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Naturalization Act of 1790
Law that provided the first rules to be follow in the United States for the granting of national citizenship. The law requried two years of residency in the United States and one year state residence prior to applying for citizenship. -
Naturalization Act of 1798
The Naturalization Act of 1798 increased the allotted amount of time necessary for immigrants to become citizens of the United States from five years to fourteen years. -
Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves
The act took effect in 1808 and was a federal law that stated no new slaves were permitted to be imported in to the United States. -
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
This treaty ended the Mexican-American and extends citizenship to more than 80,000 Mexicans living in Texas, California, and the southwest. -
The Homestead Acts
The Homestead Acts were many federal laws which gave immigrants ownership of land for little to no cost. The first acts were signed into law by President Lincoln. Anyone who had never taken up arms against the U.S. government, including freed slaves; was 21 or older; or the head of a family, could file an application for land. -
Chinese Exclusion Act
This act was in enforced for ten years on Chinese labor immigration. The law prohibited any entry of an ethnic working group in America under the penalty of imprisonment and deportation. -
Immigration Act
This act was put in place and put a 50 cent tax on all aliens landing in the United States. State offivers checked each passenger with a set of specific criteria and were allowed to not permit people onto land if they thought necessary. -
Ellis Island Immigration Station
Ellis Island opened it's first immigration screening center. -
Expatriation Act
This act contained seven sections. This included laws for loss of citizenship who were married to foreign men, retention after terminating their marriages, and children born in the United States by alien parents could acquire U.S. citizenship. -
Creation of U.S. Border Patrol
The U.S. Border Control was created under the United States Department of Labor. The first two border patrol stations were in El Paso, Texas and Detroit, Michigan. -
Immigration and Nationality Act
A.k.a. The Hart-Cellar Act.
This act abolished the national quota system that had structured American immigration policy since the 1920s. Restrictions were set on visas to only 170,000 per year. -
Proof of Citizenship to Obtain Drivers License
Director of the Motor Vehicle Division, Russell Pearce, enrolled Arizona in the National Driver's Registry program. This program implemented a law that required applicants of drivers licenses provide a birth certificate proving they are citizens of the United States or documents proving they were in the United States legally. -
Proposition 203
Arizona Bans Bilingual Education. Voters endorse a requirement for English immersion in schools, banning bilingual education. It passed 63 percent to 37 percent. -
Proposition 200
This proposition passed in Arizona requires individuals to show citizenship documents when voting or receiving government social services. -
SB1070
Allows officers to stop and determine an individuals immigration status during a "lawful stop, detention or arrest", or during a "lawful contact" not specific to any activity.
