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It required for immigrants to have lived in the US for at least 2 years in order to become a US citizen.
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It lengthened required residency to become citizen.
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It further lengthened required residency to become citizen and registers white immigrants to establish date of initial residency.
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First federal immigration law and it prohibited the entry of immigrants considered as "undesirable." (Asians)
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Restricted immigration of chinese laborers for 10 years and prohibited the chinese from becoming citizens
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Immigration Bureau was to deport unlawful immigrants, used to empower immigration lwas, and first comprehension immigrations lwas for the U.S.
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It required all Chinese residents of the US to carry a resident permit. It also didn't allow Chinese to bear witness in court, and receive bail in habeas corpus proceedings.
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The Act was part of a series of reforms aimed at restricting the increasing number and groups of immigrants coming into the U.S. before and after World War I. (Mostly regarding people with disease and disabilities)
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It limited the number of immigants from any country to 3% of those already in the US.
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The law defined who was not eligible for citizenship, and how citizenship could be lost or terminated.
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It allowed Chinese immigration for the first time since the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, and permitted some Chinese immigrants already residing in the country to become naturalized citizens.
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It set the quota for aliens with skills needed in the US.
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It started penalties or punishments for knowingly hiring immigrants and provided a pardon to immigrants already in the US.
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It increased legal immigration limit and created a diversity admissions category.
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It directly addresses border patrol and upgrades needed for border patrol enforcers, equipment, and the overall patrolling process.
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It requires that schools report foreign students attending classes and stipulates that foreign nationals in the US will be required to carry IDs with biometric technlogy.
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It required the use of IDs meeting certain security standards to enter government buildings, to board planes, and to open bank accounts.
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It imposed first permanent numerical limit on immigration.
