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U.S Immigration
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important of slaves
Importation of slaves into the United States is officially banned, though it continues illegally long after the ban. -
immigration
The residency requirement for citizenship is reduced to five years. -
1864 centralized control over immigration
centralized control over immigration under the Secretary of State with a Commissioner. -
Naturalization Act of 1870
created a system of controls for the naturalization process. -
move immigration
established to to move immigration to the United States -
Naturalization Act of 1906
verify family members and verification of arrival. -
Immigration Act of 1917
passed by Congress over President Wilson’s veto. This act, required a literacy test for immigrants and also barred all laborers from Asia. -
border patrol
established the Border Patrol. -
Immigration Act of 1924
reduced the number of Southern and Eastern European immigrants. -
Immigration Act of 1924
Targeted immigrants based on their nation of origin rather than ethnicity or religion. -
Immigration Reform Act
made a deal to citizenship for illegal immigrants who had been in the United States before 1982 then made it a crime to hire an illegal immigrant. -
The Immigration Act of 1990
increased the limits on legal immigration to the United States, revised all grounds for exclusion and deportation, -
Naturlization Act Of 1790
In order to become a naturlized citizen this law required an imiigrant to live in the U.S For at least 2 years -
1812
Admission of contract laborers were banned. -
1986 the Immigration Reform and Control Act
created for the first time penalties for employers who knowingly hired illegal immigrants. -
1903
Immigration law was consolidated. -
Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act
increased the categories of criminal activity for immigrants, including green cards they can be deported for certain types of deportation cases.
