population being African American. -
Naturalization residancy requirements change
Jefferson wanted to eliminate the previous requirements to become a resident. While congress felt residency was a important element in the citizen process. Congress then agreed to lower the pervious requirement to five years. -
Congress is appointed the right to regulate immigration
the supreme court passed a law allowing there to be tax on the incoming immigrants. that law was later overruled due to the overlap of constitutional rights that were already in place. -
President appoints the Commisioner of Immigration
This position was appointed in hopes to centralize immigration control. This position was appointed to run under the Secretary of State. -
Naturalizations take place before elections
During this time between 20,000-30,000 Irish Americans were naturalized about 6 weeks before the upcoming election. Both parties paid the necessary fees to allow the naturalization to occur. -
Naturalization Act of 1870
Due to the First Naturalization that occurred in 1790 that only free people of white descent, this naturalization extended the right to former slaves. -
Checkpoint opens at Ellis Island
Ellis Island becomes a passage for over 12 million immigrants entering the US. they pass through an examination and a inspection before being able to enter through to the US -
Mexican Revolution Cause
During the Time of the Mexican revolution it pushed thousands of Mexicans across the border. So much of what was going on in the Mexican government caused many to lose lands and accumulating large amounts of debt. This caused many people to fee north to the US. -
Inspectors allowed to patrol US borders
US congress passed the law to allow the use of Mounted Inspectors to patrol the border to prevent any illegal crossings. -
Annual report of 1927
During the annual report it was estimated that over 1,000,000 Mexicans currently resided in the US illegally. -
The Closure of Ellis Island
When America Entered WWI, immigration began to decline and Ellis Island was used as a center to hold enemies under suspect. after the war the Immigration act of 1924 passed that strictly allowed few to enter into the US -
Armed Froces Naturalization act
This law passed allowed for any persons involved in the Us military and veterans to become naturalized citizens. -
US- Mexican Border
The Secure fence act was passed that allowed the Us to put up fencing around the US- Mexican border. Along with the fencing it was also passed that Homeland security was allowed to take action to stop the incoming of undocumented immigrants. -
President Obamas Executive action
President Obamas Executive action collectively protected all undocumented immigrants from deportation. This allowed them to apply for jobs but not to vote. It also protected those who were brought to the US by their parents while they were children. -
Challenge to Obamas Exactive action is up for revote.
the Supreme court went back to challenge Obama's executive decision in 2014 to stop deportation of those immigrants that have been in the Us for 5 years, the vote ended in a 4-4 tie.
