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Mexican Immigration Jaimie Annie Hannah

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  • Period: to

    fact 7

    during these years approximatley 37 million emigrants the greatest influx ever entered the U.S.
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    fact 1

    congress creates the emigration and naturalization service or the INS
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    fact 3

    Ellis Island opens
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    fact 2

    The INS opens an emigration screening station at Ellis Island
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    fact 4

    Ellis Island is open as a screening station for incoming emigrants
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    fact 5

    congress passes the emigration act of 1917 enlarging the classes of aliens excludable from the U.S.
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    fact 6

    congress establishes a quota system regulating the number of emigrants who enter the U.S. each year