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This was an act for any white man who resided on In the United States jurisdiction for two years was granted citizenship and their children to be naturalized.
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The Dred Scott decision denied black Americans citizenship and the right to sue in court.
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The updated naturalization Act allowed people with African descent to be legal citizens but still denied citizenship to other non-white immigrants and Asians.
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This was aimed at restricting the immigration of Chinese woman.
https://www.nps.gov/safr/blogs/chinese-women-immigration-and-the-first-u-s-exclusion-law-the-page-act-of-1875.htm -
The act was created to have a more organized way of screening individuals who came from port of entry. They would screen for criminal history, medical, threats.
https://immigrationtounitedstates.org/585-immigration-act-of-1891.html -
Woman who are citizens and married a non-citizen would have their U.S. citizenship revoked from them.
https://immigrationhistory.org/item/an-act-in-reference-to-the-expatriation-of-citizens-and-their-protection-abroad/ -
The Indian Citizenship Act of 1924 granted citizenship to all native Americans born in the United States, even though not being granted it in the firs place being they were the first on U.S soil.
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This act was put in place to revise and standardize immigration law. It also helped with taking some racial provisions which were excluding some people from western Europe.
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The law was signed by Lydon B. Johnson. It helped to outlaw discrimination on race, color, sex, religion.
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Allowed undocumented immigrants living in the U.S. that was were living there before Jan. 1st, 1982, to apply for citizenship legally. Also penalized companies that knowingly hired undocumented immigrants.
https://guides.loc.gov/latinx-civil-rights/irca