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The Naturalization Act of 1790 established the rules for naturalized citizenship, as per Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution, but places no restrictions on immigration. Citizenship is limited to white persons, with no other restriction on non-whites.
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It stated that you have to be a citizen in the U.S for 5 years instead of 2 years.
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further lengthened required residency to become citizen, registers white immigrants to establish date of initial residency
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Prohibited immirants classified as undesirable
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It prohibited immigration of all chinese laborers.
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It created the guidelines of exclusion through the creation of a new category of inadmissible aliens.
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It introduced a commisioner of immigration to the treasry department
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Extended and made the Chinese Exclusion Act stronger
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Also known as he Anarchist Act, added and or banned four admissionable classes(anarchist,beggers,importers, prostitutes)
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It stated that you have to know some english to become a legal citizen.
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Restricted the enterance into the US for certain classes of disabled and diseased people/
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It restricted immigration from asia. It also introduced a reading test to those immigrants over 14 years of age
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During WW1, the US troops were having a difficult time with anarchy. Soo they extended the provision on the Anarchy Exclusion Act.
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It added two new features to American immigration law: numerical limits on immigration from Europe and the use of a quota system for establishing those limits.
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Aimed at freezing the current ethnic distribution in response to rising immigration from Southern and Eastern Europe, as well as Asia. Introduced nationality quotas.
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This document was established with the Immigration Act of 1924.
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Basically, this law determined who was eligible for citizenship, and who wasnt. It also explained how you can lose your citizenship.
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Repealed the Chinese Exclusion Act and permitted Chinese nationals already in the country to become naturalized citizens.
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It somewhat loosened the grip on Asians legal rights to become a US citizen. However, it increased the power of the government deportation.
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First time mexican immigration was restricted.
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Cubans who enter the United stats were considered to have legal sttus
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It granted a path to citizenship to illegal immigrants who had been in the United States before 1982 but made it a crime to hire an illegal immigrant.
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All citizens above the age of 18 must carry identification(ID cards, drivers license, etc.)
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Increased immgration by 40%
