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US Immigration
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Naturalization act
In order to become a US citizen the immigrant had to have lived in the US for two years. -
Naturalization act of 1870
Allowed people to become citizens of the US -
Page act of 1875
First act to restrict immigration -
immigration act of 1882
Charged more for immigration fees -
The act of 1891
Made a commisioner of immigration in office -
The Geary act of 1892
Made the chinese exclusion act longer -
The immigration act of 1903
Added prostitutes, beggars, and importers to the list of inadmissable classes -
Naturalization act of 1906
Gave some knowledge to english immigrants -
Immigration act of 1907
Restricted immigration for the sick immigrants -
The immigration act of 1917
Restricted immiggration from asia -
Emegency quota act of 1921
Act made to study the numbers of immigrants in the US -
Immigration act of 1924
Enforced all the immigration acts -
Nationallity act of 1940
Gives papers to those born in the US -
Chinese exclusion repeal act
Stopped the chinese exclusion act -
The immigration and nationallity act of 1952
let good asians in and kicked out the bad asians -
The immigration and nationality act of1965
Stopped immigration quotas -
The cuban refugee adjustment act of 1966
Let some importnat cubans migrate over to the US to help them escape comunism -
Immigration reform and control act of 1986
Gave a path to citizenship to illegal aliens -
Immigration act of 1990
Increase immigration total to 700,00 people and increased visas by 40% -
The illegal immigration reform and immigrant resposibility act of 1996
made changes to most immigration laws -
The real ID act of 2005
lt immigrants get drivers license
