US immigration policies

By jose_angulo
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    immigration policies

  • 14 AMENDMENT

    The fourthenth amendment granted citizenship to African Americans.

  • Naturalization Act

    Permitted "aliens of African nativity and to persons of African descent" to become Naturalized citizens of the United States.

  • Page Act

    First official law against immigration. Stated that it was illegal to bring any oriental person into the U.S..

  • chinese exclusion act

    Law that excluded chinese immigrants from entering the US.

  • Contract Labor Law

    Forbade ship captains from transporting immigrants under labor contracts.

  • Geary Act

    Extended the Chinese Eclusion Act by 20 years and made it a requirement for the Chinese to carry identification with them.

  • The Barred Zone Act

    Prohibited the immigration of "undesirable people" to the U.S.. This included mental people, psycopaths, homosexuals an drunks.

  • The National Origins Act

    Limited the number of immigrants to 2% of the population already living in the United States. Aimed to restrict southern and eastern immigrants.

  • The Nationality Act

    Objective was to distinguish the naturally born citizanes from the foreign born citizens.

  • The Cuban Refugee Act

    Allowed Cubans to become perminant citizens if they were in the country for at least 2 years.

  • Arizona SB 1070

    Allowed police to stictly examine proof of residency in the United States. Discouraged immigrants form migrating to the U.S.

  • Alabama HB 56

    Set many restrictions against illegal immigration and banned them from attending school and colleges.