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In order to become a citizen they must have lived in the U.S. for 2 years
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lengthened required residency to become a citizen of the U.S.
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further lengthened required residency to become citizen, registers white immigrants to establish date of initial residency.
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That directed the clerk of the court to record the entry of all aliens into the United States.
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naturalization process and penalties for fraudulent practices.
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The first act restricting immigration.
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50 cent head tax to fund immigration officials.
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allowed the U.S. to suspend Chinese immigration, a ban that was intended to last 10 years.
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Established a commissioner of immigration in the treasury department.
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Extended and strengthened the Chinese Exclusion Act.
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Added four inadmissible classes: anarchists, beggars, and importers of prostitutes. (Anarchist Exclusion Act)
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Standardized naturalization procedures, made some knowledge of english a requirement for citizenship, and established the bureau of immigration and naturalization
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Restricted immigrants that were disabled and diseased from trying to becone citizens
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Restricted immigration from Asia by creating an "Asiatic Barred Zone", and introduced a reading test for all immigrants over fourteen years of age, with certain exceptions for children, wives, and elderly family members.
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Expanding on the provisions of the Anarchist Exclusion Act
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Restricted annual immigration from a given country to 3% of the number of people from that country living in the U.S. in 1910
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Limited the annual number of immigrants who could be admitted from any country to 2% of the number of people from that country who were already living in the United States in 1890
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restricted immigration on the basis of existing proportions of the population.The goal was to maintain the existing ethnic composition of the United States.
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Revised numerous provisions of law relating to American citizenship and naturalization.
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Repealed the Chinese Exclusion Act and permitted Chinese nationals already in the country to become naturalized citizens.
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Increased the power of the government to deport illegal immigrants suspected of Communist sympathies.
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Gave cuban nationals who enter, or were already present in the U.S, legal status
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Discontinued quotas based on national origin, while preference was given to those who have U.S. relatives. For the first time Mexican immigration was restricted.
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Granted a way to get citizenship to illegal immigrants who had been in the United States before 1982 but made it a crime to hire an illegal immigrant.
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increased the total immigration limit to 700,000 and increased visas by 40 percent. Family reunification was retained as the main immigration criterion, with significant increases in employment-related immigration.
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Made drastic changes to asylum law, immigration detention, criminal-based immigration, and many forms of immigration relief.
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Created more restrictions on political asylum, severely curtailed habeas corpus relief for immigrants, increased immigration enforcement mechanisms, altered judicial review, and imposed federal restrictions on the issuance of state driver's licenses to immigrants and others.
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This bill helps protect american people, by making the boarders more secure
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Immigrants or aliens over the age of 14 who remain in the United States for longer than 30 days to register with the U.S. government, and to have registration documents in their possession at all times; violation of this requirement is a federal misdemeanor crime.
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If a cop has reasonable suspicion you are an immagrant he can stop, detention, or arrest to make a similarly reasonable attempt to determine that person's legal status.
