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The First Trancontinental Railroad
This is a road made to link California to the Union during the American Civil War. This road was built by immigrants. -
Page Act
Prohibited the entry of immigrants considered "undesireable". http://www.asianamericannation.com/page-act.html
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Chinese Exclusion Act
The Act excluded Chinese "skilled and unskilled laborers employed in mining" from entering the country for ten years under penalty of imprisonment and deportation. -
Alien Contract Labor Law
This law prohibits the importation and migration of foreigners and aliens under contract or agreement to perform labor in the US, and its territories. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_Contract_Labor_Law
http://library.uwb.edu/guides/usimmigration/1885_contract_labor_law.html
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Scott Act
A US law that prohibited Chinese laborers abroad from returning and reside within the US and its territories. It is an expansion of the Chinese Exclusion Act that was passed in 1882. http://library.uwb.edu/guides/usimmigration/1902_scott_act.html
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Geary Act
This law requires all Chinese residents of the US to carry with them a cgertificate of residence permit or passport. If the law not followed correctly they will punish them by deportation or hard labor. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geary_Act
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Emergency Quota Act (Emergency Immigration Act)
This act restricted immigration into its country. They imposed a quota that limited the # of immigrants who would be admitted from any country annually to 3% of the number of residents from that same country who lived in the US. http://www.princeton.edu/~achaney/tmve/wiki100k/docs/Emergency_Quota_Act.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_Quota_Act
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The Nationality Act of 1940
Allows you to revise and see who is eligible for citizenship through birth or naturalization requirements. This law allows to revise the existing laws of the US and form it into a nationality code. http://library.uwb.edu/guides/usimmigration/1940_naturalization_act.html
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Act on Alien Spouses and Children
Allow the entrance of foreign-born spouses and unmarried children of members of the US Armed Forces regardless of race if marriage occured before March 19, 1952. http://library.uwb.edu/guides/usimmigration/1950_act_on_alien_spouses_and_children.html -
Amerasian Immigration Act
An Act to amend the immigration and Nationality Act to provide preferential treatment in the admission of certain children of US citizens. http://library.uwb.edu/guides/usimmigration/1982_amerasian_immigration_act.html -
Immigration and Nationality Act
An act to ammend the Immigration and Nationality act to change the level, and preference system for admission -
Dream Act
Introduced by the senate, it would provide permanent residency to certain undocumented residents who graduate from US highschool and that have lived in the country for at least five years prior to the bill's enactment. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DREAM_Act -
REAL ID Act
This law enacted in 2005 and it required you to present a driver's license and identification card as well -
Arizona Senate Bill 1070 (SB1070)
US federal law requires all aliens over the age of 14 who remain in the US for longer than 30 days to register with the US gov. and to have registration documents at all times, if violation it will reuie federal misdemeanor crime. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arizona_SB_1070
http://azdatapages.com/sb1070.html
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Arizona Immigration Law
Illegal immigration was considered a crime
