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Immigration Act of 1882
Congress had passes a law that had states a 50 cent tax that was levied on all aliens who had landed at United States ports. This act enforced high security and our state officers and commisions to check all passengers arriving in the U.S. They had the right to deny access to be convicts, lunatics, idiots, or unable to take care of themselves. -
Arizona Becomes A State
Arizona, known as the Grand Canyon state, achieved its statehood on February 14th, 1912. Which made it the last of the 48 coterminous United States to be admitted to the union. -
Border Patrol Was Initiated
Congress authorized the Bureau of Immigration to deploy Mounted Guards along the Southwest Border of the United States in order to mimimize the numbers of illegal immigrants -
United States Border Patrol In Full Force
The United States Border Patrol was established to control the immigration to the U.S. across the U.S.- Mexico border. The Immigration Naturalization Act also imposed the first permanent numeric limit on immigration. -
Alien Registration Act
The Alien Registration act made it illegal for any resident or citizen of the United States to teach or advocate the violent overthrow of the U.S. Government. This act also forced the non-citixens to register with the U.S government so that they could track them and their un-American ideas down. There was controversey that this Act is unconstitutional and had clashes with the First Amendment of the constitution of the United States. -
Equal Education Act
Also known as the EEOA is a federal law in the United States in which it prohibits any discrimination against faculty, staff, students as well as the racial segregation of students. This act is in order to take action when overcoming the bariers to student equal participation. -
Law To Require Legal Citizenship
Legislatures passed a law which required the proof of citizenship in order to get a drivers license -
Anti Bilingual Act
In the state of Arizona this initiative prohibits native-language instruction for most limited English-Proficient children in all public schools. This new initiative imposes on the statewide English only mandate -
9/11 Causes an Increase in Military Support
With the terrorists attacks agaisnt the United States and the twin towers, there was an immediate increase in the Military support not only all across the country, but along the Mexican border as well. The border regulation and control has seen a significant upgrade to the National Security. The top priority is to keep terrorists and their weapons from entering the country. -
George Bush Calls For Change
In 2004 president Bush calls for a change with the illegal workers here in the United States. He thought it was neccessary to outline a plan regarding the nation's immigration laws and to allow the 8 million illegal immigrants to obtain legal status as temporary workers -
The Real ID Act
The Real ID Act was an act of congress that modified the U.S federal law pertaining to security, authentication, and issuance procedures for state driver's licenses and identification cards. -
State of Emergency
Governor Janet Napolitano declared a state of emergency along Arizona's border with Mexico. This declaration was put in order to asist local authorities in enforcing state laws regarding illegal immigration and drug smuggling accross the border -
Secure Fence Act
In 2006 President Bush signed the Secure Fenct Act which states that the bill would help protect American people, and also make our U.S. borders more secure. This was an important step towards immigration reform. -
Legal Arizona Workers Act
Also known as the Employers Sanctions Law, prohibits businesses from knowingly or intentionally hiring an "unauthorized alien". An alien is one who doesnot have the legal rights or authorization under the federal law to work in the United States. In the state of Arizona it is also mandatory for employers to use the E-Verify to make sure those they are hiring are authorized. -
Arizona Immigration Law
Arizona enacted two laws regarding immigration and these two provided the state with new requirements regarding crimes and penalities related to enforcement of immigration laws and became effective in July of 2010. -
Illegal Immigration
Illegal Immigration has been an ongoing debate arising several issues not only in Arizona but the United States as a whole.
