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The Naturalization Act
The Naturalization Act occured because of the influx of immigrants, so they modified the period of time that would allow someone to be naturalized. It went from two years to five years tob be naturalized. -
Homestead Act
Signed into law by President Abraham Lincoln on May 20, 1862, the Homestead Act encouraged Western migration by providing settlers 160 acres of public land. In exchange, homesteaders paid a small filing fee and were required to complete five years of continuous residence before receiving ownership of the land. -
First Quota Act
This act limited the number of immigrants from Europe, Austrailia Africa, New Zealand, Asiatic Turley, Persia and certain Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, that coudl enter the U.S -
U.S Border Patrol Established
The U.S. Border Patrol was established to prevent illegal entries along the Mexico-United States border and the United States- Canada border. -
The Great Depression
During The Great Depression they closed off the border. Along with closing off the borders, they took all the Mexican Americans and sent them back to Mexico to reduce relief roles. -
Alien Registration Act
The Alien Registration Act was made to amend certain provisions of law with respect to the admission and deportation of aliens, and also to require fingerprinting and registration of all aliens. -
INA Amendments (Immigration and Nationality Act
The INA Amendments repealed the national-origin quotas and initiated a visa system for family and reunification skills. -
The Refugee Act
The Refugee Act was put in place to have permanent procedures for the U.S' acceptance of refugees seeking asylym in the United States from countries of concern. -
Immigration Reform and Control Act
The Immigration Reform and Control act started sanctions for knowinglyl hiring illegal aliens, provided amnesty to illegal aliens already in the U.S., and increased border enforcement. -
The Immigration Act of 1990
This act eliminated judicial recommendations to deportation and lessoned the governments power of deportation. -
Arizona Proposition 203
Proposition 203 was also known as English Language Educator for Children in Public Schools act. What this did was make it illegal to have bilingual educator programs, meaning all school instruction are to be taught in English. In order to teach students English they are required to participate in an English Immersion programs, which usually puts the students behind academically. -
The Dream Act
The bill proposed a multi-phase process for undocumented immigrants in the United States that would first grant conditional residency and upon meeting further qualifications, permanent residency. -
The U.S. Patriot Act
The U.S Patriot Act U.S. boradens the terrorism grounds for exclusding aliens from entering the United States and increase monitoring for foreign students. They passed this Act right after the terrorism of 9/11. -
Real ID Act
The real ID act made it so there were certain regulations regarding state driver's licenses and ID cards to be accepted by federal government. This was done so there would be greater security when it comes to authentication, issuance procedures standards, and various immigration issues in regards to terrorism. -
Secure Fence Act
The Secure Fence Act secured our borders. This mandated that more than 700 miles of double-reinfored fences would be build along the borders of California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas in order to reduce illegal drug traffecting, and illegal immigration. -
Arizona S.B 1070
The U.S law requires all immigrants that are in the states for more than 30 days to register with the U.S. government and have registration documents with them at all times. This is an Arizona law.
