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US immigration
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Natuaralization of 1790
It took the minimum of 2 years to become a citizen of the US. -
Alien and Sedicion Act
Requiring 14 years of residency before citizenship and provided for the deportation of "dangerous" aliens. Changed to five-year residency in 1800. -
Report immigrants
First significant federal legislation on immigration. Includes reporting of immigration and rules for passengers from US ports bound for Europe -
14th Amendment
Granted African American citizenship in America -
Henderson vs MAyor of New York
Henderson v. Mayor of New York decision declared all state laws governing immigration unconstitutional; Congress must regulate "foreign commerce." Charity workers, burdened with helping immigrants, petition Congress to exercise authority and regulate immigration. Congress prohibits convicts and prostitutes from entering the country.
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Chinese Exclusion Act
First federal immigration law suspended Chinese immigration for 10 years and barred Chinese in U.S. from citizenship. Also barred convicts, lunatics, and others unable to care for themselves from entering. Head tax placed on immigrants. -
Angel Island Immigration Station
began in the area known as China Cove. Surrounded by public controversy from its inception, the station was finally put into operation in 1910. -
Ineligible
Japanese made ineligible for citizenship. -
Displaced Persons Act
allowed 205,000 refugees over two years; gave priority to Baltic States refugees; admitted as quota immigrants. Technical provisions discriminated against Catholics and Jews; those were dropped in 1953, and 205,000 refugees were accepted as non-quota immigrants. -
Immigration and nationality Act
eliminated race as a bar to immigration or citizenship. -
Refugee Act
removes refugees as a preference category; reduces worldwide ceiling for immigration to 270,000. -
US patriot Act
amended the Immigration and Nationality Act to broaden the scope of aliens ineligible for admission or deportable due to terrorist activities to include an alien who: (1) is a representative of a political, social, or similar group whose political endorsement of terrorist acts undermines U.S. antiterrorist efforts; (2) has used a position of prominence to endorse terrorist activity, or to persuade others to support such activity in a way that undermines U.S. antiterrorist efforts (or the child o
