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Christopher Columbus sailed a Spanish ship to the Americas and initiated the European Colonization of the land. Europeans "immigrated" to the Americas.
Roman Catholics were the first religous immigrants.
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African Americans were forced to immigrate to america as slaves of white men. A total of 597,000 Africans were forced to immigrate as slaves.
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The first four parts of the controversial legislation known as the Alien and Sedition acts. This is passed by president John Adams.
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Let the US obtain what is now Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, and some of Utah and New Mexico. This later sets up the immigration issues we have today.
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Signed by President Chester Arthur after a flood of Chinese immigrants came into the United States during the Gold Rush. People thought there were too many immigrants in the country.
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Anne Moore, a teenager from Ireland, was the first immigrant to pass through Ellis Island. She came with her two younger brothers.
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Required immigrants 16 or older to have to take literacy tests to get into the country. It was an attempt to keep the "unwanteds" from entering the country.
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From every country only 3% of the number of immigrants from that country already residing in the United States can immigrate into the U.S annually.
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Repealed the Chinese Exclusion act. Signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Allowed Chinese Immigration and naturalization for the first time since the Chinese Exclusion Act.
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Repealed National Orgin quotas.
Innitiated Visa System for family reunification and skills.
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Supreme Court ruled that educational funding can not be denied to illegal immigrant children. Unless there is substantial state interests being furthered by the denying, the state can't discrimminate agains any particular group of children, denying them the free public education that other children get to have.
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Started sanctions for knowingly hiring illegal immigrants
Provided general pardons for illegal immigrants already in the U.S
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Increased immigration ceilings.
Created diversity admissions category
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Access Welfare benefits are more difficult for legal aliens
Phone verification for worker authorization
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9/11 will forever remain in our memories. The terrorist attack on the world trade center sparked a war against terrorism and heightened fear of immigrants and terrorists.
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Required ID for security reasons in certain government buildings
National standards for drivers liscese
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Criminalizes Illegal Immigration as Trespassing and allows police to question those that are reasonably suspected to be undocumented immigrants. Created much controversy and fear of racial profiling.
