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Jamestown
http://www.nps.gov/jame/learn/historyculture/the-first-residents-of-jamestown.htm The first english settlerers come to the area that will be the state of Virgina. THe colony is named Jamestown. 144 englishmen make the journey.
This begins the european immigration to the new world with lots of colonies popping up. -
Potato Famine
http://www.historyplace.com/worldhistory/famine/america.htm50,000 Irishman and 50,000 Germans arrive in the United States. They are pushed out of their country by the potato famine. They would settle in large numbers in new york and Boston where they faced prejudice. -
Gold Rush
http://www.history.com/news/8-things-you-may-not-know-about-the-california-gold-rush Mass immigration followed the discovery of gold. Many foreign prospectors were disciminated against. Chinese immigrants were
charged a tax. In 1850, 25% of callifonians were immigrants and there were 20,000 chinese immigrants. -
New Immigrants
Iimigration began to grow after the US Civil War 330,000 immigrants flocked to the united states in 1886, the year of the statue of liberties’ dedication. New immigrants included more catholic and jewish peoples from italy poland and russia. -
Tydings–McDuffie Act
http://public.getlegal.com/legal-info-center/march-24-1934-congress-passes-tydings-mcduffie-act-paving-road-for-philippine-independence/ This act granted independace to the Philippines and reclassified all Philippines citizens living in the US as aliens. A quota for 50 immagrants a year was set, allthough this restriction was often broken. -
Bracero program
http://amhistory.si.edu/onthemove/themes/story_51_5.html This program, wich ran from 1942-1964 legally allowed 4.5 millian mexicans temporarly immagrate druing its time. The temorary citizens were their to work in agricultural jobs. -
War Brides Act
http://library.uwb.edu/static/USimmigration/1945_war_brides_act.html This law allowed the immagration of foreign born wifes and children for returing veterans. The end of WW2 Marked an Increace in all immigration. Refugees came in from war-torn europe. -
1951 Refugee Convention
http://www.unhcr.org/pages/49da0e466.html This UN agreemend gave the United states the reponsiblity to take in a certain number of refugees each year. A refugee is someone escaping persecution in their home country. -
The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (The McCarran-Walter Act)
https://history.state.gov/milestones/1945-1952/immigration-act This act reaffirmed immigrant quotas. The immigration was capped at 1/6th of the population of the US in 1920. This act also lifed restriction on Asian immigration. -
Operation Wetback
This program was implemented by Dwight D. Eisenhower. It involved mass deportation of Mexicans working in the United States illiagaly. It is wildly considered a tragic violation of human rights. Many mexicans were killed. -
Immigration reform and controll act.
http://www.uscis.gov/tools/glossary/immigration-reform-and-control-act-1986-ircamark this act was passed to deter and controll illeageal immigration into the united states. The act also leagalized many illiagal workers in the country at the time. -
9/11 Attacks
http://abcnews.go.com/ABC_Univision/News/ways-immigration-system-changed-911/story?id=17231590 After the devastating 9/11 terroist attacks many immigration policy issues were tightened. There was a sharp increace in deportations, increaced spending on immigration, police involvement and private immigration detention centers. -
The Border Protection, Anti-terrorism, and Illegal Immigration Control Act of 2005
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/109/hr4437/summary A large bill that strengthened a huge amount of border controll resources, mandating a huge increace in border patrolling and other anti-illiagal immigrant issues. despite huge protests it Passed the house of representitives but not the senate. -
2006 United States immigration reform protests
This was a huge protest movement against the Border Protection, Anti-terrorism and Illegal Immigration Control Act of 2005. Protesters were aginst raising penalties againts illleagal immigrants, especially the idea of classiflying them as felons . a 100,000 person march in chicago was the start of this movement. http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/05/01/immigrant.day/ -
DREAM Act
http://www.immigrationpolicy.org/issues/dream-act This act, passed under president Obama's office, would grant temporary, and though futher steps perminant, residancy to illiagal immigrants who were either born in the US or came here under the age of 16. -
Syrian Refugee Refusal
http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/16/world/paris-attacks-syrian-refugees-backlash/ Following ISIS attacks in paris 31 state goveners state their opposition to accepting Syrian refugees. President Obama refuseed the demands of the goveners.
