Immigrations Laws 1800-Present

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    U.S Immigration

  • Naturalzation Act of 1790

    Naturalzation Act of 1790
    Allowed immigrats to become Naturalized citizens after two years of living in the U.S
  • Naturalization act of 1870

    Naturalization act of 1870
    It Restricted and immihration to anyone who was White or african Descent
  • Page act of 1875

    Page act of 1875
    The U.S didnt allow any immigratnts who were undesireable.
  • Chinese Exlutuion act

    Chinese Exlutuion act
    They deported all of the chinese back to there country
  • Immigration act

    Immigration act
    It was the first comprehensive law for the U.S
  • The Geary Act

    It made the chinese exclution act stronger
  • Naturalizitaion Act of 1906

    Roosevelt passed this law to verify family members and verfication of arrival.
  • Emergency quota act

    It limited any immigrant migration down to 3%
  • Immigration Act of 1924

    It targeted immigrants based on there nation on orgin rather then ethinicity or religion.
  • Nationality of 1940

    Required nationality at birth
  • Immigration and nationality act

    It set an amount of immigrants coming in for the jobs that neeed to be filled in.
  • Immigration reform and controll act

    It made it illigal to hire Not legal immigratants. It made the U.S boreders more stronger.
  • Immigration reform act

    This granted a path to citizen ship to illegal immigrants who had been in the U.S before 1982 but made a law to where you can hire illegal immigrants.
  • Immigration act of 1990

    This increased the total amount of immigration to 700,000 and increased Visas about 40%
  • illigal immigration act

    It gave the illigal immigrants the chance to get welfare, it was easier for the illigeal immigrants to get welfare then legal ones.
  • Enhanced boreder security and VISA entry reform act

    Enhanced boreder security and VISA entry reform act
    They hired more border patrol jobs, Made school report foreign students.
  • Real ID act

    It made a law to to where you need an ID to enter any govermental type of building. Made national laws for divers license.
  • Arizona SB 1070 Act

    Anyone who lives in arizona must be registered in the U.s Government.
  • Alabama HB 56 Citizen Protection Act

    It is That if the police have any suspition that your a immigrant they can legally stop you.
  • INA amendments

    It made a visa type of system, It set a 20k limit for the southern hemisphere to come in.